WatchGuard Columns

Fred Avolio was a member of WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.'s LiveSecurity Advisory Council, and wrote a column for their LiveSecurity Service, a service that allows their subscribers to stay current on security issues. We republish them with WatchGuard's permission. 

In reverse order of publication...

• DNS 101.
• Wireless at Home.
• Five "Must Have" Defenses for Mobile Computer Users.
• Using Your Firebox's Optional Interface. The title refers to the WatchGuard Firebox Firewall, but this column is applicable to anyone who has or is thinking about setting up a DMZ.
• Basic Router Security A WatchGuard editorial.
• Security Tokens: Why Aren't You Using Them? A WatchGuard editorial.
• What Are Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS)? A "Foundations" WatchGuard editorial.
• Waiting for Smart Cards , a "Things to Come" WatchGuard editorial.
• Your New Firebox: Day 8 . Though the title is WatchGuard-centric, this column deals with what every new firewall administrator should do on the 8th day.
• E-mail Headers and SMTP Commands, written for WatchGuard as a follow-up to Introduction to WatchGuard's SMTP Proxy, but never published.
• Introduction to WatchGuard's SMTP Proxy. Even if you don't have a Firebox, you'll learn why you really want an application gateway (proxy) dealing with this stuff.
• Secrets of Security Policy Development Revealed! At the risk of hurting my consulting business, I reveal secrets heretofore known only to the "Arch Mages" of Internet Security. (Please don't tell.)
• From Zero to Expert in your "Spare Time." A WatchGuard "Foundations" column. What? No spare time? Read on...
• Foundations: Cryptography 101 . Data and information residing on computers and flowing over telephone and network connections are vulnerable to theft, modification, and forgery. This article, aimed at the neophyte, looks at a technique used to secure transmissions over a network or to protect data files as they reside on a computer. The technique is called cryptography .
• Defense in Depth A WatchGuard column discussing what defense in depth means and ways to achieve it.
• Can We Trust Digital Signatures?" . A WatchGuard column on digital signatures and the US e-signature legislation.
• Network Applications: A Security Guy's Wishlist . A request to application developers, pointing out the dangerous things they do.
• One Size Never Fits All . Tighten up that firewall!
• The Ordo Cautela: Steps to Security . The logical and practical order to security deployment.
• Intruder Alert... Or is it? Don't you wish you had an incident response plan?. A WatchGuard editorial.
• E-mail Security, Why Don't We Bother?
• Biometrics: Coming of Age .
• Extending the Perimeter: Protecting the Telecommuter and the Road Warrior (Part 2)
• Extending the Perimeter: Protecting the Telecommuter and the Road Warrior (Part 1)
• PC Disk Encryption: A Lesson Learned and Recommendations
• Deploying Crypto, What Are You Waiting For?
• Securing the Corporate Network -- Two Simple Things Every PC User Can Do
• Melissa: Have We Learned Anything Yet?