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    Consumers protecting their PCs with personal firewalls should not feel too comfortable in their defence methods, according to a security researcher.

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    Hackers are having a field day with unsecured wireless networks. Here's how to keep them from snooping around your company's wireless communications.

  • Making peer-to-peer secure

    One startup, Datasynapse, says built-in encryption, firewall via its WebProc offering is the answer

  • Do telecommuters invite intrusions?

    Some experts say telecommuting may compromise secure corporate networks. Is anybody guarding the back door?

  • In the trenches of techno-rebellion

    Activist programmers are developing protection against intrusive ads, tracking software, and other mechanisms that piggyback on free software and quietly co-opt consumers' computers.

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  • In the trenches of techno-rebellion

    Activist programmers are developing protection against intrusive ads, tracking software, and other mechanisms that piggyback on free software and quietly co-opt consumers' computers.

  • Firewalls: Keeping the outside out

    Firewalls protect your network from outside attacks, but what can you do when those pesky users keep taking their computers outside your network? ZDNet Australia investigates.

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  • ZoneAlarm Pro 5.5

    ZoneAlarm Pro 5.5 is the best software firewall available to PC users today.

  • Don’t fire until you see the whites of their IP

    Firewall software isn’t optional for anyone anymore. Sure, Windows XP has an inbuilt firewall, but for real security you need a meatier option.How well does Zone Alarm Pro 3.0 protect you?

  • Keeping the outside out: Seven desktop firewalls tested

    We all know about firewalls protecting your network from outside attacks, but what can you do when those pesky users keep taking their computers outside your network? And what if the attack isn't coming from the outside at all?

  • Should You Set Your Sights on Windows XP

    Microsoft's Windows XP has received a fair amount of hype in the lead up to its release-Matt Lake and Josh Mehlman assess its usefulness for businesses.

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