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The Consumer Desktop - The Weak Link in Internet Security and Why ISP's Are Uniquely Positioned to Help


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By: John E.H. Clark, 04/14/2004



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.

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