Academic Computing Newsletter: January 1998

Academic Computing Newsletter (Vol 13 Number 2, January 1998) is published by Academic Computing Services, State University of New York, College at Brockport. This issue updates the status of computer labs across campus, workshops, and new hardware and software.https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/lits_news/1058/thumbnail.jp

Building Trusted Paths for Web Browsers

The communication between the Web browser and the human user is one component of the server-client channel. It is not the user but the browser that receives all server information and establishes the secure connection. The browser\u27s user interface signals, such as SSL lock, https protocol header et al., indicate whether the browser-server communication at the current moment is secure. Those user interface signals indicating the security status of browser should be clearly and correctly understood by the user. A survey of modern Web browsers shows the information provided by current browsers is insufficient for users to make trust judgment. Our Web spoofing work further proved that the browser status information is not reliable either. We discuss the criteria for and how to build the trusted paths between a browser and a human user. We present an open source implementation of one of the designs--synchronized random dynamic (SRD) boundary, based on Modified Mozilla source code, together with its usability study results

Information Technology Services Newsletter: Fall 2006

Information Technology Services Newsletter: Fall 2006 Contents: NetID Implementation 1 Media Cart Upgrades 1 Filecity Online 1 McAfee Virus Protection Available 1 McAfee ePO upgrade 2 Brockport Website Searching Easier 2 Conference Explores Higher Ed. 2 ArcGIS 9.2 Seminars 2 A-Team Training in August 3 E-Academy License System 3News from the MetroCenter 3 Drake Library News 4 Video iPod Grant 5 FTP Server 5 Status Watch 5 Apogee Managing ResNet 5 UB Micro 5 Fall 2006 ANGEL Workshops 6 In the News 7 MP3 Poem on Writer’s Forum 7 Web Site of Note 7 ALICE Workshop 8 Numbers Worth Knowing 8 Fall ITS Workshops 9 Workshops with Diane White 10 CELT-Brown Bag Discussions 11 Upcoming Technology Events 11 ITS Contact Information 12https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/lits_news/1009/thumbnail.jp

Hierarchical categorisation of tags for delicious

In the scenario of social bookmarking, a user browsing the Web bookmarks web pages and assigns free-text labels (i.e., tags) to them according to their personal preferences. In this technical report, we approach one of the practical aspects when it comes to represent users' interests from their tagging activity, namely the categorization of tags into high-level categories of interest. The reason is that the representation of user profiles on the basis of the myriad of tags available on the Web is certainly unfeasible from various practical perspectives; mainly concerning the unavailability of data to reliably, accurately measure interests across such fine-grained categorisation, and, should the data be available, its overwhelming computational intractability. Motivated by this, our study presents the results of a categorization process whereby a collection of tags posted at Delicious #http://delicious.com# are classified into 200 subcategories of interest.Preprin

Hierarchical categorisation of web tags for Delicious

In the scenario of social bookmarking, a user browsing the Web bookmarks web pages and assigns free-text labels (i.e., tags) to them according to their personal preferences. The benefits of social tagging are clear – tags enhance Web content browsing and search. However, since these tags may be publicly available to any Internet user, a privacy attacker may collect this information and extract an accurate snapshot of users’ interests or user profiles, containing sensitive information, such as health-related information, political preferences, salary or religion. In order to hinder attackers in their efforts to profile users, this report focuses on the practical aspects of capturing user interests from their tagging activity. More accurately, we study how to categorise a collection of tags posted by users in one of the most popular bookmarking services, Delicious (http://delicious.com).Preprin

Profile, Spring 2009

Interactive Arts and Media Department Newsletter. 24 pages. Includes student, alumni, faculty profiles, internship experience, art, book, game, sound, movie, and web reviews, feature article, faculty/staff updates, and lecture series news.https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/profile/1004/thumbnail.jp

Spartan Daily, April 3, 1997

Volume 108, Issue 43https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/9118/thumbnail.jp

Spartan Daily, April 3, 1997

Volume 108, Issue 43https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/9118/thumbnail.jp