National Science Foundation employees received expert advice on securing their home computers at the agency's first Computer Security Awareness Day. The program Monday offered advice on how to use firewalls and protect home computers from intrusion as well as the best . . .
National Science Foundation employees received expert advice on securing their home computers at the agency's first Computer Security Awareness Day. The program Monday offered advice on how to use firewalls and protect home computers from intrusion as well as the best ways to protect children from sexual predators on the Internet.

In the past, home computers have not been the source or target of Internet attacks because of the limited amount of time home computers were connected to the Internet, said Stefan Fedyschyn, a computer scientist at the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center, speaking to more than 60 people at NSF's Ballston, Va., headquarters.

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