New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing
Sean Donelan
sean at donelan.com
Sun Dec 19 02:14:30 UTC 2004
A better than average news article helping people keep their new
computers secure. It is much easier to prevent your computer getting
infected, than it is curing your computer afterwards.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9658-2004Dec18.html
I wouldn't rely on software firewalls. At the same store you buy your
computer, also buy a hardware firewall. Hopefully soon the motherboard
and NIC manufacturers will start including built-in hardware firewalls.
But sometimes, such as dialup modems, software firewalls are the only
alternative.
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