Do you have Firewall to your computer?
By KrishnaVeera
@KrishnaVeera (4133)
India
16 responses
@asimo603 (1366)
• Malaysia
23 Dec 06
I have firewall in my computer and mine is McAfee Personal Firewall Plus which comes with the DELL 640m laptop I bought recently.
@jackbauer (33)
• Philippines
23 Dec 06
I have the Firewall in Windows XP SP2 activated. I also have a firewall installed in my router. :)
@blanksolid (1631)
• Spain
22 Dec 06
Yes, i have firewall software, its very important to have one because you are safe from hackers attack, have a nice day on mylot.
@deekshant007 (64)
• India
22 Dec 06
Basically, a firewall is a barrier to keep destructive forces away from
your property. In fact, that's why its called a firewall. Its job is
similar to a physical firewall that keeps a fire from spreading from one
area to the next. As you read through this article, you will learn more
about firewalls, how they work and what kinds of threats they can
protect you from.
What It Does
A firewall is simply a program or hardware device that filters the
information coming through the Internet connection into your private
network or computer
system If an
incoming packet of information is flagged by the filters, it is not
allowed through.
If you have read the article How Web Servers Work then you know a good
bit about how data moves on the Internet, and you can easily see how a
firewall helps protect computers inside a large company. Let's say that
you work at a company with 500 employees. The company will therefore
have hundreds of computers that all have network cards connecting them
together. In addition, the company will have one or more connections to
the Internet through something like T1 or T3 lines. Without a firewall
in place, all of those hundreds of computers are directly accessible to
anyone on the Internet. A person who knows what he or she is doing can
probe those computers, try to make FTP connections to them, try to make
telnet connections to them and so on. If one employee makes a mistake
and leaves a security hole, hackers can get to the machine and exploit
the hole.
@deekshant007 (64)
• India
22 Dec 06
If you have been using the Internet for any length of time, and
especially if you work at a larger company and browse the Web while you
are at work, you have probably heard the term *firewall* used. For
example, you often hear people in companies say things like, "I can't
use that site because they won't let it through the firewall."
If you have a fast Internet connection into your home (either a DSL
coearing about firewalls for your home network
as well. It turns
out that a small home network has many of the same security issues that
a large corporate network does. You can use a firewall to protect your
home network and family from offensive Web sites and potential hackers
@Opteron (1842)
• Italy
21 Dec 06
yes I'm using a firewall because if not I would get many worms in my pc. I use jetico firewall, it's a freeware one, but very effective! Try it! jetico 1.0
@sunshinecup (7871)
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21 Dec 06
Yep, but it's a bit outdated. It's a Sygate and they don't offer a free version anymore. I love the free things, so I have to take sometime and find a new one.