I left pfSense for OPNsense, a robust, open-source home firewall solution, including improved performance, user interface, and licensing concerns.

Your router’s firewall is your first line of defense against data snoops and cybercriminals. It keeps an eye out for any suspicious traffic on your network — at least in theory. But router firewalls ...

Generally, the way the ping command works amongst other network tools, is simply by sending special packets known as Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Echo Requests to a target device, and then ...

The first thing that some users do is install Chrome. But sometimes your firewall is blocking Chrome. Fixing this is simple, however, if the problem keeps appearing in Chrome, you might want to try ...

Joel Snyder, Ph.D., is a senior IT consultant with 30 years of practice. An internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, messaging and networks, Dr. Snyder is a popular speaker and ...

Ermeiyaoxiaodao (@二枚腰小道): GFW (Great Firewall of China) has blocked all Google services, including Google Scholar, which is essential to research. If you think this is unacceptable, we request that ...

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Cisco warned customers today to patch two zero-day vulnerabilities that are actively being exploited in attacks and impact the company's firewall software. The first one (CVE-2025-20333) allows ...

The US Department of Labor (DOL) has launched ‘Project Firewall’, a sweeping enforcement initiative aimed at curbing misuse of the H-1B visa program and protecting American jobs, particularly in the ...

Employers in the United States will be under heavy scrutiny for compliance as the Trump administration launched an H1-B “enforcement initiative", which claims to “protect" American workers. As new ...