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5 open source alternatives for routing/firewall

Network World

Economical and flexible Open source software offers an economical and flexible option for deploying basic home, SMB or even enterprise networking.

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Review: 5 open source alternatives for routers/firewalls

Network World

Open source software offers an economical and flexible option for deploying basic home, SMB or even enterprise networking. These open source products deliver simple routing and networking features, like DHCP and DNS.

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What to do about WannaCry if you’re infected or if you’re not

Network World

Today is likely to be painful for many organizations all over the world that took the weekend off and are returning to the work-week to find hundreds or thousands of computers on their networks encrypted by WannaCry ransomware, which surfaced Friday and has been propagating ever since. That’s where the flaw is that it attacks.

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Top 10 Commonly Exploited Initial Attack Vectors

SecureWorld News

Software is not up to date. Unpatched software may allow an attacker to exploit publicly known vulnerabilities to gain access to sensitive information, launch a denial-of-service attack, or take control of a system. Network devices are also often preconfigured with default administrator usernames and passwords to simplify setup.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: How to Stay Safe on Public Wi-Fi Networks

Sean Daniel

How to Stay Safe on Public Wi-Fi Networks. Over on Lifehacker.com , one of my favorite sites, they talk a bit about how to stay safe on Public, or even those looming “open” networks that you might discover in an apartment building. Opt into Microsoft Update to keep all your software up to date. SMB Nation.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: How to use your Home Server as an AirPrint.

Sean Daniel

This application, called FingerPrint by Collobos Software , will share out any connected printer, as well as DropBox locations to the AirPrint service. I also had to add my network printer to a printer on my Home Server, just by going to Control Panel and adding a printer as I normally would on any Windows machine. 1/03/2012 9:24 PM.

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MSP cybersecurity: What you should know

Dataconomy

A Managed Service Provider must pay special attention to this threat as the connection between an MSP and clients can cause rapid strain spreading and global data loss inside the entire client network. A man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack involves a hacker intruding, for example, into a network router or a computer, aiming to intercept traffic.

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