Tag: Dialup Users

  • Network Security guide for the home or small business network – Part 18 – What about Dialup Users?

    So, most everything so far has been targetted to high speed internet users or business networks. That means if I use dialup I’m safe. Wrong. For starters, in many ways dialup internet is LESS of a risk than high speed broadband for two main reasons. First, high speed/broadband connections are typically on ALL the time. Which raises your exposure. Like the security through obscurity concept though… just because dialup is only online a limited amount of time, that shouldn’t be the only reliance on protecting your system.

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