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    Network administrators who place their trust in firewalls copped stern words from a high-ranking engineer at a leading networking vendor.

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    MRTG, or Multi Router Traffic Grapher, is a popular monitoring and statistics tool for use on Linux platforms. Here are some tips for installing and configuring MRTG.

  • Firestarter: 5 minutes to a Linux firewall

    Linux firewalls offer a robust, secure, and highly flexible solution. However, manually configuring them has generally been quite labour-intensive--until now. See how Firestarter can help you build an excellent Linux firewall in minutes.

  • Build a poor man's firewall with the Cisco IOS

    While vendors have been pushing toward dedicated -firewall appliances", such appliances can also be very costly for small to medium-size businesses. However, there is an inexpensive and effective firewall solution that you may have overlooked.

  • Cisco's hidden gem: The IOS firewall

    One of Cisco's less well-known security implementations is the IOS firewall feature pack. Take a look at the basic protection methods available, and how to configure them.

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    The Web is facing up to its most significant change since its inception, and Sir Tim Berners-Lee is once again at the forefront of the change.

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    The security of online applications is being undermined by a series of common flaws, according to a group of experts.

  • Six ADSL firewall routers tested

    Distributed companies increasingly use VPN connections to access and share information. We test ADSL firewall routers that are designed for this purpose.

  • The enemy within: firewalls and backdoors

    Can your multiple-lines of defence truly protect your network from modern methods of intrusion when you've left the key under the mat?

  • MRTG: Monitoring Linux routers and firewalls

    MRTG, or Multi Router Traffic Grapher, is a popular monitoring and statistics tool for use on Linux platforms. Here are some tips for installing and configuring MRTG.

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