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On October 27th, Christian Graffer from the Endian team proudly announced the immediate availability of the Endian Firewall Community 2.3 Linux-based operating system. The new version includes a lot of bug fixes, improvements and many new and breathtaking features. We, at the Softpedia Labs, took the 2.3 release for ... |
28 October 2009
07:45 GMT |
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Firewalling your computer used to be a money-bleeding task because all the products destined to monitor and prevent installed applications receive or send information from or outside your computer were commodities. Not anymore, as serious developers offer users such protection for free, or, as it is the case of Tall ... |
18 August 2009
02:59 GMT |
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Many users are so afraid of firewalls that the simple idea of installing, going through all the configuration settings and having to deal with such a granular control that 80% of the terms have to be looked up discourages them even before the kit is downloaded. In some cases the first thing the application does is to... |
18 August 2009
02:41 GMT |
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Good news is coming towards those in need of an application traffic monitoring tool with the release of the third beta of NetLimiter. Don't stress yourselves too much about the beta label because this issue of NetLimiter is rock steady, with all major bugs being fixed.Users of 64- and 32-bit systems will be able... |
11 August 2009
08:59 GMT |
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After the disputed election results and massive anti-establishment demonstrations that have drawn the attention of the entire world, the streets of Teheran and other big Iranian cities are quieter now as the government reacted with violence, dissuading protesters from taking to the streets. A similar blockade was ini... |
26 June 2009
05:44 GMT |
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An unsigned component called pifts.exe that was pushed by Symantec to its customers created quite a stir on the Internet yesterday, even raising several conspiracy theories. The malware distributors did not miss the chance to target the massive amount of users searching for information about the curious file and inje... |
11 March 2009
07:02 GMT |
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Barracuda Networks Inc, a well-known company in the field of email and Web security appliances, has recently launched the Barracuda Web Application Firewall 860 and 960 addressed to enterprises and large companies looking for affordable ways to secure Web apps, such as websites or XML Web Services. The new product co... |
5 March 2009
04:34 GMT |
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Earlier this year, the Australian government proposed the introduction of a new system of limiting children's access to sites with inappropriate content on the Web, a mandatory filter that would basically block these sites. Critics, including civil rights movements, consumers, Internet engineers and providers, a... |
28 December 2008
02:47 GMT |
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ZoneAlarm Pro 2009 is available for download for free, straight from the company's official website. The product, which normally comes with a price tag of $29.95 for a one year subscription, is offered to users at absolutely no charge, in order to celebrate the 15th birthday of Check Point Software's firewa... |
18 November 2008
11:11 GMT |
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Thailand's Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (ITC) announced that it is planning to invest between $3-$15 million in order to build a firewall solution aimed at blocking websites with content deemed as offensive, especially the ones that denigrate the monarchy, at a national level. The firewa... |
3 November 2008
08:16 GMT |
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Secure Computing is to acquire Securify, a startup focused on identity-based monitoring solutions. The value of the acquisition is of approximately $15 million but, aside from this amount, Securify is also bound to deliver an earn-out of $5 million once the transaction takes place. The contract will probabl... |
5 September 2008
04:31 GMT |
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BitDefender has decided to publish a list with the ten elements considered to be the most important in users' fight against malware. All the recommendations have the same bedrock – caution, which can save one a lot of trouble. The first measure has to do with the fact that no one should base thei... |
29 August 2008
09:30 GMT |
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Dan Kaminsky is the IOActive specialist whose speech was the most anticipated at this year's Black Hat hacker conference held in Las Vegas. This happened because, one month ago, Kaminsky announced that he had discovered a DNS flaw that employed completely new methods to steal data and affect users' connecti... |
7 August 2008
08:34 GMT |
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Gibraltar Firewall 2.6, a Linux firewall distribution based on Debian, was launched yesterday as announced by Rene Mayrhofer. This will be the last release that will use the Linux kernel 2.4, as the next Gibraltar editions will use the 2.6 kernel. Among other things, this edition of Gibraltar offers improved traffic ... |
18 July 2008
06:52 GMT |
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A new study conducted by AusCERT revealed that some users simply ignore the basic security measures which should protect them and their computers while connected to the Internet. The research included 1,001 Australia residents and was made with the help of Nielsen. According to the findings, no less than 95 percent o... |
20 May 2008
06:49 GMT |
