Guidelines and best practices to keep your network free of ransomware, malware that encrypts files on computers, then demands payment from you to recover your own files. Recovery is expensive, and those responsible are driven to extort their victims to the max. Let's look at ways to keep your network free of ransomware.

When setting up a firewall in a smaller office or in an 'off the grid' location, the local ISP may only be able to connect you through a cable or DSL modem which requires your external interface to be configured as a DHCP client or PPPoE client.