Threats Recapped
As we discussed in Chapter 5, many attackers on the Internet want to compromise your home systems for various reasons. Your job is to be your own system administrator as well as security officer. You must protect and defend your home computer on a daily basis. The “why” behind being attacked over your broadband connection is easy to understand. First, the speed of your connection allows quick attacks. Second, because you are always connected, attacks can go on for days. If you were on vacation for a week and left your computer on, you could have a week of unnoticed attacks by a determined intruder. Third, automated programs such as worms can hammer away at your connection without human intervention. We have seen the damage that ...
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