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Types of Computer Misuse

The document discusses three types of computer misuse: hacking, phishing, and pharming. It provides details on hacking, including that it is the unauthorized use of computer and network resources to gain illegal access to information. The document then gives tips on password protection and using firewalls. It also explains two security protocols - Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) - that allow secure data transmission over the internet. SSL encrypts data between a user's computer and a server so only those endpoints can understand it. TLS ensures privacy and security during communication and prevents third parties from hacking the connection.

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Types of Computer Misuse

The document discusses three types of computer misuse: hacking, phishing, and pharming. It provides details on hacking, including that it is the unauthorized use of computer and network resources to gain illegal access to information. The document then gives tips on password protection and using firewalls. It also explains two security protocols - Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) - that allow secure data transmission over the internet. SSL encrypts data between a user's computer and a server so only those endpoints can understand it. TLS ensures privacy and security during communication and prevents third parties from hacking the connection.

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Types of Computer Misuse

• Hacking
• Phishing
• pharming
Hacking
• HACKING IS UNAUTHORIZED USE OF
COMPUTER AND network resources
• The activity of breaking into a computer
system to gain an unauthorized access
• The act of defeating the security capabilities in
order to attain the the illegal access to the info
stored in a computer
PROTECTION
 Make your password long/complicated, with a
good mix of letters using a case –sensitive letters
 Don’t use anything familiar like your personal
record information DOB,Childname etc
 Don’t ever allow your browser to remember
your passwords
 Activate firewall(network security system , that
monitors traffic incoming/outgoing)
Security protocols
2 types of security protocols while using internet
• Secure socket layer(SSL)
• Transport layer security(TLS)
Protocol:
Set of rules in a computer used to communicate
each other over a internet
SSL
• This is a protocol this allows data to be
received or sent over internet securely
When a user logs onto the website- SSL encrypts
the data, only the user computer (host) and
server can make sense of it, user knows when
SSL is applied by https or small padlock in a
status bar
What happens when user see Secure website
and how data sent or received by it??
• The user browser send data through secure website
using SSL
• Web browser sent request for verification to Server
• Server responds by accepting request and issue SSL
certificate to user’s browser
• If browser authenticate its certificate , it again send
message to server to notify that to begin
communication
• Once this message is received, SSL encrypted two way
data transfer begins
TLS
• SAME AS SSL but it ensures the privacy and security
b/w two ends for communication
• It is essentially and improved by designing more
features like data integrity, encryption and
authentication
• This prevents third party to hacking into this
communication
• This forms 2 ways [Record protocol(without
encryption),Handshake protocol(with session
caching)]
Session Caching
• Authentication technique
• This avoids the need of utilizing so much computer time
for each connection
• Establish new connection or to attempt to resume an
eisting session
Data Encryption :
Converting the electronic data into cypher text
Symmetric encryption :
The sender and receiver uses the same key for encrypt and
decrypt

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