Video Highlight Leo talks with firewall and security expert Steven Bellovin. This video only available for RealPlayer . In the past, hackers mostly went after servers. Servers, historically, tended to have the most interesting data and, of course, the best connectivity to the rest of the Net.
Servers are also more vulnerable.
A machine that isn't listening on any ports can't easily be penetrated. In the days when clients were very dumb, there wasn't much a hacker could do to clients unless they first penetrated the servers those clients were talking to. Finally, in the days when most ordinary users connected to proprietary services, there was simply no way to reach them, even if they did have servers of their own running. Ask your cable or satellite TV operator if TechTV is available in your area or contact your provider to request TechTV . Big Joe' Ramos is a man on a mission.