Archive for the ‘Security’ Category

Open source network gateway – more than just a firewall

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Untangle open source network gateway.Untangle is a free open source network gateway, not entirely a managed services platform but it does fit its way in there.

It’s all about how you package it. If it had backup, monitoring and billing, we would be all set wouldn’t we?

I’ve built the spam filters from freespamfilter.org, Untangle does what I need and more.

These services are (more…)

Remove those viruses that your Anti-virus program couldn’t.

Monday, August 13th, 2007

ShellExView
Did you ever have a virus that you just couldn’t remove using your AV program? I have, so I know a few little tricks that I thought I’d share with you. (more…)

Fight spam while learning Linux

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Linux PenguinFedora Linux

Stopspam

If you’ve never heard of Linux, it’s a free open source operating system. Linux is very different from Windows, and a lot of the configuration is done by command line. While there are many many many different versions of Linux, I like to use Fedora which is one of the more mainstream flavors. The first thing I did to start learning Linux was (more…)

Your business needs a firewall but which one?

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

    So you have a small business or your big business is just starting to come into the technology age. Maybe you have a small network of computers at home. Whatever the case may be, if your computers are on the internet, they need a firewall to protect your computers from hackers and viruses and to keep your private information private. I recommend getting a hardware firewall to put between the internet and your network. With so many different models and features to choose from, which one do you buy?

Here’s an idea of what to look for (more…)