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Securing the Broadband Network "Broadband" describes a medium that can carry signals from multiple independent network carriers on a single coaxial or fiber optic cable by establishing different bandwidth channel. Broadband in the general term also referred to high-speed network connections. In this context, Internet connections via cable modem and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) are frequently referred to as broadband Internet connections. Most current dial-up modems can support a bandwidth of 56 kbps (thousand bits per second). There is no set bandwidth threshold required for a connection to be referred to as "broadband", but it is typical for connections in excess of 1 Megabit-per-second (Mbps) to be so named.
By Sushilkumar Nahar, 04/14/2004
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Protection of Customer Data For Home Business This report will be limited to the Microsoft Windows systems. All examples used will be on Windows XP. You can assume the information provided will address other Windows systems unless otherwise noted. This report is broken into three parts. The first part Internet Access deals with options to access the Internet. The second part deals with protecting your system and personal data files from remote electronic access. The second part consists of the three sections Personal Firewalls, Antivirus Software, and Windows Security Updates. The third part deals with protecting your system and personal data files from physical hands-on access and recovery procedures for lost customer data files. The third part consists of the three sections Securing Windows XP, Encryption, and Data Recovery.
By David Davila, 04/14/2004
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Home Computer Security Patch Options For Corporate Security Managers. For the purposes of this paper, I'm interested in people who use their home computers to connect to a corporate LAN via a Virtual Private Network (VPN) tunnel over a residential broadband Internet connection. The principles discussed will apply to any remotely connected user allowed to access protected systems behind a firewall, but to keep the paper concise we'll focus on residential home-based VPN users. Users connecting through dial-up modems are being excluded from this paper because the bandwidth available to them while connected make remote patching impractical. Furthermore, reduction in available dialup bandwidth would seriously hamper users' ability to perform any of their intended tasks.
By Timothy Rice, 04/14/2004
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The Consumer Desktop - The Weak Link in Internet Security and Why ISP's Are Uniquely Positioned to Help The growing community of consumer desktops with "always-on" Internet connections provides attackers with a large source of potential drones. Securing the consumer desktop and choking off this source of drones is one of several ways to reduce the occurrence of DDoS attacks. This paper demonstrates why consumer desktops are particularly vulnerable to compromise, what options are available today to protect the consumer desktop and why Internet Service Providers (ISP's) are particularly well positioned to improve the security of consumer desktops.
By John E.H. Clark, 04/14/2004
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Defense in Depth on the Home Front The home Internet user is a target for intruders. The key question facing home Internet users is how they can securely access the Internet without sacrificing the required level of usability. After all if the security measures are too severe then use of the Internet will be very frustrating and either the Internet will not be accessed or more likely, the security measures will be circumvented or ignored to increase usability. This paper sets out a defense in depth approach to meet the security needs of the Windows-based home Internet user while maintaining usability. The four layers of defense identified and discussed are: network access; the operating system; user applications; and data. The most important layer of the defended area is the user's data, while the most neglected component is the personal firewall that operates at the network access layer.
By Thomas Harbour, 04/14/2004
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A 6 - Layer Defense for an IT Professional's Home Network Security is becoming a major concern for the I.T. professional, even at home. An I.T. professional is far more likely than a casual PC user to have or to need a high-speed connection to the Internet. For most I.T. professionals this means that their home network is connected via DSL or Cable Modem to the Internet. Unfortunately home systems with high-speed, "always-on" connections are becoming the targets of choice for many hackers. Home systems with high-speed connections are often poorly protected, and still provide excellent "middle" systems to use as launching points for attacks on other systems.
By Daniel Crider, 04/14/2004
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Home User's PC Security: Threats To Windows Users and Countermeasures To Defend Against These Threats The objective of this paper is to alert home users of the growing number of threats to home PCs and to provide proper countermeasures against these threats. Eventually, the ultimate goal is to minimize security incidents attributed to these threats with proper countermeasures. This paper is focused to address home users using Windows operating system, i.e. Windows 95 and Windows 98. Based on my studies and comparisons of the different operating systems used by home users, many security incidents, such as worms transmitted via emails, flaws in file sharing affect home PCs running on Windows operating system compared to any other operating systems. CERT Advisory CA-2001-20 has reported of over 23 000 machines had been infected with the W32/Leaves worm, discovered in July 2001, which targets home users running on Windows operating system.
By Unknown, 04/14/2004
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More Secure at home Using Linux I invested in a new PC at home and wanted to get a faster connection, than the current isdn setup I have today. Since I am starting to work with security I also wanted to find a good solution to protect the data I have. I have not decided what type of connection I will get, but it will be cable, adsl or wireless, so I have to make a flexible solution. It is my intent to stay connected to the Internet 24x7. I could have used one of the personal firewalls for Windows, but I feel more comfortable with a less graphical environment, where I have more control over what is happening. It forces me to know more about how things are interconnected. The best part of it, it's more fun. At least I thought so.
By Hans Lie, 04/14/2004
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Best Computer Security Practices for Home, Home Office, Small Business, and Telecommuters Nimda, SirCam, CodeRed, SubSeven and dozens of other backdoors, Kak, SpyWare, DDos attacks affecting even the largest of web sites, Social Engineering, default operating system security holes, and application security holes, and many others should cause a wide range of emotional reaction to over 94 million people who use the Internet at home1. Unfortunately, for all of us, it does not necessarily mean that they are proactively managing their computers. This only makes the Internet and Computer Security for those who do proactively manage their computers and computer networks more critical and less secure. There is a balancing act to balance computer security with usability but it is becoming more important that everyone become more secure.
By Jon Willert, 04/14/2004
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Understanding & Securing Home Windows Networks My goal is to present home computing novices a white paper to understanding today's Internet Service Providers (ISP) offerings and methods to which you can secure your home Microsoft windows networking environment as effective as possible. Lets clearly understand that there isn't anyway to completely secure any environment from all hackers, unless you have the resources to secure your network as tightly as the Pentagon's classified network is reported to be. Obviously I not attempting to say that any home network will ever be as secure as the Pentagon's classified networks but I am going point out methods, that, if followed will provide your home network with a more secured environment than it would be straight out-of-the-box as most home networks are setup and maintained today.
By Todd Grigsby, 04/14/2004
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