Internet Safety: Internet Defences

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Avoiding Threats
3. Internet Security Suites
4. Passwords
   1. Password Security
   2. Password Security Activity
   3. Passwords Quiz 1
   4. Passwords Quiz 2
   5. Firewalls
   6. Firewall Quiz
5. Proxy Servers
6. Content Filtering
7. Backup/Restore

Passwords

A password is an important element of Internet defence. It is a secret code, known only to you, that will allow you to access certain resources. You should never tell anyone your password.

It is important to have a strong password that other people cannot easily guess. Strong passwords should contain a mixture of letters, numbers, other characters and upper case letters, for example, if you knew and liked Shakespeare your password could be 2BorNotTwoB.

Weak or bad passwords are easy to guess and can result in your system being accessed. Examples of bad passwords are things like "password", "secret" or even a favourite football player, team or favourite soap.

Click on this link to read about strong passwords: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_password

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