ONLINE SAFETY, SECURITY, ETHICS, AND ETIQUETTE

It is essential for each user on the network to recognize his/her responsibility in having
access to vast services, sites, systems and people. The user is ultimately responsible for his/her
actions in accessing network services.

The “Internet” or “The Net”, is not a single network; rather, it is a group of thousands of
individual networks which have chosen to allow traffic to pass among them. The traffic sent out
to the Internet may actually traverse several different networks before it reaches its destination.
Therefore, users involved in this internetworking must be aware of the load placed on other
participating networks.

 ONLINE SAFETY - is the knowledge of maximizing the user's personal safety and security
risks to private information and property associated with using the internet, and the self-
protection from computer crime in general.

 INTERNET SECURITY - is a branch of computer security specifically related to the

Internet, often involving browser security but also network security on a more general
level as it applies to other applications or operating systems on a whole. Its objective is
to establish rules and measures to use against attacks over the Internet.

 ONLINE ETHICS - refers to patterns of behavior used when on the Internet, guided both
by law and personal philosophy. The great capabilities of this communication medium
allow for the potential of great harm, cruelty, and even crime. Major concerns in the field
of online ethics include the protection of private information, the limits of a presumed
freedom of expression, and issues of libel. Understanding legal ramifications and trusting
personal philosophy used in other areas of life can help a person determine his or her
online ethics.

 INTERNET ETIQUETTE - is online communication that makes everyone comfortable.

The internet is a group of computers that are connected, etiquette is a social code. That
is the technical definition of the words. Combing the words into a term enables it to
become a philosophy or part of one.