| Description |
xxvi, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Privacy and security basics -- Beginning your online journey -- Internet fundamentals -- A new breed of threats -- Cryptography and encryption -- Computer viruses -- Web privacy and security -- Downloading stuff from the Web -- Shopping and trading on the Web -- Mailing lists, newsgroups, and chat rooms -- Filtering out offensive content -- Web privacy for the paranoid -- E-mail privacy and security -- Encrypting and signing e-mail messages -- Spam -- E-mail privacy for the paranoid -- Desktop security -- Understanding your computer's vulnerabilities -- Using strong passwords -- Securing your laptop computer -- Securing your connections -- Securing your computer at work -- Backing up your files. |
| Subject |
Computer networks -- Security measures.
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Computer security.
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| ISBN |
0735611882 paperback |
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