Topic Summary
The more you use something, the greater the opportunity for misuse. So
we have credit card fraud, cell phone cloning, IP address spoofing,
identity theft, viruses, worms, spamming, firewalls, Secure Socket
Layer, 128-bit encryption. In the 80's, hackers were looked upon almost
indulgently. Boys will be boys. Today hackers go to
jail.
Increased security such as firewalls can often be a nuisance for
legitimate users. Time was Melissa was an
Allman
Brother's tune. Now it is a
virus. And
we call this progress ?
Required Reading
Chapter 7, Sections 7.1 - 7.6,
A Gift of Fire.