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RFC 1244 Site Security Handbook July 1991
From the preface: "The aim of this book is two-fold: (1) to
describe some of the problems created by society by computers,
and (2) to show how these problems present ethical dilemmas
for computers professionals and computer users.
The problems created by computers arise, in turn, from two
main sources: from hardware and software malfunctions and
from misuse by human beings. We argue that computer systems
by their very nature are insecure, unreliable, and
unpredictable -- and that society has yet to come to terms
with the consequences. We also seek to show how society
has become newly vulnerable to human misuse of computers in
the form of computer crime, software theft, hacking, the
creation of viruses, invasions of privacy, and so on."
The eight chapters include "Computer Crime", "Software
Theft", "Hacking and Viruses", "Unreliable Computers",
"The Invasion of Privacy", "AI and Expert Systems",
and "Computerizing the Workplace." Includes extensive
notes on sources and an index.
[GOULD]
Gould, C., Editor, "The Information Web: Ethical and Social
Implications of Computer Networking", Westview Press,
Boulder, CO, 1989.
[IAB89]
Internet Activities Board, "Ethics and the Internet",
RFC 1087, IAB, January 1989. Also appears in the
Communications of the ACM, Vol. 32, No. 6, Pg. 710,
June 1989.
This memo is a statement of policy by the Internet
Activities Board (IAB) concerning the proper use of
the resources of the Internet. Available on-line on
host ftp.nisc.sri.com, directory rfc, filename rfc1087.txt.
Also available on host nis.nsf.net, directory RFC,
filename RFC1087.TXT-1.
[MARTIN]
Martin, M., and R. Schinzinger, "Ethics in Engineering",
McGraw Hill, 2nd Edition, 1989.
[MIT89]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Teaching Students
About Responsible Use of Computers", MIT, 1985-1986. Also
reprinted in the Communications of the ACM, Vol. 32, No. 6,
Pg. 704, Athena Project, MIT, June 1989.
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