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on technology. Our research proposal papers discuss the following topics:
"CLIPPER CHIP"
By Ricky Sung
Data security technology
may eventually achieve perfect privacy. This goal is desired by the private
sector, businesses and the public. This aspect of technology would be burdensome
and unpractical in the view of law enforcement. Law enforcement would have a
hard time doing their job, because they could not understand the messages
captured from a wire tap. In today's society, law enforcement can
understand analogous telelphone conversations, but can not understand an encrypted
digital conversation. The consequence of "perfect privacy" in the hand of criminals would be
dangerous to our society.
Electronic Mail Privacy
By Jai Kumar Subrahmanyam
Electronic Mail is used more and more as a method of communication and it is
replacing contemporary forms of communications like paper mail and
telephones. This is because Electronic Mail takes the best of both worlds; it is
much faster than conventional paper mail while it is cheaper than the
telephone.
There must have been a lot of occasions when your phone call could not be
completed because the reciever's phone was off the hook, or the mail you sent got
lost in the mail system. The users of Electronic Mail do not have to worry
about these problems, since Electronic Mail provides (an almost 100 percent)
assurance in the transactions carried out over the information highway. Despite
the growing popularity of Electronic Mail, its security is virtually
non-existent. My paper discusses how privacy-enhanced mail can solve a wide range
of Electronic Mail security problems (and tells which ones it cannot solve). The
emphasis is on solving security problems so that Electronic Mail can be used
confidently. To find out more on the intriguing world of Electronic Mail Privacy
click here.
Computer Crime
By Kent Park
It seems like most
people are concentrating more and more on The Internet and how it affects
us. There's no doubt in anyone's mind that the Internet is at the cutting edge of
technology, but independent Bulletin Board Systems have a
lot to offer also. For those people who are looking for a smaller clique of
people to meet and share new ideas with, they're the perfect place. Just like The
Internet, they're a place where anyone can have a completely new identity from the
one they live in normal life. This can be fun and exciting for some people, but
it can lead to problems for others. In a cyberspace full of advanced technology,
it's easy to forget that there are laws that still govern us. Some bulletin
board systems are pirate boards which have a large library of copyrighted
software for illegal distribution. copyright law ( see Copyright Laws
vs. The NET by Alfred L. Zimmerman. is probably the law most
frequently broken in the computer world, but there are other more serious crimes
that people should be aware of. So, should the Government put strict regulations on bulletin board systems to
reduce illegal activities? Click here to
explore.
For more information on the Internet, read "The Soul of
the Internet" by Richard Galvan).
For current articles on
Technology, read Technology
Electronic Magazine.
Fusion
By Nick Hildebrandt
Fusion will be one of the
major energy sources of the future. Currently being developed, fusion has few of
the disadvantages that other energy sources have. It is clean, safe and nearly
limitless. Fusion has no harmful emissions or long lasting radioactive waste. If
a fusion reaction were to go awry it would shut down before going supernova,
because the amount of fuel present at any one time in the reactor is quite
limited. The energy potential, however, is almost limitless, because a very
small bit of mass produces a tremendous amount of energy (E=mc^2). Fusion: The Ideal Energy Source?, proposes
that the government increase fusion funding, has more details, and is available
on the Web.
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Fusion Proposal.
Computer Crime proposal paper.
Electronic Mail Privacy proposal
paper.
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