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Guardian Digital Announces New Firewall Product

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Guardian Digital, Inc., a leader in open source security products, today announced the release of a new firewall product that will revolutionize internet security as we know it, forever. Guardian Digital CEO Dave Wreski explains, "Our new product works differently from most other firewalls on the market, which can possibly allow dangerous packets into protected networks. Our technical wizards realized that all virus, worm, and malware authors use dangerous 'zeroes' in their binary code, therefore our new firewall product blocks all 'zeroes' while allowing the friendly, useful 'ones' through."

Brittany Day
Apr 01, 2005

Two floppy-based firewalls

When you look in your closet, do you see a pile of obsolete hardware that you just cannot bring yourself to throw out, despite the pleas of your family? If you want to share your home Internet connection and save a little money at the same time, dust off that old hardware and set up a Linux-based firewall. All you need is a 486 or better processor, two network adapters (only one if you're on dial-up), a switch or hub, diskette drive, and 12MB of RAM. In this article, we'll take a look at floppyfw and Coyote Linux, two free, open source projects that have shrunk Linux down to diskette size to implement a firewall.

Benjamin D. Thomas
Mar 14, 2005

Review: Astaro Security Linux 5.1

One of the more popular uses for Linux is as a router/firewall to secure a local area network (LAN) against intruders and share an Internet connection. Several specialized distributions have sprung up to simplify this task. These range from small, diskette-based distros like the Linux Router Project and FREESCO to larger systems requiring a hard disk installation. Among the latter is Astaro Corp.'s Astaro Security Linux (ASL) 5.1, which I recently reviewed as part of ongoing research into content filtering products. ASL is an RPM-based distribution that allows an administrator to easily turn an x86 PC or server into a router/firewall appliance.

Benjamin D. Thomas
Mar 09, 2005

E-mail firewalls: A vital defense layer

The exponential rise in spam and e-mail-borne viruses has pushed must-have network security layers beyond traditional firewalls and intrusion-detection appliances. E-mail firewalls have emerged as a complementary appliance for detecting and protecting against threats in the inbound e-mail stream.

Benjamin D. Thomas
Mar 08, 2005

Where's the security leadership

This year's RSA Conference was another opportunity for the security glitterati to shine. The event, which attracted a record 13,000 visitors, also was a testament to how hot the security market is.

Benjamin D. Thomas
Mar 04, 2005

Firewall warns dealers of physical security threat

Specialist distributor, Firewall Systems, is warning resellers to start thinking of security as a managed service or risk losing market share to physical security providers. Firewall marketing director, Nick Verykios, said physical security players such as Chubb were already providing IP-based services, adding data to their stack as the markets continued to converge.

Benjamin D. Thomas
Mar 01, 2005

Firewalls' False Sense of Security

The Internet front door to almost every bank and financial services company in the world is guarded by two sets of firewalls defining a DMZ. Nearly every e-commerce site sits in a similar DMZ in what has become the de facto standard in Web security architecture. According to Sun Microsystems, "In today's tumultuous times, having a sound firewall/DMZ environment is your first line of defense against external threats." But I would argue that guarding the perimeter is lulling organizations into a false sense of security that results in ignoring the implementation of other security mechanisms in their applications and databases.

Benjamin D. Thomas
Mar 01, 2005

Firewall Builder 2.0.6

Firewall Builder consists of an object-oriented GUI and a set of policy compilers for various firewall platforms. In Firewall Builder, a firewall policy is a set of rules; each rule consists of abstract objects that represent real network objects and services (hosts, routers, firewalls, networks, protocols).

Benjamin D. Thomas
Feb 24, 2005

Linux kernel to include IPv6 firewall

Version 2.6.12 of the Linux kernel is likely to include packet filtering that will work with IPv6, the latest version of the Internet Protocol. Netfilter/iptables, the firewall engine that is part of the Linux kernel, already allows stateless packet filtering for versions 4 and 6 of the Internet protocol, but only allows stateful packet filtering for IPv4. Stateful packet filtering is the more secure method, since it analyses whole streams of packets, rather than only checking the headers of individual packets -- as is done in stateless packet filtering.

