In the field of computer security, phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Communications purporting to be from popular social web sites, auction sites, online payment processors or IT administrators are commonly used to lure the unsuspecting public. Phishing is typically carried out by e-mail or instant messaging, and it often directs users to enter details at a fake website whose look and feel are almost identical to the legitimate one. Even when using server authentication, it may require tremendous skill to detect that the website is fake. Phishing is an example of social engineering techniques used to fool users, and exploits the poor usability of current web security technologies. Attempts to deal with the growing number of reported phishing incidents include legislation, user training, public awareness, and technical security measures.
A phishing technique was described in detail in 1987, and the first recorded use of the term "phishing" was made in 1996. The term is a variant of fishing, probably influenced by phreaking, and alludes to baits used to "catch" financial information and passwords.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
When is downloading from the internet illegal?
One of the big issues concerning the music industry is, of course, the revenue loss. In theory, if a person is able to download his or her favorite music off the Internet, that person would not need to purchase the CD at a local music store. Every story you read will most likely produce a different set of numbers the music industry claims it has lost due to music downloading. The most common average of numbers seems to sit around a loss of 20 percent globally in sales since 1999.
Organizations that support music sharing and downloading however have thrown a wrench into the statistics released by the music industry as they suggest some of these losses are due to a bad economy and fewer "new releases" hitting the market in some of those years. It is obvious that the music industry has to be losing some money due to Internet music file sharing, but finding the exact amount lost due to music downloading isn't so simple. One thing that is for certain however is that the loss affects the industry, the musicians, and even sound technicians, recording studios, and music stores.
The music industry and even some musicians who feel they are taking a loss due to the sharing of their copy-protected works online have started fighting back, so to speak. In recent months there have been more cases of music piracy heading to the courts. From the creators of peer-to-peer and music sharing program authors, to individual users uploading and sharing copy-protected works online, more people are finding themselves in court trying to avoid paying monetary damages and trying to prove that what they are doing is in fact, fair use.
As mentioned on the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), the penalties for breaching the copyright act differ slightly depending upon whether the infringing is for commercial or private financial gain. If you think being caught infringing on these copyright laws will result in a small fine or "slap on the wrist", think again. In the U.S., the online infringement of copyrighted music can be punished by up to three years in prison and $250,000 in fines. Repeat offenders can be imprisoned up to six years. Individuals also may be held civilly liable, regardless of whether the activity is for profit, for actual damages or lost profits, or for statutory damages up to $150,000 per infringed copyright.
If there are so many lawful issues surrounding the downloading of music, you might wonder why there is such an influx of MP3 players, CD burners, and even software that allows users to easily rip music from a CD to their computer. The simple answer is that these devices do have a legitimate and legal fair use association. As mentioned earlier, you may choose to make your personal back-up copy to use in a MP3 player, or you use Web sites, like iTunes, which offers music that you pay for as you download.
Source: http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2004/music_downloading.asp
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Organizations that support music sharing and downloading however have thrown a wrench into the statistics released by the music industry as they suggest some of these losses are due to a bad economy and fewer "new releases" hitting the market in some of those years. It is obvious that the music industry has to be losing some money due to Internet music file sharing, but finding the exact amount lost due to music downloading isn't so simple. One thing that is for certain however is that the loss affects the industry, the musicians, and even sound technicians, recording studios, and music stores.
The music industry and even some musicians who feel they are taking a loss due to the sharing of their copy-protected works online have started fighting back, so to speak. In recent months there have been more cases of music piracy heading to the courts. From the creators of peer-to-peer and music sharing program authors, to individual users uploading and sharing copy-protected works online, more people are finding themselves in court trying to avoid paying monetary damages and trying to prove that what they are doing is in fact, fair use.
As mentioned on the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), the penalties for breaching the copyright act differ slightly depending upon whether the infringing is for commercial or private financial gain. If you think being caught infringing on these copyright laws will result in a small fine or "slap on the wrist", think again. In the U.S., the online infringement of copyrighted music can be punished by up to three years in prison and $250,000 in fines. Repeat offenders can be imprisoned up to six years. Individuals also may be held civilly liable, regardless of whether the activity is for profit, for actual damages or lost profits, or for statutory damages up to $150,000 per infringed copyright.
