A computer or microchip, comprising at least one protected portion, at least one network portion a system BIOS located in a first protected portion, and at least one internal hardware firewall located between the first protected portion and a first said network portion. The first protected portion being protected by at least a first internal hardware firewall, said first network portion having a connection for a network of computers including the World Wide Web and/or the Internet the first internal hardware firewall denies access to at least said first protected portion of said computer or microchip from the network. The computer or microchip also includes hardware network communications components located in the first network portion and one or more microprocessors that are not hardware network communications components, located in the first network portion and are separate from the at least one internal hardware firewall. The location of at least the first internal hardware firewall permits unrestricted access by the network to the first network portion so that processing operations other than network communications and firewall operations conducted by said computer or microchip with the network are executed by one or more of said microprocessors in said first network portion.
