Internet Security Standards

Abstract The Internet Engineering Task Force, under the Danvers Doctrine, is attempting to offer strong security in all or nearly all TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) standards. In the meantime, organizations can overlay security on top of the Internet with dialog protection systems, most notably Point‐to‐Point Tunneling Protocol and IPsec (IP security) virtual private networks. This chapter discusses both of these approaches to making the Internet more secure. It also looks at how we can make the Internet more forensic, that is, more capable of stopping attacks when they occur and more capable of identifying attackers.