Computer expert: firewalls help prevent hackers, but nothing can stop them

Bill Cheswick will deny that he invented computer firewalls, but it’s what the modest computer security researcher is really known for.

He literally wrote the book on it in 1994.

Chesiwck partnered with Steve Bellovin in 1994 to publish the groundbreaking book, “Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker.” According to his website, it was the first full book on firewalls and hacking and sold more than 100,000 copies in a dozen languages and has since been updated and reprinted.

Cheswick visited the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology last week to talk to students at the engineering school about password security and the evolving threat of hacking in today’s increasingly computer-dependent world.

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