internet

=Internet Basics=

General Information Internet Service Providers Firefox (Mozilla) Other Web Browsers Search Engines Passwords Technical Information

Also see Netiquette, Internet Safety, Internet Threats, Web Searching

(2003 Laporte) Firewall checker - ShieldsUp grc.com Sygate scan.sygate.com Finjan www.finjan.com CFI Email Security Testing Zone www.cfi.com Virus Bulletin VCrep www.virusbtn.com/resources/vgrep (Encryption) Pretty Good Privacy by Phil Zimmermann www.pgpi.com + generally any PGP encryption tools Security Focus w.securityfocus.com CERT www.cert.org CIAC www.ciac.org Marcus Ranum of NFR Security www.nfr.com (game to simulate hacking) Hacker www.unrealvisions.com (also) Verado: The IT Security Game for Windows www.intrapromote.com/case_study_verando.html (4 part series) www.faqs.org/faqs/computer-virus/alt-faq/part1 (or 2,3,4) Kaspersky AntiVirus www.kaspersky.com AVG www.grisoft.com

GENERAL INFORMATION
Did You Know: The Difference Between the Internet and the World Wide Web http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2002/Web_vs_Internet.asp

Understanding IP Addressing: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know by Chuck Semeria http://www.bergen.org/ATC/Course/InfoTech/Coolip/

Latest Trends http://www.pewinternet.org/trends.asp#adoption Links to information about trends in internet usage. From the Pew Research Center

A decade of adoption: How the internet has woven itself into American life http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/148/report_display.asp An article by the Pew Research Center

Reports: Internet Evolution http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/145/report_display.asp An article by the Pew Research Center about the future

Furl Net [service to save sites; you can explore others by category] [|http://www.furl.net]

About-the-web http://about-the-web.com/index.html Their subtitle is “An Internet Guide for Newcomers to the World Wide Web”

Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/ Start with the link ‘About IA’, which explains why they do what they do and it gives links to many interesting sites related to internet libraries.

Online Learners Guide – Web Browsers [|http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~d-ctel/OLG/module1/nav-4.php]

Techniques and Technology http://www.newcastle.edu.au/discipline/sociol-anthrop/staff/kibbymarj/online/techno.html

History of the net and a nice section on multimedia and theories http://scs.une.edu.au/Materials/312_99/net/netindex.htm

How Internet Infrastructure Works by Jeff Tyson http://www.howstuffworks.com/internet-infrastructure.htm

History of the Web Beginning at CERN http://www.hitmill.com/internet/web_history.html by Cheryl Gribble

Imagining the Internet – A History and Forecast http://www.imaginingtheinternet.org/ This is a collaborative project by Elon University, in North Carolina, and the Pew Internet & American Life Project, which “aims to be an authoritative source for timely information on the Internet's growth and societal impact, through research that is scrupulously impartial.”

Frequently Asked Questions by Tim Berners-Lee http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/FAQ.html Berners-Lee is director of the World Wide Web Consortium and is credited with creating the World Wide Web.

History of Internet and WWW: The Roads and Crossroads of Internet History by Gregory R. Gromov http://netvalley.com/intval1.html

A Little History of the World Wide Web http://www.w3.org/History.html

A Brief History of the Internet http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.shtml

Latest Trends http://www.pewinternet.org/trends.asp#adoption Links to information about trends in internet usage. From the Pew Research Center

Reports: Internet Evolution http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/145/report_display.asp An article by the Pew Research Center about the future of the internet.

Internet FAQ Archives http://www.faqs.org/faqs/

Internet History Archive http://internethistoryarchive.org/home.html This project is just getting started. - What Should Go in a Museum of Internet History? http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3436/what-should-go-in-a-museum-of-internet-history?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

FIREFOX (MOZILLA)
Make Your Browser Better - Firefox Extensions http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1815874,00.asp

Accessibar (Firefox Add-On) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4242

OTHER WEB BROWSERS
All About Web Browsers http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/internet_browsers.asp

List of Web Browsers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_browsers

Comparison of Web Browsers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_browsers

Opera (Web Browser) [Wikipedia] [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_(web_browser)] From the beginning, Opera has been extremely accessible to users with visual or mobility impairments.

Opera http://www.opera.com/

Opera [review of a slightly earlier version] http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2319728,00.asp

[YouTube] Opera Browser’s 12 Year History http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C87xFz9aUow

Google Chrome [Wikipedia] [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome\]

Google Chrome – “a new web browser for Windows” http://www.google.com/chrome

Inside Chrome: The Secret Project to Crush IE and Remake the Web http://www.wired.com/print/techbiz/it/magazine/16-10/mf_chrome

[YouTube] 10 Features of Google Chrome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlh8gSF_hhE

SeaMonkey [] “The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to develop [an] all-in-one internet application suite. … Containing an Internet browser, email & newsgroup client, HTML editor, IRC chat and web development tools, SeaMonkey is sure to appeal to advanced users, web developers and corporate users.”

SeaMonkey Home Page []

Flock (web browser) [Wikipedia] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flock_browser

Flock – “The Social Web Browser” http://flock.com/

Avant Browser [Wikipedia] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avant_Browser

Avant Browser http://www.avantbrowser.com/

SEARCH ENGINES
The Spider’s Apprentice http://www.monash.com/spidap.html “A Helpful Guide To Web Search Engines”

Search Engine Watch http://searchenginewatch.com/

Blended Search Results Change Searcher Behavior by Kevin Newcomb http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3629051

Reports: Online Users and Pursuits: Search Engine Users http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/146/report_display.asp An article by the Pew Research Center which has the subtopic, “Internet searchers are confident, satisfied and trusting – but they are also unaware and naïve”

Reports: Online Users and Pursuits: Search Engine Users http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/146/report_display.asp An article by the Pew Research Center which has the subtopic, “Internet searchers are confident, satisfied and trusting – but they are also unaware and naïve”

PASSWORDS
Online Random password generators: LastPass https://lastpass.com/generatepassword.php Random.org https://lastpass.com/generatepassword.php

Keep Safe with Strong Passwords http://www.utexas.edu/its/secure/articles/keep_safe_with_strong_passwords.php

Strong passwords: How to create and use them http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/password/create.mspx

Strong password Generator by David Finch http://www.mytsoftware.com/dailyproject/PassGen/PassGen.html

Strong Password Generator http://strongpasswordgenerator.com/

TECHNICAL INFORMATION
What Is a Temporary Internet File? http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2008/Temporary_Internet_Files.asp

What You Need to Know About Cookies http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2007/all_about_cookies.asp

Speed Test by Broadband Reports.com http://www.dslreports.com/stest?loc=2 Test your internet connection speed here.