| USB ports are not named in the same manner as | | | | of allowing people to hijack your valuable data. Also |
| serial or parallel ports. They have been standard on | | | | prevent untrusted hardware connector devices from |
| most desktop PCs for nearly a year and a half now | | | | working. In addition, the program can send you an email |
| and have started showing up on notebooks since | | | | notification each time somebody attaches a USB |
| around the first of this year. The Hardware is a Plug | | | | device to your desktop or laptop. It will also maintains a |
| and Play interface between peripherals such as Digital | | | | security log of all attempts to gain access to your |
| Cameras, PC Video cameras, mice, and printers. They | | | | computer via USB pen drives, iPods, card-readers, or |
| also has the advantage that it can provide power to a | | | | any hardware. |
| peripheral device. The Hardware connector is | | | | Protecting your connector ports is as important as |
| hot-swapable and you may connect and disconnect | | | | installing a firewall and maintaining anti-virus software. |
| devices at any time without re-booting or restarting | | | | Whether you're a business person who needs to |
| your computer. USB flash drives, just like nearly every | | | | protect the computers in your office or store, a |
| other piece of computer hardware, contain delicate | | | | teacher who wants to keep students from |
| components and processes that require good care to | | | | downloading private information from the classroom |
| continue working well. Just stick a USB Flash drive into | | | | computer, or a home user who needs to keep the |
| any free hardware connector port on your computer | | | | neighbors and kids from accessing emails and financial |
| and the backup occurs instantly. | | | | data, This is the tool that you need. |
| While USB ports have made computing much more | | | | Connectors |
| convenient, these ports have also introduced a | | | | USB hub works the same way as the computer the |
| security threat that could subject many computer | | | | ports.Mini-hubs are allowed for multiple computer |
| users to identity theft and data theft. To prevent | | | | connections. A 5-port 10/100 Ethernet switch will be |
| attempts to gain access to your computer via your | | | | needed for multiple computer connections. It is |
| USB ports. Simply create a white list of all of the | | | | important to be aware that under no circumstances |
| devices that you want to allow on your computer. The | | | | can a telephone line splitter device be used for multiple |
| program will recognize each of your thumb drives, | | | | computer connections. The hub plugs into one of the |
| external disk drives, MP3 players, and other connector | | | | computer ports and the hub has four or eight |
| devices, and add them to its list of accepted | | | | expansion ports. Each signal has its own return path |
| hardware. Once your list is complete, it will guard your | | | | and connections are made with twisted pairs with an |
| computer against new devices that have the potential | | | | overall screen. |