Security-A Futile Endeavor?

SECTION 1 Security-The Fear Within 
Security-A Preface
Security- The Role of the Netizen
Women and Security
Hackers -The Untold Truth

SECTION 2
Worms Of The Net
Anatomy of Viruses
Types of Viruses
Symptoms of Viral Infection
Kak.Worm
Melissa
W95.Mtx

SECTION 3
Remote Admin Tools (RAT)
RAT -II
Trojan -Mode of Infection
SubSeven-King of trojans

SECTION 4 
TCP/IP Terms
TCP/IP -Intro
Telnet & FTP
Mail Bombing

LINKS
Best of the Web Viruses
Encryption
Firewalls
Network Security
Password Crackers

ABOUT ME

I have been writing on Internet security and its implications for almost 2 years. Never have my writings attracted mass attraction as I had earlier expected. I asked myself why. Why don't my writings create a stir that I want them to? Is there any shortcoming in me or are people plainly ignorant? Two years and I am still searching for the answer.

Never has been the fact that security has been looked down upon. In fact, it is one of the most lucrative fields. And a lot of people and money are invested in this. It's a multi-billion dollar industry. Just a search on any search engine will lead you to almost 10,00,000 results. So you can safely assume that what I am writing is not just going down the drains.

Human psychology happens to be my favorite pastime. I love studying the reactions of particular individual to different stimulus. So I observed the trends of the Netizen in various places- chat rooms, message boards, guest-books, email, etc. Whoever the person was, I always asked him whether he is interested in his online privacy and security. And in most cases the reply was "What the hell is that!!". So slowly I began to think that I am onto a futile endeavor.

But just the other day, I got infected by a deadly virus known as Win95.MTX. The smarty virus prevents the infected pc from accessing antivirus sites. So no where you could find information which will help save your dearest pc. Then I realized that had someone been writing on such virus on sites like www.technoji.com, I would have been spared the trouble of formatting my hard disk. I am a sensible user and though I had all my important data backed up, it was much of an ordeal.

So what is the aim of writing all this? This is to justify my choice to write on a topic which, though largely ignored, is of prime importance. Also I aim to reduce the ignorance that stops people from gathering the knowledge they need. To bring in a new enthusiasm in this supposedly boring field. I am here to make you all know that security is a subject people can be passionate about and still make it up as a lucrative career. So next time you find anyone mentioning security, don't frown off. It may make a lot of difference to your life-both online and offline.

The Prowler
Crackers and Script-Kiddies are waiting out for prey- YOU

Security-The Scope
With the arrival of commerce on the Net, Security has amassed wide proportions

Security-The Future