Personal
Security
on the Internet

Introduction to this topic
What people can find out about you on the Net
Steps you can take to protect yourself
What to do if you have problems
Glossary of security and privacy terms

Links to privacy groups and more info
Index to this site

PDF version of this site for downloading

About this project
This document was written as a final project for a graduate course in Telecommunications, EIT 729, at the University of Georgia, Fall 1996.
 
It was inspired by the author's experiences in dealing with a cracker/stalker who not only made her life more interesting, but forced upon her a serious education in self protection, issues of privacy, and the inadequacies of the US legal system to deal with emerging technologies.
 
References

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Bacard, A. (1995, April 12). E-Mail Privacy FAQ [Online FAQ]. Available: http://www.well.com/user/abacard/email.html

Barrett, D. J. (1996). Bandits on the information superhighway. Cambridge, MA: O'Reilly and Associates.

December, J., & Ginsburg, M. (1995). HTML and CGI unleashed. Indianapolis, IN: Sams.net.

Hughes, L. J. (1995). Actually useful Internet security techniques. Indianapolis, Indiana: New Riders.

LaDue, M. D. (1996). Hostile applets on the horizon [Online article]. Available: http://cui.unige.ch/eao/www/Java/HostileArticle.html

Levine, J. R., Baroudi, C., & Young, M. L. (1995). The Internet for dummies. Cambridge, MA: IDG Books Worldwide.

Van Name, M. L., & Catchings, B. (1996, August 5). Have your cookies and beat them, too [Online serial article]. PC Week Online. Available: http://www.pcweek.com/opinion/0805/05cvn.html

Negrino, T. (1996). So what are browser cookies, anyway? [Online serial article]. MacWorld Online. Available: http://www.macworld.com/netsmart/

Rathbone, T. (1993). Modems for dummies. San Mateo, CA: IDG Books Worldwide.

Sterling, B. (1992). Hacker crackdown: Law and disorder on the electronic frontier. New York: Bantam.

Stoll, C. (1989). The cuckoo's egg: Tracking a spy through the maze of computer espionage. (1st ed.). New York: Doubleday.

Princeton Safe Internet Programming Team. (1996). Java Security: Frequently Asked Questions [Online FAQ]. Available: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/sip/java-faq.html.

Background on this project.
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Personal Security on the Internet
© copyright 1996, Jan G. Hogle
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