Internet as System and Environment in Cyberspace: Preliminary Ideas from an Ongoing Research

The TAMU Security Package: An Ongoing Response to Internet Intruders in an Academic Environment

Texas A&M University (TAMU) UNIX computers came under coordinated attack in August 1992 from an organized group of internet crackers. This package of security tools represents the results of over seven months of development and testing of the software currently being used to protect the estimated 12,000 networked devices at TAMU (of which roughly 5,000 are IP devices). This package includes thr...

Handle System Integration as an Enabler in an Internet of Things Smart Environment

In a future world where everything is connected to everything (the so-called Internet of Things), new possibilities of creating novel solutions are on the horizon. However, not all challenges of this completely connected world have been resolved or addressed. One such unresolved challenge is that of identity and associated information of connected things. This report presents research conducted...

Internet Governance and Territoriality Nationalisation of Cyberspace

The existing border-less cyberspace is mainly the result of the open network architecture of IPv4. This structure does not obey principles of territorial jurisdiction of states. The Yahoo! case demonstrates needs of states and existing limits of IPv4. IPv6 offers extensive geographic tracking allowing a nationalisation of cyberspace. In the future, content filtering may be replaced by blocking ...

Internet Research Support System: An Application for Immediate Feedback in Authentic Internet Research

A prototype Internet Research Support System is presented based on earlier work on the modeling of online reading behavior and evaluating the reading process and its outcomes. Users complete a reading task by browsing the Web and writing a short essay. The online browsing data is captured in real-time, which, along with the essay, reflects the participants’ online reading process. Verbatim Quot...

The Prospect of Reconciling Internet and Cyberspace