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Security Firewalls
By Richard Lowe
If you spend a lot of time on the internet and you are not behind a firewall, then you are living on borrowed time. Putting some protection between you and the internet is probably the third most important thing that you can do (after getting virus checking software and performing regular backups).
The diagram to the left shows an unprotected system using a DSL modem. As you can see, someone on the internet can attach the computer system easily as the DSL modem provides no protection (some DSL modems have built-in firewalls). An attacker can get through any type of modem - DSL, cable, 56K, 28.8 or whatever. If the device gets you on the internet, you are vulnerable.
For those with a DSL, cable modem o...
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