Why would you want to block sites? Maybe you have kids you don’t want going to specific places on the internet. Maybe you’re trying to cut down on data usage because of a bandwidth cap forced upon you by your ISP. No matter the reason, people do have need to block specific sites from time to time. It’s an unfortunate truth that there...

With the Window XP/Vista firewall, opening a particular port (i.e. 80 for HTTP, 1433 for SQL, etc.) was very straightforward. With Windows 7, however, the process is totally different and, initially, not very intuitive. So if you have the need to open a particular port on Windows 7, just follow these steps:Open the Windows 7 Firewall. Click the option for...

Alliteration aside, the most popular firewall program I see recommended on this site, outside of the one built into Windows, is Comodo Firewall. While there is certainly nothing at all wrong with it, if you are looking to explore alternatives then PC Tools Firewall Plus is worth a look. PC Tools Firewall Plus is advanced technology designed especially for...

China, one of the world’s oldest civilizations (far older than the United States), has had its troubles over the years trying to handle this thing called internet. Recently the powers that be in those parts mandated that every single new computer sold must have net-filtering software on it. The people didn’t take too kindly to this and protested the...

These features let you control what you let connect to your wireless network and what can pass through from the Internet to the local networks. By default, anyone and anything can connect to your wireless network, and there is no traffic from the Internet allowed to pass through to any computer on the local network. [hidepost=1] Common Features Firewall features...