Synopsis
You can make your computer, or your network, very hard to attack, whether you use Windows or Linux. This book will show you how in excellent detail? it will work nicely for you, casual user and sysadmin alike. Every personal, professional, corporate, and community library system should have on hand a reference copy of Thomas Greene's Computer Security For The Home And Small Office . /a /p /blockquote p id='quoteAuthor' - Internet Bookwatch, July 2004 /p /div p em Computer Security for the Home and Small Office /em addresses the long-neglected security needs of everyday users in the home, company workstation, and SOHO (Small Office/Home Office) categories, with emphasis on system hardening, eliminating malware, user and Internet privacy, encryption, and data hygiene. p The book offers comprehensive tutorials for protecting privacy, preventing system attacks and, most important, avoiding difficulties from buggy programs and software laced with hidden functions and networking capabilities. p Furthermore, the book is packed with information about open-source products with related security strategies for Windows users. One recurrent strategy: replacing insecure closed-source applications and utilities with safer open-source alternatives, thereby eliminating numerous routes to system exploitation and privacy invasion. p Also included is plenty of guidance for Linux users, and a full chapter weighing the advantages and disadvantages of migrating to Linux -a step that can greatly simplify computer security, even for the novice user.
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About the Author
Thomas C. Greene is associate editor of The Register, the leading independent IT news daily, where he has been a senior editor and columnist for 5 years. Tom covers cybercrime, computer and network security, and Washington politics and legislation related to information technology.
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