More money buys greater security, but no security is perfect. To beef up your security, you might start at ACIS's security web page . However, I have talked with ACIS's head of security, and he says that ACIS is not presently able to provide you with all the software you really ought to have. In particular, you might feel the need for a firewall. Antivirus software Members of the Vanderbilt community can get antivirus software for free at ACIS's antivirus web page .
Firewalls See introduction to firewalls .
It does not support Internet Connection Sharing, as pointed out by Chris Pirillo . PC Magazine called this one of the Best Products of 1999 . A weakened demo version is available for free. I saw some other inexpensive programs at a computer store recently. In particular, members of the Vanderbilt community can subscribe to the Vanderbilt AntiVirus Mailing List .