CSC 379 SUM2008:Topics

Instant Messaging

commerce/anticompetitive/instant

Most of the references on this page are three or four years old. The issue is

whether a small number of companies should unfairly dominate the market for

instant messaging. Update the existing page with new references, and the study

guide with new issues.

[http://ethics.csc.ncsu.edu/commerce/anticompetitive/instant/ Current Main Page]

[http://ethics.csc.ncsu.edu/commerce/anticompetitive/instant/study.php Current Study Guide]

Security Precautions

risks/security/precautions

What security precautions do web and network administrators need to take to

guard against hacker attacks, such as distributed denial-of-service attacks?

What precautions are needed against other forms of hacking? Against

cyberwarfare and terrorist threats? Update topic page and study guide to cover

current/future precautions related to recent occurrences.

Social Engineering should be included as a major section within this

topic. If you would like to make a new page focused on social engineering, you

may if you choose this topic.

Current Main Page

[http://ethics.csc.ncsu.edu/risks/security/precautions/study.php Current Study Guide]