Secure Home PCs & Network
Five Steps to Secure Your Home PCs & Network
PC makers should at least provide a short, animated tutorial or video that explains these five essential steps to securing a home PC and network:
PC makers should at least provide a short, animated tutorial or video that explains these five essential steps to securing a home PC and network:
1. Install a NAT router. Inexpensive, and easy to configure, a NAT (Network Address Translation) router is your first line of defense on the Internet. While the Windows firewall is on by default these days, if your PC is plugged directly into your broadband router, you're visible to everyone on the 'Net. The router takes this live Internet address and translates it to a private address that is invisible to anyone on the outside.
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