how the IP behaves over time: a “sticky” setup keeps the same exit IP for a period, which helps if you want consistency for logins and sessions, while a rotating setup changes IPs on a schedule or per ...

The internet sometimes feels like a dangerous place, but with so many options to protect your data, your anonymity, and your privacy, how do you know which tool to use and when? Here is what you need ...

When you are operating a business, you may want to restrict what websites your employees can visit to prevent them from being distracted while at work. You can do this by blocking access to these ...

Let's talk about proxy servers. Proxy servers are often confused with virtual private networks (VPNs) because their network architectures are very similar. But proxies and VPNs are very different ...

While the Internet brings a wealth of information and incredible choices of entertainment, this does not mean that it does not bring with it a range of risks that may compromise one’s network or their ...

There are many government agencies both in the U.S. and around the world who restrict their employees from visiting social networking sites (SNS) through the use of a firewall filter. Anyone care to ...

Marshall Gunnell is a Tokyo-based tech journalist and editor with over a decade of experience covering IT, cybersecurity and data storage. Alongside CNET, his work has appeared in ZDNET, Business ...

A proxy server acts sort of like a middleman between your browser and servers that display Web pages. They do this by receiving page or link requests from your browser and then passing them to the Web ...

Whether you're in the office or on the road, a VPN is still one of the best ways to protect yourself on the big, bad internet. I've written a number of articles on VPNs, as well as ZDNET's list of the ...