S.D.

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:39:45 -0500

Amazing. I wonder about the quality of CUNY Information Security Clases??

Nathan

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:02:33 -0500

Moral: Googling yourself isn't shallow, it's recommended.

Kenneth F. Belva

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 07:52:44 -0500

This issue has been on the table for years: Dec. 26, 2001 "Meanwhile, some Webmasters are reportedly shocked to discover that Word documents, Excel files, and other material they make available through public Web sites can now be found by searching at Google. There's even the further concern that some of these documents might contain sensitive information, such as credit card numbers or password information. The reality is that Google hasn't created a security problem with these documents. It has simply exposed them. Any document that is made available on an Internet server (be it Web, FTP, Usenet, etc.) can be found by anyone. People can (and do) even create their own spiders to seek documents of particular types, such as email harvesters that roam the Internet in search of email addresses." http://www.clickz.com/experts/search/opt/article.php/945001 The question is what happens in the case of a corporate security breach: http://www.ftusecurity.com/pub/FiTechSummit_final_paper.pdf Ken http://www.ftusecurity.com

Gothamist: Self Googling Leads to Queens College Oops

S.D.

Nathan

Kenneth F. Belva