Cisco ASA 5500 Series was selected the winner in the Firewalls & VPN Hardware Category solution category of the WindowsNetworking.com Readers’ Choice Awards. SonicWall Pro 5060 and Juniper Networks NetScreen were first runner-up and second runner-up.
This article is dedicated to answering a selection of the questions I received from WindowsNetworking.com readers by e-mail. Unfortunately I do not have time to answer all of your e-mails individually so I have decided to do so here in the form of an article for everyone's benefit. I have left out all the unnecessary information and just ...
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Several free online tools to test your network's integrity.
In this article the author explores a couple of security vulnerabilities in consumer and small business-class routers and explains how to prevent your network against these threats.
This article discusses five more methods that you can use to diagnose and repair service startup issues.
AVG Internet Security is a complete suite of software applications helping to protect your computer from web threats. Here is a quote from the official site describing the item: Includes Anti-Virus protects from viruses, worms and trojans Anti-Spyware protects from spyware, adware and other malicious programs Anti-Spam filters spam and protects against phishing attacks Firewall protects from hackers Benefits All-in-one, ...
Amazon added a new feature called Virtual Private Cloud to their Web Services. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) is a secure and seamless bridge between a company's existing IT infrastructure and the AWScloud. Amazon VPC enables enterprises to connect their existing infrastructure to a set of isolated AWS compute resources via a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection, and to ...
How to configure the Network Policy Server.
Over the last few years, VPNs have gone from relative obscurity to great popularity. Even so, you don’t want to throw together a VPN haphazardly. After all, a VPN is a direct portal into your private network, and it is essential that it be secure. If your VPN isn’t secure, then nothing else on your network will be secure either. ...
Cisco PIX was selected the winner in the Firewalls & VPN hardware category of the WindowsNetworking.com Readers’ Choice awards. Checkpoint VPN-1 UTM and SonicWALL PRO 5060 were runner-up and second runner-up respectively.
Amazon's Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) include route tables and gateways features, that allow you to both extend your organization's network to Amazon's Cloud, and connect your VPC to the Internet and leverage the benefits of Amazon EC2. In addition, you can create VPNs using devices that do not support BGP. Some firewalls and entry-level routers support IPSec but not BGP. ...
This article looks at the benefits of launching a RemoteApp versus using the app in a traditional Remote Desktop session.
This article will cover a quite illusive protocol known as the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), employed by the Real Time Communications (RTC) Server is a Microsoft approach in providing instant messaging (IM) and videoconferencing on both a business and informal level. In order to understand the workings of the RTC Server it is necessary to acquire knowledge of the Server’s ...
A tip on how you can use Windows PowerShell to remotely refresh Group Policy.
How to disable the Action Center in Windows 7 and when you might want to do this.
Managing outbound traffic has become very crucial in determining computer infections. Malware infects computers and then tries to send out stolen data to perpetrators. Viruses seek to replicate themselves by attempting to send packets to infect other computers. Users might use unapproved applications which may result in the transmission of confidential data. Therefore, it is appropriate to review your Windows ...
This article explains what a core server is and shows how to deploy one.
Pangolin is an automatic SQL injection penetration testing (Pen-testing) tool for Website manager or IT Security analyst. Database support: Access,DB2,Informix, SQL Server,MySQL, Oracle,PostgreSQL,Sqlite3,Sybase. Features: Auto-analyzing keyword, HTTPS support, Pre-Login, Bypass firewall setting, Injection Digger, Data dumper, etc.