Security - Free and Open Source Educational Software

All computer systems connecting to the Internet should maintain a firewall, anti-virus software and anti-spyware software. You should apply the latest updates and patches and keep up-to-date with security by reading information from the Australian Computer Emergency Response Team web site at http://www.auscert.org.au/.

Other useful sites include US Government CERT http://www.us-cert.gov/, Canadian CERT http://www.ewa-canada.com/, Carnegie Mellon Univerity CERT http://www.cert.org/ and Open Source CERT http://ocert.org/.

Definitions

  • "A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user."
  • "Spyware is computer software that is installed surreptitiously on a personal computer to intercept or take partial control over the user's interaction with the computer, without the user's informed consent."
  • "Spamming is the abuse of electronic messaging systems to indiscriminately send unsolicited bulk messages."
  • "A firewall is an integrated collection of security measures designed to prevent unauthorized electronic access to a networked computer system. It is also a device or set of devices configured to permit, deny, encrypt, decrypt, or proxy all computer traffic between different security domains based upon a set of rules and other criteria."
    - Wikipedia 22 October 2008

Security of systems typically require authentication systems such as login name and password, access control lists for controlling who has access to each resource, auditing to record a trail of who accessed what and when in a log file, certificates which are electronic keys used to connect client systems to servers, firewalls to restrict access into trusted networks, virus scanners, email filters, virtual private networks, secure tunnels, trusted systems, and more. - Neville Richter

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