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Task1C-1 Predicting the future of the Internet

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Task1C-1 Predicting the future of the Internet
July 27, 2009 02:07PM
In addition to the trends listed, namely,
  • increased user access (more people online)
  • increased bandwidth (more data moving faster)
  • increased commercialisation (more buying, selling, and advertising)
  • increased variety of content, including audio, animation, instructional content, and so forth (more things to hear, see, watch, and learn from)
  • access from a wider variety of devices, including handheld devices (more ways of getting online)

I see the following trends emerging in regard to the Internet
  1. I see the future compacting itself into mobile devices. The future of the Internet looks highly mobile; I see the mobile device being the primary connection to the Internet for most people in the world. With the emergence of media networks which has become an inherent part of our lives, online community exists in groups with common preferences (religious, political, social, financial etc.,). Staying in touch and responding to opportunity necessitates a device that is easy to carry and work with.
  2. As the internet and mobile phones continue to advance at an amazing pace, more people will embrace better, faster and cheaper gadgets and soon everything from the car to the house will be connected to the global network, communicating seamlessly
  3. Hyper-connected communication will impact human relationships, the future of work and employee-employer relationships. The divisions between personal time and work time and between physical and virtual reality will be further erased for everyone who is connected, and the results will be mixed in their impact on basic social relations.
  4. As a result of hyper-connected communication, Internet will give people the power to be stronger actors in the political and economic world. The internet is radically changing the way almost everyone experiences media. It could become the central nervous system of a healthy democracy - the greatest engine for free speech, civic engagement and economic growth ever known. It may make an end-run to the traditional media keepers. People now read newspapers, watch television and listen to radio via the Internet. This in turn may lead to the global corporations and governments currently in control of most resources impeding or even halting the open development of the Internet as issues of security, privacy, digital identities, tracking and massive databases collide
  5. Those working to enforce intellectual property law and copyright protection will remain in a continuing "arms race" with "crackers" who will find ways to copy and share content without payment
Task 6A-1.
February 21, 2010 10:27PM
hEY.

7. a)

It is so easy to hack into computers, it helps if you know computer language, like LINUX, OR C++, they make a point on hacking sites that you must be educated in your LANGUAGE software.
But even if you didn’t know it really well, there are video’s and forum’s on these hacking sites, eg.darknet, which show and explains how to hack.

Here are some URL’s which show you how to hack, darknet, has a forum where you can learn from other hackers, and funny enough there slogan is: “don’t learn to hack, hack to learn” Scary stuff.

http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-hack-cell-phone-free-phone-calls-218649/
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/topicMag/0,295498,sid14_tax303583,00.html
http://www.darknet.org.uk/category/hacking-tools/
http://www.wikihow.com/Hack


One of the most popular tools is on how to hack is: L0phtCrack (now called LC4). L0phtCrack is a tool, that allows an attacker to take encrypted Windows NT/2000 passwords and convert them to plaintext. NT/2000 passwords are in cryptographic hashes and cannot be read without a tool like L0phtCrack. It works by attempting every alphanumeric combination possible to try to crack passwords.


b)
•Audit your organization regularly! Walk through the company and make sure passwords are not stuck to monitors or under keyboards.
•Set up dummy accounts. Get rid of the administrator (or admin) account or set it up as a trap and audit it for attempts.
•Use strong, difficult to guess passwords, and never leave a console unlocked.
•Backups are necessary in case you are compromised. You need a working set of data, so make sure you have it. Keep the tapes secure too, or the data there will be compromised as well.
•Prevent dumpster diving. Don't throw sensitive information away; shred it or lock it up.
•Check IDs and question people you don't know. When you have visitors, check them out and make sure they belong.
•Educate your end users. Make sure they aren't prone to social engineering and educate and remind internal users of the company's security policies.

c)
Yes, I think it’s very good that these instructions are available on the Internet on how to prevent hacking, because how would people be informed and educated?
Also, everyone will be attacked by a hacker, that is why it is necessary to have Anti-virus software on your computer.

d)
Yes, I think that network administrators should monitor hacking sites, so that they can be aware what is current in the hacking industry, and find better ways to know how to prevent infiltration.

hAPPY HACKING, JOKES!
cARICA
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