I'm trying to secure up my system since a few days and I've figured there's way more I never knew about and I'm finally realizing my system was way more insecure than I thought it would be. My system was an open book to say the least.

I think it would be better if I would read a good book on computer security and surfing anonymously on the web instead of keep trying by my own, that way I can make sure I have no holes which I may have over-seen.

I'm basically trying to build a system which is not easy to hack into, and I basically want to surf the web without people knowing which sites I go including the ISP.

I thought about using Hide My Ass (or something similar) for the latter part.

I'm even considering to give Linux a try once again.

Any recommendations?

Again my two goals are:
- make system hard to hack
- surf anonymously the web

I have a book called The hackers guide that's fairly decent at explaining a lot of concepts. The best way to know how you can defend yourself, is to know how you'll be attacked.

I have a book called The hackers guide that's fairly decent at explaining a lot of concepts. The best way to know how you can defend yourself, is to know how you'll be attacked.

You, sir, are quite opportunistic. You mighta sold 2 :D