OK, I wanna set up a firewall/proxy server for use on my personal network. I say personal because I'm already wired to my school's netork and I'm sick of getting hacked, ping bombed, etc etc.

Touted as "the open source firewall," you'd expect T.REX Firewall to be completely open source. But for the latest release of the product (version 2), no source is available. The firewall itself is a ...

There are many government agencies both in the U.S. and around the world who restrict their employees from visiting social networking sites (SNS) through the use of a firewall filter. Anyone care to ...

VPNs encrypt everything, but proxies offer speed, flexibility, and unique advantages many people overlook. We explain how ...

hey all<br><br>I'm doing an internship and they've askes me to make a test setup with an internet simulation, DMZ and private network. On the DMZ there should be a webserver (Apache, IIS 5.0) on the ...

Once upon a time the thought of a firewalled, cordoned, and censored web was enough to send chills up the spine of any internet user. As the years have passed, however, our sentiment has softened. A ...

Unlike its packet-filtering cousin, this type of firewall does more than simply block port access. Instead, it acts as a proxy server; processing access requests on behalf of the network on which it ...

Hackers will often hide their identities while attempting to gain unauthorized access to vulnerable servers. If a hacker is using an anonymous proxy server, you can block access via the Windows ...