Internet Challenges
...al who takes over the phone company in order to win a contest. Password sniffing Normally done by hackers with a program that looks at information being transmitted across a network with th purpose of stealing passwords and gaining access into the system. DOS (denial of service) Denial of Service is an incident that causes an organization to loose services of a resource they would normally have. Example of DoS are: temporary loss of email service, temporarily shut down of web site, etc. There are several types of DoS attacks, such as buffer overflow attacks, SYN attack, teardrop attack, Smurf attack, or viruses. Finding solutions to security challenges requires, first of all, an understanding of the threads. Education on the topic and constant updates are essential to a successful secure business or personal network, or system. Some of the security measures that business managers and individuals can use to prevent systems from security break in are: anti-virus software, firewalls, signature updates, password changing, etc. . Internet Regulatory Challenges The Internet has allowed communications and transmissions of data amongst individuals and companies around the world. Due to the global nature of the Internet, information may be considered immoral, dangerous or inappropriate for individuals of different cultures and societies. The Internet regulations are nonexistent, unlike other mediums of communications such as television, radio and telephone, which are regulated by government agencies. Some examples of regulatory challenges in the social spectrum the regulation of information being displayed in the Internet, such as: pornography, how to commit murder, how to commit suicide, how to build a bomb, etc. Additionally, there are other e-business transaction questions that raise regulations issues, such as taxation of merchandise, jurisdiction of online contracts, validity of electronic signatures for contracts, protection of buyers and sellers of online transactions, consumers rights for overseas transactions, etc. There are supporters to Internet Regulation who believe that for the benefit and protection of societies in general, the information in the Internet as well as transactions conducted in the Internet should be regulated. Opposition, on the other hand, argue that freedom of speech and liberties would be violated is regulations are imposed on the Internet. Internet regulations can be divided in groups that regulate content of web pages, regulation of copyrights and unauthorized duplication or transmission of this work, and business regulations for companies transacting in the Internet. The global nature of the Internet is the impediment to address any legal issues relating to regulating information in the Internet complex. The laws vary from country to country, and this causes a challenge for users, providers and policy makers as to determining the boundaries and defining governance over this network of networks. Internet Ethical Issues The Internet’s lack of regulations allows for ethical issues to come to play. The Internet has no centralized authority and it is uncensored, which causes ethical dilemmas faced by users every day. There are many ethical issues that are associates with the use of the Internet, such as the distribution and sale of personal information and e-mail addresses, unsolicited e-mail (spam), scams and frauds and the use of cookies to track individuals surfing the Internet. These ethical issues that concern us all raise the issue of privacy in the Internet and our rights as users. The Computer Ethics Institute created the ten commandments of computer ethics that can be applied to the use of the Internet (Computer Ethics Institute, n.d.). These commandments are: 1. Thou shalt not use the computer to harm other people 2. Thou shalt not interfere with other people’s computer work 3. Thou shalt not snoop around in other people’s computer files 4. Thou shalt not use a computer to steal 5. Thou shalt not use a computer to bear false witness 6. Thou shalt not copy or use other proprietary for which you have not paid 7. Thou shalt not use other people’s comput...