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- Determine your need for client firewall software
- Organizations that are connected to the Internet must protect their systems and sensitive data from unwanted intruders, threats, and attacks. Client firewall software will help hide your ports, track suspicious activity, and send attack alerts when attempts have been made to hack your systems.ZDNet's Client Firewalls Pack includes four tools,...
- Tags: Client Firewalls tool, firewall, Client Firewalls, TechRepublic Staff, tool, worksheet, firewall software, software
- Technical articles 2004-04-23
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- Client Firewalls Pack
- The Client Firewalls Pack includes four Excel workbooks: the Gap Analysis Report, the Vendor Selection Checklist, the Vendor Reference Questionnaire, and the Financial Scenario Planner. These tools are designed to help you identify any gaps in your current security needs and determine a vendor that will best meet your requirements....
- Tags: Gap Analysis, Vendor Selection, Client Firewalls Pack, Microsoft Excel, Firewalls, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Networking
- Download resources 2005-06-07
- Proxy vs. Non-Proxy Web Application Firewalls: Why Web Applications Need More Than an IPS
- Are you comparing Web Application Firewalls? Web Application Firewalls have emerged as a best practice for protecting transactional or high value web applications. However, two radically different types of products have emerged: application proxy-based web application firewalls and non-proxy based firewalls. If you are...
- Tags: Web Application, Application Firewall, Firewalls, Network Security, Networking
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- Firewalls FAQ
- Download our complete firewalls FAQ, including 15 basic questions about firewalls and related technology.
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., FAQ, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Networking
- Download resources 2004-07-27
- Using Firewalls to Enforce Enterprise-Wide Policies Over Standard Client-Server Interactions
- This paper proposes and evaluates a novel framework for enforcing global coordination and control policies over message passing software components in enterprise computing environments. This framework combines the use of firewalls, both per-node software and dedicated firewalls, with an existing coordination and control system to enforce policies that, among other...
- Tags: Software, Coordination, Client-server, Policy, Academy Publisher, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Networking
- White papers 2006-10-01
- Dynamic Firewalls and Service Deployment Models for Grid Environments
- The ubiquitous deployment of firewalls at the border between external and corporate network segments has brought significant improvements in protection against malicious code and unwanted traffic. However, the traditional client-server paradigm supported by most of today's firewall does not accommodate the specific requirements of novel Grid applications. This paper presents...
- Tags: Environment, Grid, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Networking
- White papers 2006-12-05
- RealTunnel Client for SIP (dmg)
- RealTunnel is a small footprint firewall NAT traversal client that makes any SIP client able to communicate with the outside world regardless of firewalls and NATs. The RealTunnel clients acts as a SIP proxy towards the SIP UA User Agent client. Version 3.0.0-0078 features minor bug fixes and improvements.
- Tags: SIP, Client, RealTunnel, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Emerging Technologies
- Software downloads 2007-12-07
- EchoServer for Windows (exe)
- EchoServer is a packet relay server that connects echoWare-enabled applications (e.g., EchoVNC, InstantVNC, etc.) together across the Internet, regardless of intervening firewalls or NAT'ing routers. From the client application's point of view, on both sides of the connection, all transmissions to the echoServer appear to be outgoing, meaning those connections...
- Tags: Router, Microsoft Windows, Adjustment, Echogent Systems, EchoServer, Firewalls, Network Security, Routers & Switches, Security, Networking
- Software downloads 2007-12-11
- Securing XML Web Services: XML Firewalls and XML VPNs
- There is no one size fits all solution for Web services security. There will always be instances where access lists programmed into the Web services themselves are sufficient. Other times, SSL may be more than adequate for privacy and integrity. However, in scenarios where granular message processing and auditing is...
- Tags: Web, Firewall, Web Service, XML Web Service, XML, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- White papers 2006-10-10
- How to Make BGP Work Through the Firewalls
- This white paper deals with how to handle iBGP or eBGP peering sessions between routers across either Checkpoint or Cisco firewalls. This configuration has caused headaches for IT personnel who are familiar with Routing and Switching but on the security aspect of the firewalls. This paper will show how to...
- Tags: Micronet Solution, Firewalls, BGP, Network Security, Security, Networking
- White papers 2007-05-13
- HELP! VPN Connection Problems
- We are trying to set up a VPN connection with Windows Server 2003. We have a Linksys WRV200 router with our static ip address set to forward ports 1723 and 47 to one of our server's local IP addresses. The router is connected to a series of switches;...
