SmallNetBuilder - Security Articles

Backblaze Adds Unlimited Online Backup Service For Business

Tim Higgins — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:54:16 -0500

Backblaze today launched a business version of its online backup service that provides unlimited backup for $50 per computer per year.

SonicWall TZ100W UTM Appliance Reviewed

Doug Reid — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:06:57 -0400

Sonicwall's entry-level member of its revamped UTM lineup packs performance and lots of features into an affordable package.

Surviving ZLob: Lessons Learned

Tim Higgins — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:54:53 -0400

Nobody wants to come face to face with a nasty Trojan or any other malware. But if you do, you may benefit from what we learned during a recent encounter.

Clickfree Enables Backup To iPod / iPhone

Tim Higgins — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:55:34 -0400

Storage Appliance today announced two backup devices that enable iPods and iPhones to be used for computer backup storage. They also enable transfer of music from any iPod or iPhone to a Windows or Mac-based computer.

NETGEAR, OpenDNS Partner For Free Router-Based Parental Control

Tim Higgins — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:03:35 -0400

NETGEAR today announced it has partnered with OpenDNS to introduce a free Parental Control service for select NETGEAR routers.

Slideshow: NETGEAR ReadyNAS Vault

Tim Higgins — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:28:12 -0400

NETGEAR and ElephantDrive have teamed up to add "cloud" backup capability to the ReadyNAS Pro. Join us on a brief tour.

Carbonite Adds Mac Online Backup Service

Tim Higgins — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:21:50 -0400

Carbonite today announced Carbonite Online Backup for Mac, offering unlimited, automatic online backup for Intel-based Macs running OS 10.4 or 10.5.

Cisco Adds Home Security Service for Linksys Routers

Tim Higgins — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:22:49 -0500

Cisco today announced it has teamed with Trend Micro to offer a Home Security service for select Linksys by Cisco routers.

NETGEAR announces ProSecure Threat Management line

Tim Higgins — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:11:18 -0500

NETGEAR today announced a new line of Threat Management appliances with enterprise-class features but priced for SMB buyers.

No-Brainer Backup to Any USB Drive: Clickfree Transformer Reviewed

Tim Higgins — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:11:04 -0500

The Clickfree Transformer does a good job of automatically getting all your data files safely onto any USB drive you have lying around.

Slideshow: Clickfree Transformer

Tim Higgins — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:30:00 -0500

Clickfree's Transformer is a $60 USB cable that turns any USB drive into an automatic backup drive for Windows PCs. Read the full review.

Centralize Your Network Protection for Free: Copfilter Reviewed

Doug Reid — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:19:05 -0500

With a spare notebook or PC and a little time and Copfilter, you can centralize your network virus, spam and email protection.

D-Link adds Security Service to more routers

Tim Higgins — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:35:57 -0400

D-Link today said its SECURESPOT 2.0 Internet Security and Parental Control Services has been added to two more of its draft 802.11n routers.

Zyxel USG100 Review, Part 2 - UTM

Doug Reid — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:08:24 -0400

The second and final part of our review covers the USG100's extensive UTM features.

Yoggie releases MacOS mini security appliances

Tim Higgins — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:41:23 -0400

Yoggie Security Systems today released MacOS versions of its miniature hardware internet security devices.

Zyxel USG100 Unified Security Gateway Reviewed

Doug Reid — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:54:42 -0400

ZyXEL has packed a lot into its $500 UTM. Part 1 of our two-part review covers its routing, VLAN and VPN features.

NETGEAR Buying CP Secure

Tim Higgins — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:12:51 -0400

NETGEAR yesterday announced that it is acquiring privately-held CP Secure, Inc.

ZyXEL expands UTM appliance line

Tim Higgins — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:44:11 -0400

ZyXEL today announced its expanded Unified Security Gateway (USG) series that combines a deep packet stateful inspection firewall, anti-Virus, IDP, content filtering, anti-spam and VPN (IPSec/SSL/L2TP).

Monitor your Network for Free with Nagios

Doug Reid — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:31:00 -0400

Nagios is an open source tool that provides pro-level network monitoring.

How To Securely Browse from Anywhere using Hamachi and Squid

Joseph Dabbs — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:00:46 -0400

You can securely browse the web from any public location by using a secure web proxy.

MozyHome Online Backup Review: Simple, Useful, Affordable

Ryan Staib — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:30:49 -0400

EMC's MozyHome Online Backup service is simple to use and affordable, but won't back up everything you might want.

How To Securely Web Browse via an SSH Tunnel

Brandon Hogue — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:12:30 -0400

If you have access to an SSH daemon, you can surf safely no matter where you are connected.

How To Set Up a Site-to-Site VPN with OpenVPN

Brandon Teska — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:00:00 -0400

Brandon Teska walks you through using this award-winning open source SSL VPN to securely link two networks over the Internet.

D-Link revs managed security service

Tim Higgins — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:49:48 -0500

D-Link yesterday introduced a new version of its managed security service. The SecureSpot 2.0 Managed Security Service will initially be integrated with the DIR-625 Draft 802.11n router, with additional products to be added later.

Netgear announces dual-WAN SSL / IPsec gateway

Tim Higgins — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:10:35 -0500

Netgear today announced a new dual-mode security gateway that provides simultaneous support for up to 25 IPsec and 10 SSL VPN tunnels. The ProSafe Dual WAN Gigabit SSL VPN Firewall (FVS336G) has two gigabit WAN ports supporting load-balancing and fail-over modes and an integrated four-port 10/100/1000 Mbps switch.

D-Link DFL-CPG310 Review: Decent UTM, Funky VPN

Doug Reid — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:00:03 -0400

D-Link and Checkpoint have put together a nice small-biz UTM gateway. Too bad that the bundled VPN client isn't equally useful.

Slideshow: Site-to-site VPN between D-Link DFL-CPG310 and Linksys RV042

Doug Reid — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:38:36 -0400

This slideshow of configuration page screenshots will show you how to set up a site-to-site IPsec tunnel between the D-Link DFL-CPG310 and Linksys RV042.Read the full review.

Tiny package, big security - Yoggie Gatekeeper Pro Review

Bill Meade — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:20:06 -0400

Yoggie's Gatekeeper Pro packs impressive UTM features into an ultra-portable package.

Sonicwall TZ190 Review: UTM + WWAN

Doug Reid — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:00:00 -0400

UTM (Unified Threat Management) appliances are the current hot trend. But Sonicwall has upped the ante by throwing in WWAN access.

Sonicwall SSL-VPN-200 Review: SSL for SMBs

Tim Higgins — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:32:54 -0400

Sonicwall's SSL gateway gets along with browsers besides IE, and supports Vista. But it needs work on evening out throughput.

Slideshow - Sonicwall SSL-VPN 200

Tim Higgins — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:46:31 -0400

Sonicwall's SSL-VPN 200 is an entry level SSL VPN gateway supporting SSL proxy and IPsec tunnel connections. Read the full review.