[131495] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Tools for teaching users online safety
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Grundemann)
Tue Oct 26 11:14:27 2010
In-Reply-To: <4CC62B29.4040104@blastro.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:14:14 -0600
From: Chris Grundemann <cgrundemann@gmail.com>
To: Alex Thurlow <alex@blastro.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 19:13, Alex Thurlow <alex@blastro.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to find out if there are currently any resources available for
> teaching people how to be safe online. =A0As in, how to not get a virus, =
how
> to pick out phishing emails, how to recognize scams. =A0I'm sure everyone=
on
> this list knows these things, but a lot of end users don't. =A0I'm trying=
to
> find a way to teach these things to people who aren't too technically sav=
vy.
>
> It seems to me that the fewer end users that have issues, the easier our
> lives will be.
>
> So what I'm trying to figure out is, is there a good site or set of sites
> for this stuff, or is there anyone out there interested in helping to bui=
ld
> a unified list of instructions, videos, etc. for all this?
The Colorado Chapter of the Internet Society (CO ISOC) is in the
process of launching a project to do just that. We are calling it
(fairly obviously) the Internet User Best Common Practices.
As stated on the project's wiki landing page
(http://wiki.coisoc.org/index.php/UserBCP):
The idea is to start here on the wiki by gathering and creating a
repository of information on how to be a good Netizen. That is, how to
be a safe and responsible Internet user. We want to use this
information, once gathered and verified, to create simple and
accessible resources for the general population.
I invite you and everyone who reads this to participate, all input is welco=
me!
Thanks,
~Chris
(founding chair, CO ISOC)
> --
> Alex Thurlow
> Blastro Networks
>
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>
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