Benjamin D. Thomas
Feb 21, 2005

SWsoft Unveils Virtuozzo 2.6.1 for Linux

The latest version of the Virtuozzo server virtualization solution features several new enhancements, including a new Virtuozzo control center, automatic update utility, stateful firewall support and VPN support. The company also announced that Australian firm SMS Central has purchased Virtuozzo for installation in its data center.

Benjamin D. Thomas
Feb 15, 2005

Evaluating Your Firewall

Are you an administrator or security analyst who watches over a firewall with a hundred or more rules? Or perhaps a hired gun who must review a firewall with years of crusty buildup? Are you creating a test lab that involves a wide variety of networks, servers, and risks? If you're interested in enterprise-level firewalls, this article will help you make sense of common failures in processes and tools. We'll focus on enterprise-grade business and networking issues that affect firewalls. (Penetration studies and piercing firewalls from the outside will be covered in a later article.)

Benjamin D. Thomas
Feb 11, 2005

de.comp.security.firewall FAQ

A firewall is an organizationally and technical concept for the separation of networks, its correct implementation and constant maintenance. One piece that's often used is a piece of hardware that connects to networks the way as it's allowed in the concept. This piece of hardware is often called firewall-system/computer or in short firewall.

Benjamin D. Thomas
Feb 10, 2005

Internet Firewalls FAQ

A firewall is a system or group of systems that enforces an access control policy between two or more networks. The actual means by which this is accomplished varies widely, but in principle, the firewall can be thought of as a pair of mechanisms: one which exists to block traffic, and the other which exists to permit traffic.

Benjamin D. Thomas
Feb 10, 2005

Patching up problems

The race to plug network holes before attackers use them is running system managers ragged--so they're throwing up more barriers to stop intruders. In recent years, the common wisdom has been that keeping up-to-date on software patches is key to safeguarding a company's networks against viruses, worms and other pests. But with dozens of flaws being discovered each week, that approach has turned out to be a Herculean task.

Benjamin D. Thomas
Jan 28, 2005

Securing your workstation with Firestarter

Firestarter is a GPL-licensed graphical firewall configuration program for iptables, the powerful firewall included in Linux kernels 2.4 and 2.6. Firestarter supports network address translation for sharing an Internet connection among multiple computers, and port forwarding for redirecting traffic to an internal workstation. Firestarter's clean and easy to use graphical user interface takes the time out of setting up a custom firewall.

Brittany Day
Jan 05, 2005

Choosing The Right Personal Firewall

If you're reading this on a Windows machine and you don't know if you have a personal firewall installed and running, then stop what you're doing and take care of that right now. At the very least, turn on the Windows firewall. This feature is available in the PC control panel, and enabling it only takes a few seconds. You can come back and read this once you've done that. I'll wait.

Joe Shakespeare
Dec 10, 2004

AT&T Adds Worm And Virus Protection To Firewall Service

AT&T has announced that it has added worm and virus protection to its Internet Protect service network-based firewall that lets businesses protect themselves from a variety of threats without having to deploy firewalls at each of their locations. . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 01, 2004

Week 45: Firewall Security Tips

A DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) is a combination of firewalls -- a perimeter network segment logically between internal and external networks. Also called a "screened subnet," its purpose is to enforce the internal network's IA policy for external information exchange and to provide external, untrusted sources with restricted access to releasable information while shielding internal networks from outside attacks. . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 28, 2004

How many firewalls are enough?

We recently had a situation in which one of our servers was accessed by someone from another building/floor who had no need to get into the system. Part of the problem was that someone left their username/password out in plain sight; that problem has been fixed. . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 15, 2004

How To Shop For A Small-Business Firewall

So your business has outgrown the el cheapo hardware firewall you picked up at the mall? Learn how to find top-of-the-line capabilities without paying top-of-the-line prices. . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 14, 2004

Firewall - Page 3

An Introduction to UFW, Ubuntu’s ‘Uncomplicated’ Firewall

The Open Source Firewall – IPFire 2.27 – Core Update 173 Released: What’s New?

IPFire Hardened Linux Firewall Distro Is Now Powered by Linux Kernel 6.1 LTS