Internet Security

Paper Summary:

The paper describes the practice of spoofing, a Web security issue, and the technique of access control that includes robot protection. The paper explains how access controls can prevent most spoofing incidents and can also be designed to sniff out potentially destructive robots.

Outline:
Introduction
Spoofing
Access Controls
Robot Protection
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Spoofing is the practice of pretending to be someone else in order to gain access to particular areas on a network, or to hide the identity of someone engaged in illicit acts (Sharky, 2000, p. 98). The easiest way to spoof is for a user to go to a workstation other than his or her own and use that workstation to perform whatever tasks are intended to be "hidden" from system control. But spoofing can also use complicated processes to crack passwords, change IP addresses, or mask IP addresses so that one user appears to be another. In all of its various forms, spoofing represents a very real threat to any company conducting business on the Web."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Chowdhry, P. (1999, October 11). Attacked and hacked. PC Week, p. 1.
• Computer Associates hosts Internet defense summit to address latest developments in ebusiness security. (2000, October 12). PR Newswire, p. 6240.
• Gonsalves, C. (2000, July 10). Security at a single touch. eWeek, p. 47.
• Sharky. (2000, April 24). Shark tank. Computerworld, p. 98.
• Stein, L. D. (1998). Web Security. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley.

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