Out of the box, Linux is a highly secure operating system, but does that mean you can get by without a bit of help? Let's find out.

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How important is having a firewall? Is there a good free firewall on the Net, or should I buy a firewall from Earthlink? Thanks for your help. - Louise Very important. A good firewall will make your ...

Bill Cheswick will deny that he invented computer firewalls, but it’s what the modest computer security researcher is really known for.

Firewalls are unnecessary for the large majority of <B>home users</B>. Trojans should be killed by virus scanners, not firewalls.

I work in a small computer repair shop and I want to put together a box that will allow us to plug in X number of client computers. The computers should not be able to talk to each other on the ...