Test Your Defenses
Some companies hire expert hackers to attempt to break into their networks. You can do this, too, or you can try to be your own hacker. Before you connect to the Internet, and periodically thereafter, try to break into your own system. Find its weaknesses.
Note
If you’re on a corporate network, contact your network manager before trying this. If your company uses intrusion monitoring, this probe might set off alarms and get you in hot water.
Go through each of your defenses and each of the security policy changes you made, and try each of the things you thought they should prevent.
First, connect to the Internet, visit
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