Uploaded October 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Securing the internet also requires making sure that people can access machines that they should be able to but cannot access them in ways that they should not be able to. We refer to this as access control. For example, I should be able to retrieve web pages from a third-party web server but not modify them. Or I should be able to send email using a mail server only if I have an account and only be able to read my email and not email belonging to others.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
Securing the internet also requires making sure that people can access machines that they should be able to but cannot access them in ways that they should not be able to. We refer to this as access control. For example, I should be able to retrieve web pages from a third-party web server but not modify them. Or I should be able to send email using a mail server only if I have an account and only be able to read my email and not email belonging to others.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
