US National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace

The final version has been released at http://www.securecyberspace.gov/
A lot of the material in the draft has been removed.
For the purposes of this page, the most relevant section is "Level 1: The Home User and Small Business". (Used to be on page 15 of the draft document.) They suggest 5 steps, of which I think 4 are important:

1. Use a tough password
2. Maintain an updated anti-virus program
3. Update patches

And of course, the most relevant one for this page

5. Use a firewall

As well, the strategy points to many other (US) network resources on security, including:

• Stay Safe Online
• The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Consumer Information Security initiative, featuring Dewie the e-Turtle, your cybersecurity companion, and Safe at Any Speed (about high-speed connection security).
• InfraGard

The resources they indicate do give useful basic guidelines, but nothing really in the way of detailed technical information. This page tries to provide some of that technical info. Plus I use the term "cyber" a lot less.

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