Number 22, Winter 1999
A desktop email client runs directly on your PC or Macintosh computer . . . and can therefore interact with your other desktop applications.
The easiest way for you to install and configure Outlook Express and PC-Pine to work properly at the UW is with the UW Internet Connectivity Kit.
The ability to share information using networked technology will continue to affect all facets of university life--from instruction and research, to administration and student services.
Unauthorized access to information and resources, fraudulent messages, and denial-of-service attacks are all on the increase.
The challenge is to give quick, reliable access to information and systems for those who should have it, while preventing such access for others.
Although digital signature technology is available today, very difficult management and policy issues stand in the way of widespread deployment.
The way to start is to protect your password from theft.
Print screens after you fill them out and just before you submit them so you have a paper record of your transaction.
Be aware of where a link goes--whether to a place you expected or to someplace odd.
Cookies can help identify who you are so that you do not have to re-enter basic information each time you visit a Web site.