If there are so many lawful issues surrounding the downloading of music, you might wonder why there is such an influx of MP3 players, CD burners, and even software that allows users to easily rip music from a CD to their computer. The simple answer is that these devices do have a legitimate and legal fair use association. As mentioned earlier, you may choose to make your personal back-up copy to use in a MP3 player, or you use Web sites, like iTunes, which offers music that you pay for as you download.
Source: http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2004/music_downloading.asp
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Monday, January 11, 2010
What is Folder Sharing?
What is folder sharing?
From a normal install of Windows 2000/XP, a service called File and Printer Sharing is turned on. The way files are shared is by enabling shared access to a folder. Hence, for simplification, we shall just call it shared folders.
What is the risk?
Windows XP by default uses a sharing type called Simple File Sharing (SFS).* This type of sharing allows anyone on the network to access your shared files and folders without a password.** It is more suited towards a small network where you know the other users and trust them; for example a home network. Also, in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (with SFS turned off), if you administrator's password is weak, an attacker can get into your computer and cause a lot of damage.
What can I do?
Ask yourself if you need to share files/folders. Yes or No?
If you do not need to share files/folders, turn off File and Print Sharing and/or turn off the firewall exception for File and Print sharing (webpage to explain this in progress).
•Click Start, click Run..., and type in "ncpa.cpl"
•Press Enter/Click OK
•For each network entry, perform the next two steps:
1. Right-click and 2. select Properties
•Wired networks are usually called Local Area Connection and Wireless networks are called
Wireless Network Connection
•In the box that lists This connection uses the following items:
Un-check the File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
•Click OK
If you do need to share folders, please make sure to
1.Create a limited account to use for sharing:
Click Start, Click Run..., enter "nusrmgr.cpl", Click Create a new account,
Enter a username, click Next, click Limited, and click Create Account
2.Make sure you have strong passwords for ALL the accounts on your computer
3.Set permissions on your shared folders
4.Right-click on the folder to be shared and select Sharing and Security...
5.Select Share this folder to enable sharing and change the Share name if you wish
Then click on Permissions
6.Remove Everyone and add the user created earlier for sharing
7.Make sure to Allow the minimum needed permissions
Simple file sharing is on always for XP Home. It can be disabled in XP Pro.
Source: http://www.seas.ucla.edu/security/share_folder.html
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From a normal install of Windows 2000/XP, a service called File and Printer Sharing is turned on. The way files are shared is by enabling shared access to a folder. Hence, for simplification, we shall just call it shared folders.
What is the risk?
Windows XP by default uses a sharing type called Simple File Sharing (SFS).* This type of sharing allows anyone on the network to access your shared files and folders without a password.** It is more suited towards a small network where you know the other users and trust them; for example a home network. Also, in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (with SFS turned off), if you administrator's password is weak, an attacker can get into your computer and cause a lot of damage.
What can I do?
Ask yourself if you need to share files/folders. Yes or No?
If you do not need to share files/folders, turn off File and Print Sharing and/or turn off the firewall exception for File and Print sharing (webpage to explain this in progress).
•Click Start, click Run..., and type in "ncpa.cpl"
•Press Enter/Click OK
•For each network entry, perform the next two steps:
1. Right-click and 2. select Properties
•Wired networks are usually called Local Area Connection and Wireless networks are called
Wireless Network Connection
•In the box that lists This connection uses the following items:
Un-check the File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
•Click OK
If you do need to share folders, please make sure to
1.Create a limited account to use for sharing:
Click Start, Click Run..., enter "nusrmgr.cpl", Click Create a new account,
Enter a username, click Next, click Limited, and click Create Account
2.Make sure you have strong passwords for ALL the accounts on your computer
3.Set permissions on your shared folders
4.Right-click on the folder to be shared and select Sharing and Security...
