ZDNET's key takeaways Your desktop firewall may not offer enough protection.There are various options available to increase your security.Two of these options are free, while the other has an ...

If you're looking to up the privacy across your LAN, it's time you considered thinking bigger than just a single computer.

Some, including Symantec's VelociRaptor firewall, come with their ports closed by default - this is called automatic port blocking. If your firewall comes with all the ports and services open, the ...

Ok this is my first time I've ever sit up a firwall using linux. So far this is what I've done. I went to system settings selected security and choose what leve of security I wanted to implement. Then ...

One of the greatest features of sendmail is the extreme flexibility it provides the administrator. This is also one of its worst features, the reason being that it is so often misconfigured. Usually, ...

Hmmm, I'd assume i'ts your linux box. Plug your connection from the wall directly into the switch and see if the slow down still exists, if so its prolly your switch, otherwise its prolly your linux ...