Keep nasty people out of your PC.(Network Ice's BlackIce network security software)(Product Announcement)

EDN, February, 2000 by Levy, Markus

DO YOU ACCESS the Internet? Well, beware: Nasty hackers may try to probe your computer while you are online. A firewall protects you from these hackers but limits your freedom on the Internet. The BlackIce product from Network Ice runs with all Windows operating systems and provides a compromise between open and easy access to the Internet and the closed-down secure access of a firewall.

The product monitors intrusions by scanning network traffic for hacker signatures in much the same way that antivirus software scans the hard disk looking for virus signatures. BlackIce reconstructs a model of both the, client and the server and detects invasions by determining what network traffic is normal. When BlackIce detects a hacker, it sends a scan to gather...

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