Have you ever looked at your ISP-provided router and thought, "I wonder what it would be like to build my own firewall?" That's precisely what went through my mind last year when I finally made the ...

Call me paranoid if you must, but I take all sorts of precautions to bolster the security of my devices. Running a router/firewall OS with hardened rules is one of them, and I’ve been using an ...

Maker, meme-r, and unabashed geek, Joe has been writing about technology since starting his career in 2018 at KnowTechie. He's covered everything from Apple to apps and crowdfunding and loves getting ...

Need a dedicated firewall appliance? OPNsense is a free, open-source solution, ready to protect your network from intrusion. The protection of your network is one of the most important jobs in the ...

Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building PCs since young, and when not creating content, you can often find him ...