High level encryption or cryptography is used in a number of applications ranging from those which impact national security to those which are more mundane. Essentially, cryptography is the methodology of encoding information so that one’s privacy is ensured. This is particularly important when it comes to transactions which occur over the Internet. The risk of individuals gaining access to personal information or information which is critical to a country or a nation over the Internet is a very real one. The practice of cryptography lessens the likelihood of this happening.
Part A -- Identification and Description of the Issue
A greater and greater percentage of the world population is gaining access to the Internet and incorporating
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We transmit and receive a massive amount of information through the Internet which by its very nature is insecure and wild and free.
Some information we transmit and receive through the Internet is trivial, other is critical from either a personal, business or national perspective. Without some form of encryption this information could not only fall into the wrong hands but it could also be read and manipulated by those who intercepted it. This, according to the type of information, could be disastrous from either a personal, business, or national perspective. It could be presumed that intellectual property which currently belongs to its Creator would be freely disseminated around the globe with no practical way to control who saw it or how they utilized it (anonymous, http://www.cs.brown.edu/).
Part D-- Proposed Solutions
There are two possible solutions to the security of data on the Internet. These are TCP/IP and Cryptography. TCP/IP sessions can be captured, however, by unauthorized personnel using devises such as IP packet sniffers (Computer Reseller News PG). Cryptography, on the other hand, provides a single technology which has the potential to address all of the above criteria to ensure safe Internet transactions.
The software provided by Hewlett Packard, VerSecure, offers an excellent and economical solution to the problem of data security on the Internet (M2 Press
Reading Andrew Blum’s Tubes, the section on the openness and trust required to define the internet immediately caught my attention. “There’s a certain amount of vulnerability involved with being a network on the Internet. When two networks connect, they have to trust each other—which also means trusting everyone the other one trusts.” It strikes me, that today the struggle of the internet is how to make it more private—to protect everyone’s information, when at its very core it’s meant to be open and shared. There is something to be said about the trust needed to run networks. People are constantly providing personal information to websites. Whether it’s to transfer some money between bank accounts, pay a bill, or even update information on
As we can see, large number people usually come online to use this digital innovation in order to quickly perform their required tasks, it is very important for users of every single level or sophistication which also includes users sitting at home, small and medium range businesses, non-profitable or profitable organizations, education institutions and even large enterprises should have sufficient knowledge related to that cost-effective equipment that could let them stay safe either personally and professionally from cybercrimes. The
Today there is no utopia for a perfect internet expecting everyone’s privacy to be un-vulnerable. As Sell said, “Today, it is essential to set the ground rules that will govern our networks and infrastructure systems in the future.” (Sell, para. 10) This means having to set ground rules will enable a foundation in creating strong encryption which is essential for the private web allowing to keep out the prying eyes of the government and cyber
Many users are subject of Security and Privacy on the Internet issue. The term "information" now is more used when defining a special product or article of trade which could be bought, sold, exchanged, etc. Often the price of information is higher many times than the cost of the very computers and technologies where it is functioning. Naturally it raises the need of protecting information from unauthorized access, theft, destruction, and other crimes. However, many users do not realize that they risk their security and privacy online.
For this, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) can be used. The technologies such as IEEE 802.11i, Secure Sockets Layer, and Internet Protocol Security are important in satisfying network security requirements (Buchanan, 2011).
As the Internet and other forms of electronic communication become more prevalent, electronic security is becoming increasingly important. Cryptography is used to protect e-mail messages, credit card information, and corporate data. One of the most popular cryptography systems used on the Internet is Pretty Good Privacybecause it's effective and free.
Technology is great in so many ways. It has provided us with more communication access, access to knowledge at our finger tips, and so much more. Technology has overall made life easier, but maybe too easy, and has made things a lot less private. This results in us having to be extra careful with security on the internet. Internet security is important to protect our privacy, protect us from fraud, and from viruses that could destroy a piece of our technology. Internet privacy and security may be different but share a responsibility, but it is up to us to take personal responsibility to protect ourselves on the internet. We should pick unique, carful passwords, and never share this sensitive information, and encrypt our data when online.
For example , many people tend to read or listen to news through the web instead of read it print out or watch in television, and this because that the internet is faster and easier than previous communication method .
In today’s world technology has evolved to the point where a large amount of information is stored in cyberspace. It is because of this type of storage people around the world have an easier time at accessing information than ever before. The time before the late 20th century gathering information was long and tedious to get a book that the library did not own would take at least a couple of weeks depending on the time period or it may not have been possible to obtain that book. But now people can access a vast amount of information in a matter of minutes. Example, in modern times if someone wanted to know about a different culture they could simple look up the information on a computer or any device that had access to
The internet is a medium that is becoming progressively important as it makes information available in a quick and easy manner. It has transformed communications and acts as a global network that allows people to communicate and interact without being limited by time, boarders and distance. However, the infrastructure is vulnerable to hackers who use the system to commit cyber crime. To accomplish this, they make use of innovative stealth techniques for their malicious purposes in the internet.
As technology has advanced, information systems have become an integral part of every day life. In fact, there are not too many public or private actions that can take part in today’s society that do not include some type of information system at some level or another. While information systems make our lives easier in most respects, our dependency upon them has become increasingly capitalized upon by persons with malicious intent. Therefore, security within the information systems realm has introduced a number of new devices and software to help combat the unfortunate results of unauthorized network access, identity theft, and the like – one of which
From the perspective of the package, in future, it is expected that the Internet deeds (e.g., E-mail or E- banking) will be for the most part led through a cellular telephone, the cell telephone will substitute for a current server entry, and an area data service utilizing a client 's area data will be created. Further, numerous issues brought about by the customer server environment shows up, and the dependability of substantial measures of data flowed on the Internet is extremely low. As such, it needs to be noticed that all data circled on the Internet is not genuine. Thus, clients must devise how to secure
Present day transactions are considered to be "un-trusted" in terms of security, i.e. they are relatively easy to be hacked. We also have to consider the transfer of large amount of data through the network will give errors while transferring. Only single level of security is present in the existing systems [10]. Now days, hacking activities are growing day by day and hackers can easily hack important information and security is not sufficient to stop it. Though security status increased at a higher level but the major drawback of new status of security is cost, and became so costly. Hence we need better solutions which have good security level with lower cost.
The incredible development of the internet has begun a booming of both business and individual communications leading to the expansion of e-mail and e-commerce. As a matter of fact, studies indicate that most of the internet communication content is e-mail content. The result of this is the continuing demand concerning security and privacy in electronic communication. The call and want for privacy and security has led to the arrival of proposals for security that are discussed in the following contents of this paper.
As today’s society, network is the most popular communication and necessary tool to the people. It’s giving people convenience. People get more and more desires from internet because you can search many things from the computer. Even though that thing is useful or un useful, whatever that is, internet network will help you to find out an answer. However, there are millions of the people in the world using the internet. Is that safe? Is the network perfect and no one can see your information? Does it have a trouble to us? Let’s explore this briefly and see if we need to take steps to protect our system.