Computer Virus, Privacy, and Security Topics

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Valerie J. Harvey, RT(R), PhD, C&IS, RMU

Additional computer security topics.

FBI statement to Congress (March 28, 2000) on cybercrime.

Security and safety of on-line Internet transactions - created by the American Bar Association to help you order safely when shopping online: http://www.safeshopping.org

Cookie-relevant sites:

• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-034.shtml
• http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html

Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC):

• EPIC home page: www.epic.org
• EPIC cookies page: http://www.epic.org/privacy/internet/cookies/

See also IETF RFC 2109 HTTP State Management Mechanism, February 1997

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF): http://www.ietf.org/

Internet 2 site: http://www.internet2.edu/index1.html

Security: www.antionline.com - includes daily security newslinks, security software information, free e-mail security analysis, hacker profiling, "Bub the Security Expert," and a Spam fight-back section.

Microsoft patches: http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/

Also check web sites for major virus software vendors

See other news stories on compromising of security

In the not-serious department, the "Amazing SPAM" page: http://www.cusd.claremont.edu/~mrosenbl/spam.html

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