For many people network security starts and stops with firewalls. The foundational technology of perimeter based security, firewalls have grown more complex and sophisticated over the years. Today ...

Several readers commenting on last week’s newsletter about Vyatta, an open source routing company, said this approach sounded similar to several other open source network device projects. Vyatta uses ...

Despite their reputation for sometimes being substandard, open-source security products are becoming more technologically sophisticated, on par with some of the most advanced data security products on ...

pfSense isn’t just for enterprises—it can transform your home network into a fortress when configured with smart firewall rules, intrusion prevention, and segmentation. By combining default-deny ...

pfSense is a free and open source firewall and router based on FreeBSD. Here’s everything you need to know about setting up your own OpenVPN server on pfSense pfSense is a popular firewall/router that ...

Breach Security Inc. will acquire Thinking Stone Ltd., which develops and provides support for an open-source Web application firewall called ModSecurity, the companies announced Monday. Thinking ...

Breach Security Inc. will acquire Thinking Stone Ltd., which develops and provides support for an open-source Web application firewall called ModSecurity, the companies announced Monday. Thinking ...

In the winter of 2000, the company&'s founders developed an open-source firewall called SmoothWall GPL Open Source. Within a few months, over 70,000 copies of the software had been downloaded, and in ...

The firewall is one of the most important security features in a computer environment. In the classic sense, a firewall is set up on an appliance, such as a computer that fulfills just a single, ...