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F-Secure has just rolled out Internet Security 2009 Beta 8.30 build 139 which represents an all-in-one solution supposed to assure you that no malicious file reaches your computer. The application incorporates multiple security utilities, as it follows: anti-virus, Anti-spyware, Email Scanning and Web Traffic Scannin... |
30 April 2008
11:08 GMT |
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Comodo Firewall Pro, a freeware firewall which attracted quite a large audience, needs to be updated as soon as possible in order to avoid a new vulnerability spotted in older versions. Security company Secunia rated the flaw as not critical, but it stated that a successful exploit of the flaw could cause a Denial of... |
30 April 2008
04:32 GMT |
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Vyatta Inc - the company that builds commercially supported, open-source networking solutions that provide an alternative to over-priced, inflexible products from proprietary vendors - announced yesterday the immediate availability of the fourth major release of their Open Source Linux distribution, Vyatta 4.0."Vyatt... |
22 April 2008
02:44 GMT |
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The information available on the Internet is not equally available in all the world's regions, and the state of facts in China is the best example of how a government filters the data users can have access to. Popular sites like Youtube and Wikipedia are only two of the many web addresses that get blocked by mil... |
9 April 2008
04:51 GMT |
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There are so many hacked online bank accounts that banks all over the world start getting tired of helping, recovering and restoring users' accounts just because they were so naive to disclose their login credentials or install useless security products. Because of that, the British Bankers' Association (BB... |
4 April 2008
04:27 GMT |
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The pfSense development team announced the availability of pfSense 1.2, a m0n0wall-derived operating system. After more than 16 months of work, since the 1.0 release, this version brings you many new features and bugfixes.Here are the highlights of pfSense 1.2:- Improve CARP input validation - GUI previously allowed ... |
26 February 2008
06:30 GMT |
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Hardware-enabled security devices are quite storming the IT industry fronts lately. Ranging from miscellaneous biometric security devices (such as fingerprint readers or iris scanners) to hardware-based firewall solutions, they offer much better protection than any software-based equivalent on the market. Lenovo was ... |
14 February 2008
04:36 GMT |
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According to Microsoft, Window Vista is the most secure Windows operating system available on the market. The Redmond company has now been shy about downplaying the relevance of previous Windows iterations in order to push Vista to the foreground in terms of security. It is in fact an old drum that Microsoft has been... |
27 December 2007
12:12 GMT |
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In case you're not one of those tech-savvy users, you probably leave most options included in the programs' installation files unchanged, because the 'developer often knows what's better for you'. But, what if you're asked to install additional programs such as browser toolbars that com... |
18 December 2007
05:40 GMT |
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A new research conducted by Verizon revealed that most consumers were not sure if their computer was protected, although they might have more or less powerful technologies. According to the findings, 92 percent of the respondents said they are safe on the web, but a test with Verizon's Security Advisory revealed... |
5 December 2007
10:37 GMT |
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IPCop 1.4.18 was released today. This edition has been split in two parts, in order to accommodate free space limitation related to the great number of new package additions, since the recent releases.You can select one of the two "kernel types" installed (monoprocessor or smp kernel) so that you can satisfy your di... |
3 December 2007
05:27 GMT |
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With Cyber Monday almost here, it's very important to equip your computer with powerful and well-developed technologies which would be able to defend you and keep your data secure during the entire holiday shopping season. Today, the Zone Alarm developers, Check Point Software Technologies, offered several piece... |
22 November 2007
03:22 GMT |
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GetSafeOnline.org, an organization which fights for better online security, conducted a new research which revealed that no less than 88 percent of the Internet users installed all kinds of security software such as firewalls, antiviruses, anti-spyware tools and others. But what's more interesting comes from the... |
12 November 2007
16:31 GMT |
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Spy Sweeper with AntiVirus is one of the top technologies available on the web which aim to protect users' computers against numerous kinds of threats. But from now on, Spy Sweeper is more than a simple security solution as it received several new features supposed to defend the users. Webroot AntiVirus with Ant... |
9 November 2007
14:06 GMT |
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A few days ago, ESET launched the 3.0 version of NOD32, its famous security solution which is now even more than a simple antivirus product. NOD32 3.0 bundles antivirus, antispyware, antispam and even a firewall, all of them being meant to protect the users' computers. The developers are really proud of their so... |
8 November 2007
16:11 GMT |
