This Web page is an electronic companion to Chapter 12 of the book Learning to Use the Internet, by Ernest C. Ackermann . It contains links to the Internet resources, sites, and services mentioned in the chapter. Using this you can access them directly, without typing the long addresses or URLs for each item. Please send any comments, questions or suggestions to Ernest Ackermann. For orders or requests for examination copies contact the publisher at jimleisy@fbeedle.com.

Chapter 12 Issues Ethical, Legal, Security, and Social

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PGP (Pretty Good Privacy program) is used for encryption of e-mail and other files. This link will tell you how to get the Prettty Good Privacy Program , and this one takes you to a the home page for Pretty Good Privacy, Inc.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has lots of resources dedicated to the issues covered in this chapter. You can reach them by FTP, Gopher, or with a WWW browser. The Gopher and WWW servers have links to other, similar organizations.

• EFF FTP Server
• EFF Gopher Server
• EFF WWW server

The National Public Telecomputing Network is a confederation of Free-Nets so community networks can be established and linked together. You can visit the Cleveland Free-Net using a WWW browser , or by starting a Telnet session with freenet-in-a.cwru.edu ; no log in name required.

Internet Security

• Two places to that have resources and links to other resources dealing with computer security are
  • NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Gopher
  • FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams)

Privacy

• Identity, Privacy, and Anonymity on the Internet by L.Detweiler
• Frequently Asked Questions About E-Mail Privacy by Andre Bacard
• Privacy Info-Source by Doug Monroe
• How to Get Less Junk Mail by CPSR
• What to do when they ask for your Social Security Number by Chris Hibbert

Acceptable Use Policies

• There are several sources for these policy statements.
  • Some are available in the directory named ethics through the FTP server at University of New Mexico
  • Several are also available through the Gopher server at the InterNIC (Internet Network Information Center). Point your gopher to is.internic.net, choose "Internic Directory and Database Services ", then choose "Additional Internet Resources Information ", and finally "Internet Service Provider Policies and Procedures ".
  • Avoiding Ethical Potholes: Acceptable use Policies

Ethics & Net Etiquette

• "Ethics and the Internet ", RFC 1087
• "User Guidelines and Net Etiquette", by Arlene Rinaldi

Some other places you may want to visit

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