Internet security

In a recent on-line survey, 93 percent of those surveyed voted that the internet needs more security (Appendix A). In the rapidly growing world of internet users, many users are afraid of 'on-line' thieves, commonly called hackers or crackers. Most of these users are inexperienced, or lack the knowledge to protect themselves, while the hackers are extremely experienced. It is very easy for a hacker with a plain-text, which is non-encoded bits of information traveling through the internet, viewer to get a person's name, password, credit-card information, and other valuable informatio…