Computer and internet security involves establishing rules and measures to protect systems and data from attacks over the internet. Some key aspects of security include firewalls to control network access, encryption to securely transfer data, and protocols like SSL, TLS, PGP and IPsec which provide authentication and encryption for web traffic, email and networking. Other threats include phishing scams, malware, and denial of service attacks which aim to compromise or disrupt systems. A variety of techniques are used to implement security at different levels including network, transport, and application layers.
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Web security
1. computeris a branch ofInternet security
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networkbut alsobrowser securityoften involving
on a more general level as it applies to othersecurity
on a whole.systemsoperatingorapplications
Its objective is to establish rules and measures to use
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Web Security
4. can be made secure with the help ofTCP/IP
cryptographic methods and protocols that
have been developed for securing
communications on the Internet. These
protocols include SSL and TLS for web
traffic, PGP for email, and IPsec for the
network layer security.
Network layer security
5. This protocol is designed to protect communication in a secure
manner using TCP/IP. It is a set of security extensions developed
, and it provides security and authentication at the IP layerIETFby
by using cryptography. To protect the content, the data is
transformed using encryption techniques. There are two main
types of transformation that form the basis of IPsec: the
Authentication Header (AH) and Encapsulating Security Payload
(ESP). These two protocols provide data integrity, data origin
authentication, and anti-replay service. These protocols can be
used alone or in combination to provide the desired set of security
(IP) layerInternet Protocolservices for the
The basic components of the IPsec security architecture are
IPsec Protocol
6. described in terms of the following functionalities
• Security protocols for AH and ESP
• Security association for policy management and traffic
processing
• Manual and automatic key management for the internet
key exchange (IKE
• Algorithms for authentication and encryption
The set of security services provided at the IP layer includes access
control, data origin integrity, protection against replays, and
confidentiality. The algorithm allows these sets to work independently
without affecting other parts of the implementation. The IPsec
implementation is operated in a host or security gateway environment
giving protection to IP traffic
IPsec Protocol (cont.)
7. Some online sites offer customers the ability to use a six-digit code
. Thesecurity tokenseconds on a60-30which randomly changes every
key on the security token have mathematical computations built-in and
manipulate numbers based on the current time built into the device.
This means that every thirty seconds there's only a certain possible
array of numbers which would be correct to validate access to the online
account. The website that the user is logging into would be made aware
of that devices' serial number and therefore would know the
computation and correct time built into the device to verify that the
number given is in deed one of the handful of six-digit numbers that
would work in that given 30-60 second cycle. After the 30-60 seconds
the device will present a new random six-digit number which can log
into the website.
Security token
8. Background
Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
Multipurpose Internet Mail
Extensions (MIME)
Message Authentication Code
Electronic mail security (E-mail)
9. A firewall controls access
between networks. It generally
consists of gateways and filters
which vary from one firewall
to another. Firewalls also
screen network traffic and are
able to block traffic that is
dangerous. Firewalls act as the
intermediate server between
SMTP and HTTP connections.
10. Types of firewalls
Packet filters
Packet filters are one of several different types of firewalls that
process network traffic on a packet-by-packet basis.
Circuit-level gateways
The circuit-level gateway is a proxy server that statically defines
what traffic will be allowed. Circuit proxies always forward packets
containing a given port number, provided the port number is
permitted by the rules set. This gateway operates at the network
level of an OSI model
13. Denial-of-service attack
is an attempt to make a computer resource
unavailable to its intended users. Although the
means to carry out, motives for, and targets of
a DoS attack may vary, it generally consists of
the concerted efforts of person or persons to
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functioning efficiently or at all, temporarily or
indefinitely.