5.Select Share this folder to enable sharing and change the Share name if you wish
Then click on Permissions
6.Remove Everyone and add the user created earlier for sharing
7.Make sure to Allow the minimum needed permissions
Simple file sharing is on always for XP Home. It can be disabled in XP Pro.
Source: http://www.seas.ucla.edu/security/share_folder.html
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
What is FTP?
To understand FTP, you must know about why it was developed:
The developers of early applications conceptually divided methods of network use into two categories: direct and indirect. Direct network applications let a user access a remote host and use it as if it were local, creating the illusion that the network doesn't even exist (or at least, minimizing the importance of distance). Indirect network use meant getting resources from a remote host and using them on the local system, then transferring them back. These two methods of use became the models for the first two formalized TCP/IP networking applications: Telnet for direct access and the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) for indirect network use.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard network protocol used to exchange and manipulate files over a TCP/IP based network, such as the Internet. FTP is built on a client-server architecture and utilizes separate control and data connections between the client and server applications. Applications were originally interactive command-line tools with a standardized command syntax, but graphical user interfaces have been developed for all desktop operating systems in use today. FTP is also often used as an application component to automatically transfer files for program internal functions. FTP can be used with user-based password authentication or with anonymous user access. The Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a similar, but simplified, not interoperable, and unauthenticated version of FTP.
The first FTP standard was RFC 114, published in April 1971, before TCP and IP even existed. This standard defined the basic commands of the protocol and the formal means by which devises communicate using it. At this time the predecessor of TCP (called simply the Network Control Protocol or NCP) was used for conveying network traffic. There was no Internet back then. Its precursor, the ARPAnet, was tiny, consisting of only a small group of development computers.
Source: http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_FTPOverviewHistoryandStandards.htm
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol
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The developers of early applications conceptually divided methods of network use into two categories: direct and indirect. Direct network applications let a user access a remote host and use it as if it were local, creating the illusion that the network doesn't even exist (or at least, minimizing the importance of distance). Indirect network use meant getting resources from a remote host and using them on the local system, then transferring them back. These two methods of use became the models for the first two formalized TCP/IP networking applications: Telnet for direct access and the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) for indirect network use.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard network protocol used to exchange and manipulate files over a TCP/IP based network, such as the Internet. FTP is built on a client-server architecture and utilizes separate control and data connections between the client and server applications. Applications were originally interactive command-line tools with a standardized command syntax, but graphical user interfaces have been developed for all desktop operating systems in use today. FTP is also often used as an application component to automatically transfer files for program internal functions. FTP can be used with user-based password authentication or with anonymous user access. The Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a similar, but simplified, not interoperable, and unauthenticated version of FTP.
The first FTP standard was RFC 114, published in April 1971, before TCP and IP even existed. This standard defined the basic commands of the protocol and the formal means by which devises communicate using it. At this time the predecessor of TCP (called simply the Network Control Protocol or NCP) was used for conveying network traffic. There was no Internet back then. Its precursor, the ARPAnet, was tiny, consisting of only a small group of development computers.
Source: http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_FTPOverviewHistoryandStandards.htm
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
What is a website?
A website (also spelled web site) is a collection of related web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that are addressed with a common domain name or IP address in an Internet Protocol-based network. A web site is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network.
A web page is a document, typically written in plain text interspersed with formatting instructions of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML, XHTML). A web page may incorporate elements from other websites with suitable markup anchors.
Web pages are accessed and transported with the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which may optionally employ encryption (HTTP Secure, HTTPS) to provide security and privacy for the user of the web page content. The user's application, often a web browser, renders the page content according to its HTML markup instructions onto a display terminal.
All publicly accessible websites collectively constitute the World Wide Web.
The pages of a website can usually be accessed from a simple Uniform Resource Locator (URL) called the homepage. The URLs of the pages organize them into a hierarchy, although hyperlinking between them conveys the reader's perceived site structure and guides the reader's navigation of the site.
