Introduction to internet security

Abstract

Viruses are running rampant. Encryption schemes have been broken. Passwords have been compromised and account information has been intercepted. Recent events throughout the world have caused people to become very circumspect when it comes to transacting business over electronic media. Will this cause the Internet to be abandoned as a vehicle for transacting business? Without the ability to trust in the scrupulous behavior on both ends of a transaction, most prudent e-commerce operators and clients may decide to forgo the use of the Internet and revert back to old methods of doing business. To counter this trend, the issues of network security on the Internet must be constantly reviewed and appropriate countermeasures devised. At the same time, security measures must be appropriately devised so that they do not inhibit or in any way dissuade the intended ecommerce operation. As the use of wireless technology grows, the number of events and the far reaching effects of network security problems are likely to have an even larger impact on e-commerce.