Intrusion Detection is one of the computer concepts that has moved from the server world to the PC world.
Our first step, though, is prevention — keeping intruders out of our computers.
After years of total exposure of most Windows computers, Microsoft finally included a built-in software firewall in the original versions of Windows XP. By default, dialup connections had the firewall turned on. BUt, for high-speed network connections — the kind we have with cable or DSL, Microsoft set the default for the Windows XP Firewall to “Off.”
Read more in my article Intrusion Detection & Intrusion Prevention
