Mike Chapple is associate teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame. Does your firewall rulebase remind you of that drawer in your kitchen where you throw all ...

Among the many firewalls available in the security market are router firewalls. Unlike the software firewall, the router firewall attempts and blocks incoming query requests at the server level ...

Firewalls are an essential part of network security, yet Gartner says 95% of all firewall breaches are caused by misconfiguration. In my work I come across many firewall configuration mistakes, most ...

This chapter looks at the management of firewalls. From the perspective of the small office/home user, the firewall is a single device that protects the home network from malicious traffic—it keeps ...

Stories of compromised servers and data theft fill today's news. It isn't difficult for someone who has read an informative blog post to access a system via a misconfigured service, take advantage of ...

You've just installed a new firewall. Congratulations on taking a big step in protecting your organization. Now you're ready for the next step: configuring the ...

Linux firewalls can be very complicated. With the help of a GUI, firewall configuration is easier. These GUIs are easy to install and free to use. A firewall is often the heart and soul of desktop ...

Some consider it one of Microsoft's greatest blunders. With the release of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Microsoft made the conscious decision to turn on the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) for ...