You finally purchased a computer and you've taken it out of the box. You've set up your workstation to be comfortable, and now you are ready to connect to the Net.

Not so fast!

You have done nothing to protect yourself from hackers and intruders. We're not talking about other members of your family or employees; we're talking about users from the other end of the cable.

• What is a Firewall?
• Firewall Products
• Understand Firewall Data

Ben E. Brady has been programming and developing custom database applications for more than 30 years.