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Advanced Networks and Computer Security

Advanced Networks and Computer Security. Dr. Udo Pooch Texas A&M University. Computer Ethics & Security. Lesson Objectives Understand definition of ethics Compare online vs real life ethics Identify key principles for our ethics Discuss example applications of ethics.

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Advanced Networks and Computer Security

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  1. Advanced Networks and Computer Security Dr. Udo Pooch Texas A&M University

  2. Computer Ethics & Security • Lesson Objectives • Understand definition of ethics • Compare online vs real life ethics • Identify key principles for our ethics • Discuss example applications of ethics

  3. Understand definition of ethics

  4. What is ethics? • A set of principles of right conduct • A theory or a system of moral values • The study of the general nature of morals and of the specific moral choices to be made by a person; moral philosophy. • The rules or standards governing the conduct of a person or the members of a profession

  5. Computer Ethics Examples • CPSR • http://www.cpsr.org/program/ethics/cei.html • ACM • http://www.acm.org/constitution/code.html • IEEE • http://www.ieee.org/about/whatis/code.html

  6. Example: Computer Ethics Institute • Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people. • Thou shalt not interfere with other people's computer work. • Thou shalt not snoop around in other people's computer files. • Thou shalt not use a computer to steal. • Thou shalt not use a computer to bear false witness. • Thou shalt not copy or use proprietary software for which you have not paid. • Thou shalt not use other people's computer resources without authorization or proper compensation. • Thou shalt not appropriate other people's intellectual output. • Thou shalt think about the social consequences of the program you are writing or the system you are designing. • Thou shalt always use a computer in ways that insure consideration and respect for your fellow humans.

  7. Other Computer Ethics • Gnu • 2600

  8. Compare online vs real life ethics

  9. Real Life vs Cyberspace • Some people think ethical systems are separate. • “Information is free.” • Browsing Systems Files • Napster, anonymous FTP, Web access • Use of remote systems. • No harm, no foul.

  10. Identify key principles for our ethics

  11. Our Ethical Principles • Explicit agreement is required. • The default answer is “No”. • Violations are punished harshly.

  12. Permission • ‘Can’ vs ‘May’

  13. Discuss example applications of ethics

  14. Discussion I • System Administrator, worried about disk space, publishes lists of everyone’s picture files.

  15. Discussion II • Individual runs ‘Crack’ on password files from another site.

  16. Discussion III • User looks for home directories with permission bits set for ‘Other’ access.

  17. Discussion IV • Student runs scanning tools on department or ISP.

  18. References • Information Warfare and Security, Denning • The Cyberthief and the Samurai, Goodell • Halting the Hacker, Pipkin • Netlaw: Your Rights in the Online World, Rose

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