Firewalls for dummies — or the techno-challenged

Did you know that there are 65,536 open ports that connect your computer to the Internet, and that hackers are continually trying to find a way through these ports to take over your computer for their own nefarious reasons (none of which are bound to do you much good)? Me, neither.
But, apparently, Vikash Sami and Nizam Dean of Burnaby’s Alphashield do. And, according to Peter Wilson’s article in today’s Vancouver Sun business section, they’ve done something about it.