http://www.krazyworks.com/home-network-configuration-basics/ Networking, Systems Design, and Disaster Recovery Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:39:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.krazyworks.com/home-network-configuration-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-2600 Mike Herbes Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:36:56 +0000 http://www.krazyworks.com/?p=748#comment-2600 I don't usually comment on blogs but had to on yours. You have a very distinctive writing style. A lot of people don't have that touch, they just drone on and on in the most boring way. But not you - thanks! Thanks again! I don’t usually comment on blogs but had to on yours. You have a very distinctive writing style. A lot of people don’t have that touch, they just drone on and on in the most boring way. But not you – thanks! Thanks again!

]]> http://www.krazyworks.com/home-network-configuration-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Effective Virus Protection | KrazyWorks Wed, 28 May 2008 21:13:31 +0000 http://www.krazyworks.com/?p=748#comment-6 [...] Windows comes with a built-in firewall that is enabled by default. The problems is that if a virus can infect Windows and if it case disable your antivirus scanner, then it just as easily can render your firewall useless. The answer is a hardware firewall: a separate computer – usually running Linux – that acts as a gateway between your PC and the Internet. Even if you have a virus on your PC, the firewall will prevent this virus from communicating with the outside world. The firewall itself is located outside of the virus’s reach and so it can do nothing to compromise it.  Moreover, an external firewall can scan all network traffic and it can catch viruses before they ever get a chance to infect your PC. You can read more about hardware firewalls here. [...] [...] Windows comes with a built-in firewall that is enabled by default. The problems is that if a virus can infect Windows and if it case disable your antivirus scanner, then it just as easily can render your firewall useless. The answer is a hardware firewall: a separate computer – usually running Linux – that acts as a gateway between your PC and the Internet. Even if you have a virus on your PC, the firewall will prevent this virus from communicating with the outside world. The firewall itself is located outside of the virus’s reach and so it can do nothing to compromise it.  Moreover, an external firewall can scan all network traffic and it can catch viruses before they ever get a chance to infect your PC. You can read more about hardware firewalls here. [...]

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