Some websites require a subscription to access some or all of their content. Examples of subscription sites include many business sites, parts of many news sites, academic journal sites, gaming sites, message boards, web-based e-mail, services, social networking websites, and sites providing real-time stock market data.
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A web page is a document, typically written in plain text interspersed with formatting instructions of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML, XHTML). A web page may incorporate elements from other websites with suitable markup anchors.
Web pages are accessed and transported with the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which may optionally employ encryption (HTTP Secure, HTTPS) to provide security and privacy for the user of the web page content. The user's application, often a web browser, renders the page content according to its HTML markup instructions onto a display terminal.
All publicly accessible websites collectively constitute the World Wide Web.
The pages of a website can usually be accessed from a simple Uniform Resource Locator (URL) called the homepage. The URLs of the pages organize them into a hierarchy, although hyperlinking between them conveys the reader's perceived site structure and guides the reader's navigation of the site.
Some websites require a subscription to access some or all of their content. Examples of subscription sites include many business sites, parts of many news sites, academic journal sites, gaming sites, message boards, web-based e-mail, services, social networking websites, and sites providing real-time stock market data.
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
What is a Brochure-ware website?
A BROCHURE is a sheet of paper or a little booklet that imparts information about companies, products, services and any other public service message. You may have noticed inserts in your daily newspaper or you find a paper being thrust at you as you enter a mall or market. These are brochures. They are effective in spreading the word around.
A brochure-ware website works pretty much like a regular print brochure except that this is on the net. It is a one page advertisement for the company in question. From this introductory page, there are links that will answer all your questions if you are new to the site. The brochure -ware website will tell you all about the company, its products and services and all that it offers in an easy to understand and visually appealing manner.
Brochure-ware websites are good as they save the viewer time and effort required to scroll through pages and pages of information. It is a one-stop-tell-all page. An attractively designed brochure website will hold the visitors interest long enough for them to read what is being promoted which will help them decide what they need and how best to use it.
There are lots of sites on the internet who will be able to help you design and set up your brochure-ware website. There are many details to be looked in to while designing your brochure-ware website. Your brochure content matters as does the sales pitch you use. The brochure designing company will aid you with setting up your domain, web hosting, a design for your logo, maintenance services, copyright issues; related links etc. There are other related aspects which a brochure designing agency will be able to educate you about which are important for the success of your brochure. Brochure-ware websites will promote your services in a user friendly, visually appealing and informative-in-content manner. You could think of a brochure-ware website like the reception of your company.
If the reception area, décor and interiors are unattractive; the people who man the reception desk unhelpful and not knowledgeable about the company, then the image of the company takes a nose-dive. Similarly on the internet, your brochure website is the reception centre and it is a well known theory that "first impressions are often the last impression". The brochure-ware website is the image you present at first glance. So in answer to the question, are brochure websites any good, one could say that yes, in the interests of the business, brochure-ware websites have their own place and their own part to play.
Go for a professionally designed brochure-ware website and traffic to your site is sure to increase. Its all about effectively reaching out to the audiences and holding their interest!
Article By: Stephen Saha
Found In: http://www.ezinearticles.com
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Sunday, December 13, 2009
What is a Government Website?
A GOVERNMENT WEBSITE is a website built for a certain department or agency in the government in accordance to the Freedom of Information Act that allows the public the right to know what is going on with the government. To furthur our studies, we would like to present to you the kind of rules that our laid down so that a Government website is built properly for public view. For this we take a look at Guam's law on what a website should contain. Please note that these rules may vary with other Goverment laws.ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 3 “INFORMATION REQUIRED ON MAGNETIC MEDIA AND INTERNET” IN CHAPTER 10 “GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS” OF TITLE 5 OF THE GUAM CODE ANNOTATED:
§ 10305.HomePage for Each Department or Agency of Government.
