Neowin News Feed for: Firewalls

A-VNC v1.5: VNC Through Firewalls Using a Web Browser

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:29:25 +0000

A-VNC is a remote control software to see and control a Windows machine. It is designed to overcome firewalls and proxy limitations, and depends on a web browser as a client. This makes A-VNC the... Read more...

Critical Unicode Flaw Undercuts Firewalls, Scanners

Tue, 15 May 2007 23:32:25 +0000

The U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team is reporting a network evasion technique that uses full-width and half-width unicode characters to allow malware to evade detection by an intrusion prevention system or firewall. The vulnerability concerns... Read more...

Microsoft says its own Firewalls have massive holes

Tom Warren — Tue, 20 May 2003 14:59:18 +0000

Just in case you missed a warning on Microsoft's Knowledge Base last week, be aware that its Internet Connection Firewall and its Basic Firewall do not block Internet Protocol Version 6 traffic. And... Read more...

Lockergnome Report - Firewalls not blocking ANY IPv6 traffic

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 20 May 2003 07:38:42 +0000

Thanks Chris for telling me that in his latest GnomeREPORT, he's tring to fiqure out Microsoft's "unique" logic for fixing something thats broken... Then, there are gems like this one [Firewalls not blocking ANY IPv6... Read more...

Firewalls set to become illegal in many American states

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:09:05 +0000

AN INTERESTING PIECE of news has surfaced that will have sys admins fainting in disbelief. Eight states have put forward bills that would have a devastating effect on network security and even networks themselves if... Read more...

New stealth attack found against personal firewalls

Tue, 30 Apr 2002 13:55:02 +0000

A new technique for defeating personal firewall software has been discovered. But at least one firewall vendor said the trick poses little risk to computer users. Symantec have said that it is... Read more...

3Com To Deliver NIC-based Firewalls

Darren Bolton — Fri, 01 Mar 2002 15:08:11 +0000

3Com Corp. is making a push to extend security to server, desktop and, eventually, mobile computing devices with the announcement of the 3Com Embedded Firewall. The 3Com Embedded Firewall is a hardware-based... Read more...