Symantec Endpoint Protection manages network access using policies. The application includes a default firewall policy that contains predefined rules to filter harmful traffic and detect suspicious ...

Administrators can use the command-line utility Netsh to modify the network configuration of an online workstation. Under normal circumstances, Netsh can be used either locally or remotely, but ...

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 ...

The majority of today’s firewalls have only IPv4 source and destination address objects in their policies. However, many of our firewalls are IPv6-capable and allow security administrators to ...

New and innovative security tools seem to be emerging all the time, but the frontline defense for just about every network in operation today remains the trusty firewall. They aren’t perfect, but if ...

Mick Bauer introduced Firewall Builder to Linux Journal readers in 2003 with his article “Using Firewall Builder”. A lot of time has passed since 2003, the project has evolved, the appearance of the ...

I have a G4 Cube set up to share my broadband connection over FireWire to my main workstation. That part is fine, but I'd like to have a firewall running on the Cube, and I can't figure out how to ...