The original definition of a firewall is: “a partition made of fireproof material to prevent the spread of a fire from one part of a building or ship to another or to isolate an engine compartment, as on a plane, automobile, etc.” 1 Today, in the computer world, the term refers to any piece of […]
Cryptography, or cryptology, derived from the Greek words for “hidden” writing or speaking, is the practice and study of hiding information. Until modern times, cryptography referred almost exclusively to encryption, the process of converting ordinary information (plain text) into unintelligible gibberish (confidentiality). Cryptography is now considered to be a branch of both mathematics and computer […]
TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) is a set of communications protocols that implement the protocol stack on which the Internet and most commercial networks run. However, from a security standpoint, it is not inherently secure. To understand why, we must first look at the history of TCP/IP. TCP/IP was designed more than 30 […]
When people talk about information security or computer security, they usually refer to Confidentiality. In deed, the origin of information security comes from the need of this in military and polictical area. Countries worry about their confidential information leaks to emeny countries. That threatens their security and standing positions in the World. If you are […]
