Save our
Internet
Graham stokes
English 102
12/9/05
In the early 1970’s a man by the name of Vinton Cerf invented a concept of linking computers together and creating a network of information and data. It would be one of the most influential and important breakthroughs of modern times. The Internet, or ARPA as it was known in the early stages (http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story070.htm) was a simple and difficult to use prototype. It relied heavily on computer code and required detailed knowledge of how the system worked for a person to be able to operate it efficiently. This basic system was built and paid for by Americas department of defense, and ironically the early Internet had just about no built in security. Because it was developed by a very select group of people, there was no immediate need for security measures. This miscalculation in the delicate early stages of its infancy would prove to be the Internets Achilles heal, after its......
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