And Other Various Sites of Interest Concerning Regulation on the Internet


The following sites represent a large group of people dedicated to promoting and stopping the supposed "misuse" of computers.  However, can the use of a computer really be identified?  Computers only perform the tasks that are asked of them; therefore, when asking a computer to perform something illegal is it really a "misuse" of technology?  Furthermore, concerning the expanding field of literary studies, can hackers (because they have an uncanny knowledge of their machines), manipulate computer technology to change our perceptions of literature?  And if so, what would be gained?  What should be recognized is that computers and their technology are fleeting at best; everyday someone comes out with a better and faster program.  Hackers are people that push the limits of these new programs and spawn new ones to be created.  And while literary studies may not feel the direct effect of computer manipulators, indirectly it has been feeling it from the very beginning.
 
 
Hacking Sites

(Not An Annotated List For Your Clicking Pleasure)
Hackers.com
2600 The Hacker Quarterly
The Hackers Defense Foundation
The Hackers Homepage
Discovery.com Hacker Site
The Forbidden Web
Mr. John's Underground
Huge List of Various Hacking Resources
Kevin Mitnick - a "celebrity" hacker 
(actually out of prison now) 

Internet Regulation Sites
http://www.nipc.gov/
Homepage for a division of the FBI - The National Infrastructure Protection Program.  Presents information on computer related problems across the country. 

http://www.cia.gov/
Central Intelligence Agency homepage.  A bit hard to search, but an interesting site concerning intelligence and what/who is being watched. 

http://www.fedcirc.gov/
The Federal Computer Incident Response Center site. 
The central coordination and analysis facility dealing with computer security related issues affecting the civilian agencies and departments of the Federal Government. 

http://www.itaa.org/
The Information Technology Association of America homepage.  Everything about the American IT world. 

http://www.cert.org/
Homepage of the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute - a federally funded Internet security organization. 

http://www.sans.org/newlook/home.htm
(System Administration, Networking, and Security) Institute website.  A cooperative research and education organization for IT leaders. 

http://www.isalliance.org/
The Internet Security Alliance site.  A member organization teamed with several other IT sites to provide cutting-edge Internet security information. 
 
 
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Last updated 7/31/01