Lesson20.Web Security

Lesson 20. Web Security

Time	This lesson takes approximately 2 hours to complete.
Goals	Configure Safari security features Establish a secure website using SSL Redirect from an HTTP site to an HTTPS site Set up WebMail securely with SSL Set up WebDAV securely with SSL Set up a proxy server to block selected sites

The most secure you can make your computer (short of not powering it on in the first place) is to not connect it to the Internet. The very thing that makes the Information Age what it is also comprises your computer's greatest security risk. Nonetheless, being connected to the Internet is the essence of modern computing.

The World Wide Web is the first thing most people think of when they envision the Internetand then they think of pop-ups, viruses, cookies, identify theft, their kids getting into pornography sites...

System administrators think of these things too, but their list also includes getting hacked, downtime, and the never-ending balancing act of providing more and better services versus reducing vulnerabilities and risk. You can configure Safari, the Apple browser, for yourself and your users to increase security, and if you provide Web services, you can reduce the vulnerabilities of your servers while providing the services you want.