- Tags: VPNs, Routers & switches, Network security, NETWORKING, Firewalls, Network technology, acarpenter@..., Generic Routing Encapsulation packet, VPN, Generic Routing Encapsulation, router, firewall, VPN Server, server
- Discussion threads 2007-07-09
- Why Organizations Need Web Application Firewalls
- Web application firewalls offer immediate and effective protection for web applications and help organizations pass security audits that demonstrate regulatory compliance. In addition, web application firewalls facilitate secure coding initiatives by giving security teams visibility into their applications' defects, transactions, architectures, and communications. This paper will discuss why web application...
- Tags: Security, Web Application, Application Firewall, Breach Security, Firewalls, Networking
- White papers 2007-09-01
- Firewall Product Testing
- Network firewalls are systems that enforce access control policy between an organization's network and the Internet for security purposes. Functionally, firewalls work closely with a router program to examine each network packet and determine whether to forward it toward its destination. Firewalls also include or work with a proxy server...
- Tags: Network, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Networking
- White papers 2005-01-01
- How Cisco IT Upgraded Intrusion Detection to Improve Scalability and Performance
- Comprehensive network security has no substitute. Firewalls are Cisco IT's first line of network defense, protecting against most intrusions from outside the network and intrusions into data centers. Firewalls are effective but limited in scope. Cisco IT needed more security at the network perimeter. Cisco deployed 35 Cisco IDS 4230...
- Tags: Intrusion Detection, Performance, Network, Information Technology, Network Security, Scalability, Cisco Systems Inc., Firewalls, Networking, Security
- Case studies 2007-12-19
- HTTP-Tunnel Client (exe)
- HTTP-Tunnel allowing you to use your Internet applications safely despite restrictive firewalls and/or you not be monitored. FREE! Use all your favorite applications through the software like Morpheus, ICQ, MSN, Kaazor, FTP clients, PC Anywhere, Imesh, Bittorent, Putty, WoW. Other uses include to bypass firewalls, proxy, anonymous internet usage, block...
- Tags: Internet, Firewalls, Network Security, Networking
- Software downloads 2007-12-28
- VPN unable to Access to resources
- hii somehow managed to "google" my way to creating a VPN, i got the commands for the firewall, the cisco client and how to set it upwhich i did. and surprisingly enough it works, but how do i add clients to the group? and how do i access resources...
- Tags: Firewalls, Network security, SECURITY, Microsoft Access, demc_rock@..., Cisco Systems Inc., firewall, VPN
- Discussion threads 2007-11-07
- Firewalls everywhere?
- Ok, I'll put Anti-virus on everything. What about firewalls?Is it necessary, on a domain-based network, to have a firewall on each machine clients and server?OR..if I route the web connection thru the server, can I just put a firewall on the server and be ok? (mind you the DSL router...
- Tags: dsl, firewall, internet, network, router, security, server, software, Tink!, web
- Discussion threads 2005-09-28
- A New Architecture for Conflict-Free Firewall Policy Provisioning
- Firewalls constitute the primary line of network defense. A network may have multiple firewalls - one at the organizational level and another at each of the departmental levels, with each firewall working in accordance with the global organizational security policy. The firewalls are so configured that each department's intranet receives...
- Tags: Network, Provisioning, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Networking
- White papers 2006-07-19
- Windows XP Professional Security Guide 4: Firewalls
- Hackers can't hack what they can't find. Firewalls provide protection against external attack, but configuring them can be confusing. Peer-to-peer networking can create special security challenges in a Windows XP environment. This Security Guide gives the essentials of configuring workstation-based firewalls. This download is available for free as...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Firewalls, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Network Security, Security, Networking, Operating Systems, Software
- Download resources 2004-06-25
- Application Security: Why Network Firewalls and Intrusion Prevention Systems Aren't Enough
- Network firewalls and intrusion prevention systems IPSs are integral parts of an enterprise security strategy, but they can't adequately protect the inherently vulnerable web application that companies now rely on to extend their businesses to partner, suppliers and customers. Download this paper to learn how Citrix Application Firewall complements...
- Tags: Intrusion Prevention System, Network, Citrix Systems Inc., Application Security, Firewalls, Intrusion Prevention, Network Security, Security, Networking
- White papers 2007-05-11
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