Friday, February 17, 2012 - 08:03
Connecting an insecure computer to a network places that computer, its users and any information it contains at risk. Insecure computers also represent a threat to other computers, users and information on the network, since intruders frequently use one compromised machine to attack others either simply by using it to generate network traffic in a distributed denial of service attack, or more subtly by using the access that the compromised computer or its users have to compromise others.