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Crossbeam Systems began shipping a massive chassis-style, UTM (unified threat management) system with an open Linux distribution at its base. The company's Linux based operating system, "XOS", runs on the X-Series UTM server, and targets highly scalable firewalls and security applications for large data centers ... |
31 October 2007
10:50 GMT |
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Vyatta Inc - the company that builds commercially supported, open-source networking solutions which provide an alternative to over-priced, inflexible products from proprietary vendors - announced yesterday the immediate availability of the third major release of their Open Source Linux distribution. Vyatta 3.0 combin... |
30 October 2007
04:55 GMT |
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Now, a lot of people think they're actually safe, but they clearly aren't. In this material, I will try to cover what being safe on the web actually means and also try to explain how some people only have a false impression of security. Now, if you've read my articles until now, then you've probab... |
2 October 2007
03:09 GMT |
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This is the second piece of news about a vulnerable firewall today. Like I said before, it's important to have security measures on your computer, but it's a bad thing when those programs become a liability. As I've read on SecurityFocus, Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall has been disclosed with some vul... |
19 September 2007
04:12 GMT |
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Agnitum Outpost Firewall PRO 4.0 has been disclosed with a vulnerability that, if exploited by a malicious user, could cause a denial of service (DoS). And all this because the program cannot handle unexpected input the right way. Every program should properly test any data input before actually using it, as incorrec... |
19 September 2007
03:47 GMT |
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I guess you've heard of GFC before. It's a Web policy that the Chinese have installed in order to filter web content. It has been enabled by their government and it's strict as well as blunt. It will not allow users to access certain WebPages; not only the ones with an anti-commie content, but also pa... |
13 September 2007
03:40 GMT |
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I was searching the web in order to find out more about UTM firewalls and how to use them, when I bumped into something that allowed me to get a better view on how these things work. So, after reading what NetworkWorld had to say about this, here are a few tips on how to deploy these babies.The first thing to do is t... |
31 August 2007
09:00 GMT |
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I've heard about this gizmo for quite some time now and some people say it's great, while others almost throw rocks at it. This is a device that deploys security measures; it's not a software, but it seems to be working well (for a beta, that is) though it has some deficiencies (hope those will disappe... |
30 August 2007
05:30 GMT |
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The Endian Team introduced yesterday a new version (2.1.2) of their Open Source Endian Firewall Community Edition which brings SATA support and a new wizard that appears after the installation, so you can setup root (system administrator) password. In addition, this new version offers the possibility of restoring a b... |
12 July 2007
04:43 GMT |
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The security of our computers is very important for all of us because every personal system stores private information, documents and details that must be hidden from public eyes. That's why it is very important to install security solutions able to block every hack attempt, every spam campaign and to assure us ... |
6 July 2007
10:15 GMT |
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Symantec Norton Firewall is once again vulnerable to attacks after a highly critical flaw was discovered in the security solution. According to a security advisory released by Symantec, the impacted products are Norton Interne Security 2004 and Norton Personal Firewall 2004, both of them being affected by the same fl... |
17 May 2007
15:41 GMT |
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SmoothWall team announced today the much-awaited beta release of their upcoming 3.0 version of SmoothWall Linux Firewall distribution. Named "Degu", this first beta release is based on the latest Linux 2.6 kernel and it's designed for ease of use and install: "SmoothWall is pleased to announce the much-awaited ... |
16 May 2007
11:05 GMT |
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Symantec is one of the most powerful security companies on the Internet because it developed some popular applications such as Norton Antivirus, Norton Firewall or Norton System Utilities. Although it is a security company that is meant to assure the security of our computers, if something goes wrong the entire syste... |
2 April 2007
06:32 GMT |
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The security of our computer is more and more threatened by numerous infections or vulnerabilities discovered every day. The most important question is how can we protect our computers and avoid a successful exploitation of the infection or of the vulnerability? Most users think it's enough to install an antivir... |
23 March 2007
12:02 GMT |
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Firewalls have the purpose of protecting your computer against outside attacks. Unlike anti virus software that prevents malicious code from installing on your computer and damaging your OS or personal files, a firewall is supposed to prevent unscrupulous people outside your network from accessing your computer. Wind... |
5 March 2007
05:31 GMT |
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