Most readers here have likely heard or read various prognostications about the impending doom from the proliferation of poorly-secured “Internet of Things” or IoT devices. Loosely defined as any ...

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Now you're ready for the next step: configuring the firewall rule-set, or policy file. A rule-set specifies what services to let through your firewall, and which ones to keep out. A rule defines the ...

Microsoft on Tuesday announced the release of a Basic edition of the Azure Firewall service, which is available at the preview stage. Azure Firewall is Microsoft's "stateful firewall as a service," ...

When you're planning out the network for your home lab, a customizable firewall is key to keeping your home lab (and your ...

Inclusion of firewall control in SCCM was welcome news, but when it came out the available policy was: firewall on and off, and which profile is active. Gee thanks for the effort guys. :/ So that ...

Imagine this: your smart home devices, guest Wi-Fi, and workstations all coexist on the same network. A single compromised IoT device could expose sensitive data or disrupt your entire system. It’s a ...

How we tested Check Point UTM-1 firewall. Fortunately, we were able to save and restore all our policy settings, though we did run into some rough spots discussed in the test article. We also used the ...

If you're ignoring or have disabled Windows Firewall, you might be missing out on some good, basic protections that are easy to set up and maintain. Windows Firewall has been enabled by default since ...