{"id":74,"date":"2015-08-31T12:50:33","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T12:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personal-computing-support.co.uk\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2016-11-28T19:10:24","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T19:10:24","slug":"what-is-a-firewall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/personal-computing-support.co.uk\/index.php\/tame-my-technology\/computer-security\/what-is-a-firewall\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Firewall?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A firewall is an essential component in keeping your computer secure. If your computer is connected to the internet and you don&#8217;t have a firewall then it is at risk of intrusion from criminals and other (unscrupulous) internet users.<\/p>\n<p>A firewall prevents other internet users from accessing your computer and any information that is stored on it. It puts a block in place to prevent intrusion and keeps your data safe.<\/p>\n<p>Having no firewall, is like leaving the doors and windows of your house unlocked &#8211; someone will sneak in and steal something or cause damage. With a firewall, your computer will have lockable doors and windows!<\/p>\n<p>A firewall can be both:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Software based &#8211; such as the Microsoft Windows firewall or part of an Internet security software package.<\/li>\n<li>Hardware based &#8211; some broadband routers have an inbuilt firewall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are unsure about whether or not you have a firewall or if you think it may not be working then <a href=\"http:\/\/personal-computing-support.co.uk\/index.php\/contact\/\">contact me.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A firewall is an essential component in keeping your computer secure. If your computer is connected to the internet and you don&#8217;t have a firewall then it is at risk of intrusion from criminals and other (unscrupulous) internet users. A firewall prevents other internet users from accessing your computer and any information that is stored [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":142,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-74","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/personal-computing-support.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/personal-computing-support.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/personal-computing-support.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/personal-computing-support.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/personal-computing-support.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/personal-computing-support.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128,"href":"https:\/\/personal-computing-support.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions\/128"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/personal-computing-support.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/personal-computing-support.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}