Lesson 20. Web Security

Time

This lesson takes approximately 2 hours to complete.

Goals

Configure Safari security features

Establish a secure website using SSL

Redirect from an HTTP site to an HTTPS site

Set up WebMail securely with SSL

Set up WebDAV securely with SSL

Set up a proxy server to block selected sites

The most secure you can make your computer (short of not powering it on in the first place) is to not connect it to the Internet. The very thing that makes the Information Age what it is also comprises your computer’s greatest security risk. Nonetheless, being connected to the Internet is the essence of modern computing.

The World Wide Web is the first thing most people think of when they envision the Internet—and then they ...

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