In fact, there is a growing section in the bookstores devoted to this very subject, along with many, many products intended to protect your computer while connected to the Internet. A firewall is a device, or software, or both that controls access to and from your computer and the outside world. I will simply list some of the products available in the table below. Some of these are hardware solutions. I prefer a dedicated router, the hardware solution, primarily because it s not a computer.
Hackers attack computers, a dedicated router is simpler and, less intelligent, than a computer.
It has a few simple tasks to perform and that s all it knows how to do. There simply is less for a hacker to attack. So far it s working quite well with a cable modem connection. Jim Scheef is President of TelemarkSystems, Inc, a provider of custom software design and development and Windows NT Networking Services. He has been with DACS longer than anyone can remember.