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The Key to Security: On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're a Dog

Overview An important development has taken place with respect to the expansion of computing attacks and the level of sophistication on the side of the attacker. During the 1980s and early 1990s hacking was almost an academic hobby of some computer geeks, mostly with no intention of any major damage. For serious network attacks powerful computing equipment was necessary, often only available to large companies, scientific research institutes or intelligence agencies of the government.

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Publisher	Deutsche Bank Group	File Format	PDF
Date Published	September 2000	Downloads	2
Format	White Papers
Topics	Security Management, PKI, Network Security

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