{Everything you wanted to know about firewalls, but were afraid to ask} Some people know that a firewall is a good thing to have in terms of security, but not how to implement one. Others are unclear about the whole firewall business and whether or not it has anything to do with matches (bad pun, sorry). This is an excellent guide for the home, small business, and home office user. Get more than the “Just go install ZoneAlarm and you’re cool” advice. Get how-tos for installing and uninstalling firewalls, information about security for Linux, BSD, and PDAs as well as information on anti-virus, anti-spyware, and anti-everything programs. Let the Home PC Firewall Guide be your friendly local sheriff to help you protect yourself from Internet bandits.
Yeah, very good thing to have… it’s just two little things that bothers me…
1.) I didn’t notice they have mentioned avast! anywhere (?)
2.) They say: Zone Alarm (currently at version 3.1.395)… Oh my God… when was that site last time updated ? I have version 4.5.538.000… oh, I see now… date stamp on their site is "Friday 14, March 2003 "
Security vendor Zone Labs has disclosed that several versions of its personal-firewall products are vulnerable to a buffer-overflow attack that could compromise the system. Read the whole story here. (From eWeek) Jeff Partridge.
