History of the Internet

 

Cold War

 

1957

 

Sputnik

 

Advanced Research Projects Agency  (ARPA).

 

Decentralization

 

Network that could survive a nuclear attack

 

Packet Switching

 

Internetworked Networks

 

Usenet

 

MUD

 

TCP/IP protocol

 

Hacker Paranoia

 

1989 - Internet Service Provider (ISP)

 

Affordable access for small institutions, home users

 

1990 - Prodigy, Compuserve, etc.

 

Gopher

 

1991 - World Wide Web

 

1993  - Mosaic

 

1997 - Six Degrees of Seperation - First social networking site

 

Google - Page Rank

 

Napster

 

Webcast

 

Webcam

 

2003 - MySpace

 

Vocabulary and Structure

 

Intranet

 

Lan

 

ethernet cables

 

Internet

 

Server

 

Client

 

Server-Client Model

 

Browser

 

Router

 

Packets

 

Repeater

 

Protocols

 

FTP

 

Dial Up Modem

 

Satellite Modem

 

DSL Modem

 

Cable Modem

 

Domain Name Service (DNS)

 

MAC address

 

IP address

 

URL (Universal Resource Locator)

 

Internet Backbone

 

Defense Against the Dark Arts

 

Computer Backups

 

Automation is Policy (Update, Scan, Backup on Schedules)

 

Offsite Backups

 

External Backup Drive

 

Disk Crash

 

Virus

 

Worms

 

Trojans

 

Spyware

 

Zombie Comptuer

 

Antivirus (AVG, NOD32)

 

Antispyware (AVG, SpyBot Search and Destroy, Adaware)

 

Firewall (Microsoft Firewall, ZoneAlarm)

 

Router

 

Backup before removing an antivirus program!

 

Social Engineering

 

Encryption and Security

 

Encryption / Cryptography

 

Public Keys, Private Keys

 

Digital Signature

 

Digital Certificates

 

Verifying Companies

 

SSL

 

https

 

lock logo'

 

yellow or tan address bar

 

Securing your home router -> change default password, create secure key/password

 

WEP, WPA, WPA-PSK

 

wardriving

 

SSID

 

Mac address filtering

 

DHCP

 

Searching

 

 

Credibility of Info on the Internet

 

RSS

 

 

Really Simple Syndication

 

news aggregator, feed reader

 

Virtual Communities

 

Bennifits of Virtual Communities

 

Noob

 

Lurker

 

Regular

 

Leader

 

Elder

 

Small world - Six Degrees of Seperation

 

Business and the Internet

 

Communication

 

 -- email

 

 -- IMs

 

 -- conferences

 

 -- live support

 

Decentralization

 

 -- office-level organization/purchasing rather than corporate warehouse

 

Training

 

Information Management

 

Increased Collaboration

 

Outsourcing

 

Peer to Peer Networking

 

P2P

 

Hybrid P2P / Centralized P2P

 

Pure P2P

 

Sharing Bandwidth, Processing, Storage

 

Flooding (search)

 

Poisoning

 

Polluting

 

Leaching

 

Friend to Friend

 

Darknets

 

BitTorrent

 

Torrent

 

Tracker

 

User Ratio

 

Annonymous Peer 2 Peer

 

Copyright and You

 

Copyright

 

Patent

 

Trademark

 

Intellectual Property

 

Fair Use

 

BetaMax Decisions

 

Fair Use Test

 

Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA)

 

RIAA

 

MPAA

 

Email

 

 

CC

 

BCC

 

Header

 

Filters

 

Signature File

 

Pop Server

 

IMAP Server

 

SMTP Server

 

Email Clients

 

Multiple Email Accounts and why

 

Open Source

 

Open Source

 

usual requirements of Open Source Liscence

 

Mirrors

 

Free Sofware vs. Open Source

 

Extensions for Firefox: Adblock, NoScript

 

Online Services

 

Email

 

Financial Managemant

 

Life/Lifestype Management

 

Education

 

Maps / Local Companies

 

Collaboration

 

File Storage

 

Photo Hosting

 

Web Applications

 

Document Editing Online

 

Calendars