What are the Internet security issues?
There is a close analogy between the highway and Internet. The highway connects places, Internet connects information. Want to find out about anything under the sun? Go to the Net and click “Search”. Even information that is private and confidential is also available on the Net. Shucks, are we vulnerable and exposed!! How did it happen? Say you buy a fish tank over the Net, pay by credit card, and arrange for the tank to be delivered to your doorsteps. The purchase details, including your credit card number, are sent from your desktop to the online store. The credit card number can be stolen at various points: when you enter it at your desktop, while it was in transit to the online store, or at the online store’s database. Information stolen when you enter it at the desktop could be due to a key stroke capture malware which had been installed in the desktop. For theft while on transit over the Net, someone could be “eavesdropping” and therefore managed to capture the data. Theft at the
