Web Security & Commerce

Topics include: • User safety - browser vulnerabilities (with an emphasis on Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer), privacy concerns, issues with Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, and plug-ins. • Digital certificates - what they are, how they assure identity in a networked environment, how certification authorities and server certificates work, and what code signing all about. • Cryptography - an overview of how encryption works on the Internet and how different algorithms and programs are being used today. • Web server security - detailed technical information about SSL (Secure Socket Layer), TLS (Transport Layer Security), host security, server access methods, and secure CGI/API programming. • Commerce and society - how digital payments work, what blocking software and censorship technology (e.g., PICS and RSACi) is about, and what civil and criminal issues you need to understand.