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Types of Secure Network Connections

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Image by Mudassar Iqbal from Pixabay SSL / TLS Secure Socket Layer – The first “secure” protocol used for web browsing. Netscape developed the original SSL protocol way back in 1995. There were three iterations of SSL (1.0, 2.0, 3.0),…

How Does A Router Work To Protect Me?

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Most consumer routers are both a router and firewall. The router’s two main jobs are to connect our devices to the internet and to block unauthorized access to our network. It’s a little more complicated than that, but in general,…