Online Safety II

Tom Kelliher, CS 102

Sept. 22, 2006

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Assignment

Read 2.11-2.15. Online quiz. Questions on pg. 94: 21, 24, 26, and 28.

From Last Time

Online Safety Lab I.

Outline

1. Brief discussion of today's topics.

2. Lab.

Coming Up

Part III on online safety.

Discussion

1. Who is most at risk for hacker attacks?

   Always-on broadband connections. (IP address changes infrequently.)

   How to protect? Firewall; Turn the computer off when not in use!

2. Safety of online shopping.

   Things I've bought online: truck, truck loan, mortgage, TV, DVD player, computer equipment, books.

   I did once receive an e-mail saying an online merchant had been hacked and it was possible the hacker had my credit card info. What did I do?

3. Scams: The ``Nigerian'' Scam. Goes back to 1920's. In US, confirmed, reported losses of over $100 million in 15 months (1997).

Lab

Refer to lab handout. Work in groups of two. Hand-in.

Tom Kelliher