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Open Discussion: Software firewalls (ZDNet)
It my recent story on "Patching the Internet" a discussion on how Dan Kaminsky broke, then subsequently helped fix DNS and the Internet, a lot of discussion centered around how the patch was breaking various software firewall applications. Most notably I heard talk of ZoneAlarm having issues. ...

Data Doctors: Firewalls may block programs you need, too (East Valley Tribune)
Q. I recently had Zone Alarm on my computer, and one of their updates stopped me from being able to access the Internet or e-mail. I removed the software, and they came right up. Can you recommend a free firewall download? ? Ken

Croal: We Can't Stop Fidgeting with Smart Phones (Newsweek)
Devices have become the adult equivalent of security blankets, pacifying us with familiar apps and rhythms of dialogue.

posted by Jeremy LaCroix on Wed 13th Aug 2003 16:59 UTC (OS News)
I am a "Technologist", a Technology enthusiast that is usually the one that is called should a major catastrophe strike an end user.

Arch Reinsurance Automates Hardware Management With Ecora Bermuda-based reinsurer improves security best practices and ... (Finance Technology Network)
ALTHOUGH HIS AUDITORS were completely satisfied, Robert Sheridan K. Smith wasn't. When Smith joined Arch Reinsurance , a subsidiary of Arch Capital Group (US$15.6 billion in total assets), in late 2005, he inherited manual processes for monitoring changes to routers and firewalls.

iFortress panels take the heat (Akron Beacon Journal)
Jerry Lyons says bring on hurricane-force winds, smoke and gas, explosions, high-pressure water, leaking water pipes or a disgruntled employee: His modular structures can take them.

Fire destroys building at Thomasbrook Apartments in Lincoln (Lincoln Journal Star)
Amy Willadsen was honored recently for saving a man from a car fire. On Saturday morning, she was the one who escaped a fire. Willadsen, a Lancaster County Sheriff's deputy, was among dozens of people who got out safely when their building at Thomasbrook Apartments burned.

Windows DNS bug fix can impair firewalls, including ZoneAlarm (BetaNews)
BetaNews has confirmed through its own testing this morning that a critical patch, released yesterday by Microsoft as part of a worldwide DNS bug fix effort, can and does impact the functionality of software firewalls.

How Big Brother protects the state (Independent Online)
Did you know that every time a minister, a director-general and some senior government officials make a critical phone call, they push a secret red button?

Arch Reinsurance Automates Hardware Management With Ecora (Insurance and Technology)
After a few tries, Arch Reinsurance finally automates hardware monitoring with Ecora and closes security loopholes.