![]() ![]() TCP/IP-IT'S SO INSECUREĪttacks are possible (even relatively easy) because the Internet wasdesigned to be an open system that facilitates the free exchange of information,rather than a secure system that restricts such exchange. government-funded organization based at Carnegie-Mellon Universityin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, says that the number of reported Internet securityincidents rose from 130 in 1990 to more than 2,400 in 1995. Picture this: You connect to the World-Wide Web (Who do you work for anyway? The"UnitedStates Department of Injustice,"as the For example,by invading a computer system at MCI, hackers stole nearly 50,000 creditcard numbers, and Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) claims to have lostmillions of dollars worth of software to the infamous hacker Kevin Mitnik.Worse yet, such attacks are increasingly common: The CERT Coordination Center,a U.S.
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