Article on deep packet inspection firewalls and their efficacy against worms and other malicious traffic.

Article explaining some common port 80 attacks and the products available to combat them.

What exactly is collected, shared and acted upon isn't always evident to end users. This may lead to trust problems between site visitors and site owners, resulting in loss of business and even legal problems.

Many of you wrote in to agree with me that the W3C's Platform for Privacy Preferences might be a far cry from an antidote to privacy woes.

IDS coverage from Network World, including an in-depth review of eight IDS products, tips for deployment and false alarm reduction, terminology glossary, and related news stories.

Discussion of what should go into the creation of an intrusion detection plan and the expected results.

A collection of VPN resources and articles.

Thomas Davenport, Network World, February, 28, 2000. Over the past decade, two major innovations have transformed the way companies build and operate information systems: the Internet and its associated e-commerce technologies, and enterprise resource...

A Network World article that provides a deeper dive into the new browser.

Describes one user who read the EULA and found a way to get refunded for an operating system he wouldn't use.