Getting Connected - The Web, the Net, and You : Sem 097

This seminar meets Wednesday from 3 to 4:30 pm in E53-220.

Freshmen:

The best way of seeing what topics will be covered in this seminar is to look at the syllabus for the course.

There will be links to a number of resources scatted throughout this page. One is an on-line Glossary of terms related to the Internet.

Session 1: Sept 4, 1996

We look at the recent CERT advisory and spent the rest of this session looking at Newsgroups.

It's finally time to start writing our own Web pages. Here's a useful guide and also the answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) .

We also have a very useful tool on Athena for helping to format Web pages. To use it, type the following at the Athena prompt:

add hotmetal;hmpro &

Let's take a look at the following Search Engines for the Web:

Also, the following Directories:

Report back on Search Engine Comparison

Some Hyperbooks to compare:

Dinner at Bertuncci's after class.

Library information resources on the Internet

Guest: Suzanne Weiner, MIT Libraries

Suzanne also provided some pointers to sites on how to cite a URL in a paper:

A look at Java.

Cyber Secrets - PGP, Privacy, Encryption, and all that

See also Phil Zimmerman's own User Guide to PGP

Digital Cash

Start working on home pages

Continue working on home pages

Last class - Show and Tell of your own Web pages