Section 1.4. Taking Back Our Internet


1.4. Taking Back Our Internet

Over and above the immediate desire to identify the bad guys, I think a lot of us feel a deeper unease about their activities.

The developers and systems administrators among us talk about the Open Source Community , the informal collection of people responsible for creating and using Linux, Perl, and all the other tools that we use every day in our work. The word "community" is not just a convenient buzzword. Many of us feel a real sense of belonging to this global movement that has made the Internet what it is today.

No one can truly claim ownership of the Internet, but the Open Source Community can rightfully claim to be its stewards and guardians. As such, we feel betrayed by those who have crossed over to the Dark Side who are responsible for the nuisances and threats that all users now have to deal with.

Many developers have already stepped up to the challenge of taking back the Internet. Spam-filtering tools, firewalls, secure browsers, such as Firefox and Mozilla, along with a host of security patches, have been developed by open source developers for the good of the community. With the forensic techniques described in this book, I want to help advance another approach in this ongoing battle. By identifying the people responsible for these threats, we can put them under a great deal of pressure and force them to work much harder to achieve their goals.

I want this book to show you how easy it can be to uncover clues about Internet scams. You don't need to be a computer security expert to apply these skills. In fact the key to their success lies in having hundreds and thousands of people like you pushing back and putting pressure on the bad guys. Collectively, we can be a very powerful force.



Internet Forensics
Internet Forensics
ISBN: 059610006X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 121

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