Networking
...pends on how much effort the user is willing to put in on knowing about the dangers that are just around the corner; not having even the basics can put the user at risk because he or she didn’t know what programs needed to be used in order to stop the threat of an oncoming attack. In addition to not knowing, understanding, or having enough knowledge about a secure network, in most cases, the computer users are the ones getting attacked by intruders; this is also common to happen to large corporations. What goes on with businesses is that if an attack is severe enough it has a huge impact on the company and may cause it to shut down its systems temporarily. A problem also arises from this because with the company’s network being down from the internet, users at home get frustrated when trying to gain access to the site. That is a common trend among larger corporations that most likely the network will go down, if not for maintenance or updating than by attackers, sooner or later. The solution to this is that if people are not willing understand, to at least have some sort of program to protect their network from risk when connected to the net. The most common and known way to keep a network safe is to have a firewall program running. A firewall can help keep unwanted attackers and most viruses from getting into computer files; it filters the information coming through the internet connection into the network or computer setup. If any of the incoming traffic is flagged by the filters, it is not allowed through. When relying on software, Schneier says, “Between system security measures (security kernels, access control measures, strong cryptography, etc.) and good network security measures (firewalls, intrusion detection systems, audition mechanisms), it seems as it computer security is pretty much done. Why then, are computers and networks so insecure? Why are we seeing more computer security vulnerabilities in the media, and not less? Why aren’t things getting better?... security measures such as cryptography, secure kernels, firewalls, and everything else work much better in theory than they do in practice...” (202) As a result to thinking that computers users have enough good networ...