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On-Line Learning Series of Courses for 15 October 98

http://www.networx.on.ca/~jwalker/course.htm

How to Search the World Wide Web Level 2
This course builds on what was learned in the Level 1 course. You
will learn how to conduct research on the 'Net using more than just
the general search engine.

Creating web pages with HTML Level 1
This basic level course shows you how to create web pages using easy
to follow instructions. 

Creating web pages with HTML Level 2 
This Intermediate level course shows you how to add graphics, forms,
and tables to your page as well as formatting text. 

Also:

Effective Use of E-Mail
Using Eudora Pro Level 2
Using Pegasus Mail for Windows Level 1
Using Netscape Messenger Level 1
Using Netscape Messenger Level 3
Using Netscape Messenger Level 4 (a)


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Choosing Your Web Partners Wisely

http://www.internetday.com/archives/100998.html

To most small medium enterprises wishing to take their company and
products online, it's a daunting task to understand, evaluate and
select the right web design agency and website hosting company. More
often than not, the confused sales manager or company owner has to
rely on the advice and guidance of an external consultant. The
dangers are many..... 

Company X requests a quote for webdesign, webhosting, online order
taking and forwarding, from Agency Y. Company X have followed the
Internet security "scare stories" in the press, therefore an
essential requirement is that the online order must be secured with a
recognized authentication certificate. Not an unreasonable request,
in fact, very sensible in order to protect the customer's credit card
information, and encourage orders. 

Agency Y says, "No problem, we have all that!", win the business and
get on with the job. The website is implemented with liberal mention
of "Secure Website", "Secure Area" etc. Company X are proud of their
website and everything looks rosy for the future. 

The problem is.... 

In reality there is no SSL(Secure Socket Layer) on the webserver
where the site is hosted! (A good authentication certificate costs
money and the smaller agencies do not necessarily have the budget.)
In this particular case, the public are therefore mislead into giving
their credit card information in the "secure" order form. 

The worst happens..... 

A trusting customer orders the product.... and to their dismay,
realize that the order was in fact transmitted openly on the
Internet. The customer's card number is indeed "harvested" by Web
bandits and used for fraudulent transactions around the globe. Much
to the chagrin of the customer. He would like some answers. 

Who does he go after? 

Agency Y? No .... he goes straight for the throat ... and sues
Company X. Company X therefore finds itself with a handsome bill for
lawyers fees and more hassle than the Internet adventure had
promised. 

Who is to blame? 

Of course the unscrupulous Agency Y. But does Company X have the
time, energy and resources to go after Agency Y? Probably not. Not to
mention the effort of having to start all over with their Internet
project. (Company X is unable to obtain a copy of the original
website done by Agency Y. Files which mysteriously disappeared from
the Web ;-) 

The moral of the story.... 

•Investigate the background of your webhosting company.

•Make sure they have a reputable track record.

•Ask to see their SSL certificate and originators name. 

•Request an online demonstration of their webserver SSL.

•Make sure to post a disclaimer on your order form stating that the
customer discloses sensitive information at their own risk. 

• Ensure that you retain ownership of your website and ask for a
backup copy to keep in your possession. 

The above is not fiction. It happened to one of our clients. Sadly,
they are not the only ones to fall victim to the cowboys. 

Take care .... it's a "jungle" out there! 

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Also in this issue:

- Tech industry reinvents the pen 
    British researchers striving for the ultimate in miniaturized
    telecommunications have created a handheld computer in the form of a
    pen.
- The Kiss of Death for Linux?
    In 1981, the analysts were telling us that Unix would soon replace
    CP/M as the operating system of choice on personal computers. That
    would have been fine with me. CP/M, apart from fathering an
    illigitimate child named MS-DOS, was an honest, hard-working
    operating system well-suited to the machines of the day, but if
    someone could have figured out how to make Unix work effectively in
    the 48K of RAM I had on my Northstar I'd have been at the front of
    the line. Unix was a better operating system. 
- Klan site appears under news domain names
    Web surfers hunting this week for online versions of at least 10
    newspapers have risked landing, instead, on the Web site of an ex-Ku
    Klux Kan leader promoting white separatism.
- Mobilizing the Web with HDML
    An introduction to the Handheld Devices Markup Language
- Choosing Your Web Partners Wisely
    To most small medium enterprises wishing to take their company and
    products online, it's a daunting task to understand, evaluate and
    select the right web design agency and website hosting company. More
    often than not, the confused sales manager or company owner has to
    rely on the advice and guidance of an external consultant. The
    dangers are many..... 
- PalmPilot: The Ultimate Guide
    In ten years, or even five, we'll think nothing of surfing the Web
    on a piece of gadgetry smaller than an index card. Today, however,
    most Piloteers are shocked to hear that this tiny gizmo can browse
    the Internet's most famous feature, complete with graphics,
    bookmarks, and hotlinks. After all, the PalmPilot's manual,
    advertising, and Web site say not a word about this capability. 
- Half the human genome now available on the Net
    Scientists lost in the wilds of the human genome -- the collection
    of all our DNA -- got some help on Wednesday with the publication of
    a new human gene map.
- Latin America Blasts IANA Proposal 
    FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. – A group representing about one million
    Internet users in Latin America is angry that the region could lack
    representation on the board of the new organization that will manage
    Internet domain names. 
- New Lists and Journals
    * CHANGE:  EDU-ONLINE -- Online Distance Education Discussion
    * NEW: Halacha Yomit -- Daily Jewish Law Learning Group
    * NEW: Make-a-Note - Frugal Living



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