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Article: Home Safety Nets - Firewall software shields PCs from hackers and attackers.(Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
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- Computer Shopper
- Article date:
- June 1, 2001
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Someone could be inside your computer right now, looking at your online passwords, stealing your credit-card numbers, and rifling through your tax files. Not likely, you say? If your computer is connected to the Internet with a dial-up modem, you're at risk. If you have a broadband connection, such as a cable modem or a DSL, ISDN, or T1 line, the risk is much higher. An always-on broadband connection gives you a static IP address that's easier to penetrate. This type of constant Internet address gives an intruder more time to try a variety of strategies and an open invitation to return at any time. As a result, it's not unusual for a broadband-connected computer to be ...