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Protecting Networks from Threats: The Role of Firewalls

Calendar Oct 21, 2001 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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With the numbers of hackers and viruses these days, everyone who has a computer that's connected to a network -- including the Internet -- should have a firewall or be running behind one. This is a Q&A sessions about firewalls with . . . With the numbers of hackers and viruses these days, everyone who has a computer that's connected to a network -- including the Internet -- should have a firewall or be running behind one. This is a Q&A sessions about firewalls with Patrick Marshall, a Technology columnists for The Seattle Times.

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