Actiontec electronic GT704WGB Network Router User Manual


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#OMPUTER3ECURITY
4HE)NTERNETISAGIANTNETWORKOFCOMPUTERSLOCATEDALLOVERTHEWORLD7HEN
ACOMPUTERISCONNECTEDTOTHE)NTERNETITCANEXCHANGEINFORMATIONWITHANY
OTHERCOMPUTERONTHE)NTERNET4HISALLOWSACOMPUTERUSERTOSENDEMAILSURF
THE7ORLD7IDE7EBDOWNLOADFILESANDBUYPRODUCTSANDSERVICESONLINEBUTIT
ALSOMAKESTHECOMPUTERVULNERABLETOATTACKFROMPERSONSINTENTONDOINGHARM
5NLESSACCESSTOTHECOMPUTERISCONTROLLEDSOMEONEONTHE)NTERNETCANACCESSTHE
INFORMATIONONTHECOMPUTERANDSTEALDAMAGEORDESTROYTHATINFORMATION
!CTIONTECRECOMMENDSSECURINGYOURCOMPUTERFROMUNWANTEDINTRUSION3ECURITY
ISULTIMATELYTHEENDUSERSRESPONSIBILITY0LEASESECUREYOURCOMPUTERANDDONT
BEAVICTIM
#OMPARING$3,3ERVICEWITHA$IAL5P-ODEM
7ITHADIALUPMODEMACOMPUTERUSERMAKESAN)NTERNETCONNECTIONBYDIALING
ATELEPHONENUMBERSURFSTHE)NTERNETFORAPERIODOFTIMEANDTHENDISCONNECTS
THEDIALUPMODEM.OONEONTHE)NTERNETCANACCESSACOMPUTERNOTCONNECTED
TOTHE)NTERNET
5NLIKEADIALUPMODEM$3,SERVICEIShALWAYSCONNECTEDv4HECONNECTIONIS
ALWAYSAVAILABLEnTHEREISNONEEDTODIALAPHONENUMBERTOACCESSTHE)NTERNET
4HECOMPUTERCANBECONNECTEDTOTHE)NTERNETALLTHETIME
7ITHBOTHTYPESOF)NTERNETCONNECTIONSACCESSTOTHECOMPUTERMUSTBECON
TROLLEDTOMAKESURESOMEONEONTHE)NTERNETDOESNTACCESSTHEINFORMATIONON
THECOMPUTER4HELONGERTHECOMPUTERISCONNECTEDTOTHE)NTERNETTHEEASIERIT
ISFORSOMEONEONTHE)NTERNETTOFINDTHECOMPUTERANDATTEMPTTOACCESSITWITH
OUTPERMISSION$3,SERVICEALSOPROVIDESFAST)NTERNETCONNECTIONS4HISNOTONLY
IMPROVES)NTERNETPERFORMANCEITALSOIMPROVES)NTERNETPERFORMANCEFORANYONE
ATTEMPTINGTOACCESSTHECOMPUTER
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