(a) Every department or agency of the Executive Branch of the government of Guam, inclusive of all autonomous agencies, the Guam Public School System, the Guam Visitors Bureau, the Guam Economic Development and Commerce Authority, the Guam Waterworks Authority and the Guam Power Authority, shall develop and post on the Internet a homepage or website. Each homepage or website shall be designated as the official website or homepage for such department,agency, autonomous agency or public corporation and no information posted thereon shall be restricted by user status, passwords, or the assessment of dues, membership fees or registration fees. This Section,and §10306 of this Chapter shall apply to I Liheslaturan Guåhan as a
single agency and the Judiciary of Guam as a single agency.
(b) All finalized reports, studies, and plans initiated, contracted for or conducted by any department or agency, except criminal investigative and security-related reports, studies, and plans, shall be posted on the agency Homepage. By January 1, 2008, copies of all such reports,studies, and plans held in the records of all departments and agencies shall be posted on the agency Homepage.
SOURCE: Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 28-057:2 (June 30, 2005). Amended by P.L. 29-019:VI:88 (Sept. 29, 2007).
§ 10306. Information Required.
The following information must be posted, at a minimum, on each official website or homepage required pursuant to Section 10305 above.
1. Notice of all meetings, hearings and public events as required by public law and for such duration as required by public law and containing such information as is required by public law.
2. The official name of the department, agency, autonomous agency or public corporation in both English and Chamorro, the email address, public phone numbers, mailing address and physical location of the department, agency, autonomous agency or public corporation.
3. The names and titles of the Director, Deputy Director or official in charge of the department, agency, autonomous agency or public corporation, as appropriate, as well as the names and titles of the administrators of each and all offices, programs, services, units or divisions under its purview, and the names of all board members of every board or commission associated with or appurtenant thereto, and an organizational chart demonstrating the relationships
between all, as relevant.
4. A list of all fees charged for any services.
5. All rules and regulations in force as promulgated by the department, agency, autonomous agency or public corporation, or links thereto, as well as all proposed rules and regulations, or amendments thereto, as are progressing through the administrative adjudication process as detailed in the Administrative Adjudication Act.
6. The budget for the department, agency, autonomous agency or public corporation as is in force and approved by I Liheslaturan Guåhan or the governing board as appropriate, as well as the proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year, and in such form as is submitted to or approved by I Liheslaturan Guåhan or the governing board as appropriate, and all expenditures of the department, agency, autonomous agency or public corporation, such entries to be updated on a quarterly basis.
7. The awardee, amount, duration and a general description of all contracts of any nature as entered into by the department,agency, autonomous agency or public corporation, such entries to be updated on a quarterly basis.
8. The amount of and a general description of all grants received by the department, agency, autonomous agency or public corporation.
9. The hours of operation of the department, agency,autonomous agency or public corporation, and all programs, units or services under its purview.
10. A general description of the areas of responsibility of the
department, agency, autonomous agency or public corporation, and all offices, programs, services, units or divisions under its purview,as well as any public reports, studies and publications as the public might expect access to under Guam law, or links thereto, and forms,notices or circulars required to be used by the public while interacting with the department, agency, autonomous agency or
public corporation, and all offices, programs, services, units or divisions under its purview.
11. The results of audits, or links thereto, of the department,
agency, autonomous agency or public corporation, or any component or service of same.
12. In the case of a department, agency, autonomous agency or
public corporation that generates its own income through fees for services or other fees, an annual statement detailing collection and income derived from such fees.
Nothing in this Section shall be construed as limiting the information that a department, agency, autonomous agency or public corporation may provide to the general public via a homepage or website.
SOURCE: Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 28-057:3 (June 30, 2005).
§ 10307. Formats for Home Pages.
There are no special requirements for the format or construction of official Home Pages. Each Branch of government shall make every possible effort to ensure that official Home Pages use text and graphics formats that can be easily loaded and read by most Web browsers. For complex documents intended for download by the general public, such documents shall be available in, but not limited to, Portable Document
Format (APDF@).
§ 10311. Prohibition Against Partisan Endorsements or Detractions.
No official Home Page required herein may be used to endorse or detract from any elected official, candidate for an elected office or the platform of any elected official or candidate for elected office.
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