Firewalls, both hardware and software, protect computers from hackers and other online threats by blocking dangerous pieces of data from reaching the system. While hardware firewalls offer ...

Connecting your network to the Internet without a firewall is like leaving the front door of your office wide open when you leave on vacation. Chances are high that someone will eventually walk in and ...

Tiny Hardware Firewall takes all the guesswork out of networking security, as this pocket-sized device makes it easy to set up a firewall and VPN to protect your online activity, no matter where you ...

The average computer system left unprotected on the Internet will come under attack within 20 minutes after going online, according to the SANS Institute, a computer security watchdog. With that in ...

Having a properly configured firewall on your computer is an important part of staying safe online, but having one on your home network is also a good idea. That's because the firewall in most ...

Some operating systems have a firewall built into the kernel. There are hardware-based firmware firewalls in your modems and routers. And then there are several third-party hardware and software ...

Can you explain the differences between a hardware and software firewall? From what I can gather, pretty much all routers come with built-in firewalls, so do I really need to install firewall software ...

With a hardware or software based firewall, all it is going to do is drop unkown or bad packets. They can be configured to block trojans from going out, but that is a big hassel on adding all the ...

The routers in this review are designed to protect multiple machines on private networks. They are also designed to connect remote branches to a head office. One of the more important aspects of a ...

I am planning on building a firewall & router for a 100/7 Mbit/s connection (hence gigabit Ethernet) and need some advice on hardware. OpenBSD will be put on it. The gear that will be in the network ...