[11203] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Internet Security
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rosalind Resnick)
Fri Mar 25 00:09:19 1994
Reply-To: rosalind@harrison.win.net (Rosalind Resnick)
To: com-priv@psi.com
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 06:24:34
From: rosalind@harrison.win.net (Rosalind Resnick)
Hi! I'm doing some research into Internet security for a book I'm
working on and would like to pick the brains of the members of this
list on a couple of issues:
1. How "safe" is the Internet as medium for transmitting private e-mail,
documents and financial data? Is the Internet any less safe than, say,
CompuServe or Prodigy?
2. Would you personally send your credit card number via Internet e-mail
to purchase a product? Would you feel comfortable typing it in at a
Gopher site? Do you happen to know of any instance in which someone's
credit card information was "stolen" on the Internet and used to make
unauthorized purchases?
3. What measures can small, midsize and large businesses that hook up
directly to the Internet via SLIP connections and T-1 lines take to
safeguard their computer systems from Internet security breaches? What
are the tradeoffs of each approach?
4. Which type of network security measure do you believe to be most
effective against Internet breaches -- firewalls or data encryption?
Is there any particular encryption software that you'd recommend?
5. What do you think needs to be done in terms of network security
before businesses and their customers can feel comfortable sending
confidential data back and forth on the Internet?
Please include your title, company name, location and phone number with
your response so that I can follow up.
Thanks,
Rosalind Resnick
Interactive Communications
305-920-5326 (voice)
