Untitled Page. Windows firewall squeezes into USB key. [Updated Jun. 1] -- Yoggie Security Systems has squeezed a hardware firewall for Windows into a USB key sized form-factor. The "Yoggie Pico" runs Linux 2.6 along with 13 security applications on a 520MHz PXA270, a powerful Intel processor popular in smartphones and high-end consumer devices. Yoggie Pico (Click each image to enlarge) The Yoggie Pico is a spectacularly miniaturized version of the company's original Yoggie Gatekeeper product (pictured at left), which shipped nine months ago and is also based on the Intel PXA270 processor .
Both products aim to offload firewall functions to a separate device, in order to increase security and performance of the host PC, and save users from confusing security-related pop-up messages. CEO Schlomo Touboul explains, "Internet security software running on Windows takes a lot of time to boot, and uses a lot of CPU to scan. It gets fatter and fatter with every update, and as a result, the Windows machine gets slower and slower. How does it work? TechNet - The Cable Guy - June 2004: The New Wireless Network Setup Wizard in Windows XP Service Pack 2. By The Cable Guy Wireless LAN technologies such as IEEE 802.11a/b/g have become a popular networking alternative to connect multiple computers in a home or small business.
Although wireless networks introduce location flexibility, they also introduce security issues that do not exist with conventional wire-based networking technologies such as Ethernet. These security issues include the following: Authentication Specifies which computers that are allowed to join the wireless network. Encryption Specifies how wireless frames are encrypted so that an eavesdropper cannot interpret the data being sent or have the ability to access your network resources such as shared folders.
For a home or small office, there are two recommended choices for authentication and encryption: You should use open system/WEP only if all of your network devices do not support WPA. Using the Wireless Network Setup Wizard to Configure a Wireless Network Click Next. XML Files Stored on the UFD For More Information. Set up a secure wireless network using Windows Connect Now.