Overview of Security Issues Facing Computer Users

Every security safeguard a computer user takes will reduce the number of people skilled enough to break into their computer. After all, there are a finite number of people who have the skill required to break into computer systems. Some are very skilled and patient and will be very difficult to...

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Michael Boeckeler

June 9, 2004

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