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The InterNet and the World Wide Web

Topics

• Internet Formalities, Weather & Diagnostics
• Browsers & Internet Tools
• Miscellaneous Resources & Information
• Chain Letters, Hoaxes, Spam, and All That (Spam)
• Virus and Security Resources & Information (Security)
• Privacy (PGP)
• Copyright & Intellectual Property
• Hacking
• Networks & Networking
• Technologies
• Internet Culture
• Books

Internet Formalities, Weather & Diagnostics

• Apple Services
• National Broadband Map
• Internet Health Report
• InterWeather
• Internet Traffic Report
• Internet Weather Report (IWR)
• Netcopter
• Netcraft (Web Server Detector) (Netcraft Web Server Query Form) (uptime)
• VisualWare VisualRoute Server (Java)
  
  
• Map of the WWW
  
  
• Technology Penetration Report
• BrowserWatch (alt)
• WebSnapshot (alt)
  
  
• Internet Engineering Task Force
• Internet 2
• Internet FAQ Consortium Internet FAQ Archives ( RFC/STD/FYI/BCP Archives)
• Internet Requests for Comments (RFC)
• The Internet Society
• URIICA [Union for Representative International Internet Cooperation and Analysis]
• World Wide Web Consortium
  
  
• AllDomains
• DNS cache article ( DJBDNS on Mac OS X How to ) (djbdns)
• DNS How-to
• The DNS Place — DNS Resources [Men & Mice] (DomainHealth domain monitoring)
• DNS Stuff
• Domain Direct
• DomainGames
• Domain Name Resource Directory
• Domains Bot [domain name status service]
• DomainsByProxy
• dyndns Dynamic DNS Network Services (Check IP Address) (MacDYNDNS) (DNSUpdate) (alt) (StaticCling) (no-ip)
• EasyDNS
• ECMA
• Geolocation FAQ [DNSstuff]
• ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
• Internet Domain Registrars
• Internet Query Tools (Demon Internet)
• Netcraft [Server Uptime, Host OS, etc.]
• Network Information Center (InterNIC)
• Network Solutions (old)
• New.net
• De-obfuscate URL (ID4 [web toolsets])
• URL (de)obfuscator (N3dst4 Sysadmin tools department) ( Obfuscated URL phishing scam [dangerous])
• Public NTP Time Server
• Public Proxy Servers
• Reforming the Administration of the DNS Root
• Register.Com
• Root Server Technical Operations Association
  
  
• Check Short URL
• bit.ly
• goo.gl
• shorl
• SnipURL
• NotLong
• DigBig
• Shrinkster
• LookLeap
• Gigantic URL
• TinyURL.com
• Make A Shorter Link
  
  
• WhatsMyIP
  
  
• XDI.org [ne XNS] ( XRI & XDI Explpained) (i-names Explained
• Cordance
• Identity Commons
• 2idi [i-name broker]
• Register i-names) ( Convert XNS -> i-name)
• Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
• XNS Public Trust Organization (XNSORG) ( XNS Personal Web Agent)
• Adam Engst
  
  
• TinyURL.com

Browsers & Internet Tools

• Amaya
• iCab
• Lynx (MacLynx)
• Mosaic 3.0b4
• Mozilla
• Netscape Unofficial FAQ
• NeoPlanet
• Newsreaders.com
• Opera (Mac OS)
  
  
• Chrome Settings
• Chrome "About System"
  
  
• Server OS Technical Comparison
  
  
• Bandwidth Meter
• Bandwidth Place
• Bandwidth Speed Test
• Berkeley ICSI Netalyzer
• Broadband.com
• IP-Address.com
• SayIP
• Speakeasy Speedtest
• Speedtest
• TWC Speed Test
• YourSpeed
• Video Bandwidth Estimator (Sorenson)
• Who Links to Me
• Internet Service Providers (Mecklermedia)
  
  
• Babelfish
• Gohtm Document -> HTML Converter
• TOM Document Converter
• Media Convert
• PDF Online Converters
• Zamzar [free online file conversion]
  
  
• Gifninja
• KeepGIF
• TinEye reverse image search
  
  
• Icons for Everything [The Noun Project]
  
  
• eMailman
• FaxZero
• Macemail [internet fax]
• MaxEmail [free internet fax]
• Panda Mail
• pobox
  
  
• EasyNews
• Google Groups [Usenet] (alt)
• GUBA Usenet Multimedia Download Tool
  
  
• Gopher [floodgap]
• webgopher
• floodgap
  
  
• Jott
  
  
• Free Electronic Greeting Cards
• Hallmark
• Virtual Florist
  
  
• Apps.com
• Browserware
• FreeDesk
• Google Dashboard
• Google Docs
• NetLedger
• Office 2.0 Database
• ThinkFree
• WebiDesk
• XPlane web-applications list
  
  
• FreeDrive
• xDrive
  
  
• NedStat
  
  
• DoubleClick Ad Opt-Out
  
  
• ICQ.com
• IRC.org (IRChelp)
• iSwipe
• Snak
• Trillian
  
  
• Adium TeX Plugin
• Mathematics Keyoboard Online
• MathTran [live TeX]
• Scriblink online whiteboard
• Twiddla
  
  
• iPod Notes Packager
• eBook Hood (iPod eBook Creator)
  
  
• Bore Proxy
  
  
• ClipNabber
• KeepVid
• SaveVid
• Twitter Video Downloader
• VideoDL
• VideoDownloader
• YouTubeEx
• zazmar [flash download]
  
  
• BrowserCheck
• Adobe Flash Version Check

Artificial Intelligence

• Forensically Photo Forensics
• ChatGPT
• DALL-E2

Miscellaneous Resources & Information

• The Industry Standard
• informIT
• Technology Review (MIT)
• Web Review
  
  
• Common Internet File Formats (Internet Literacy Consultants)
• Common Internet File Formats (Apple TIL)
• Data Formats and their File Extensions (webopedia)
• DotWhat
• ExtSearch
• FILExt — The File Extension Source
• FileFormat.info
• HTML and Java Links
• Internet Media Types Registry
• MIME
• MIME information page
• Unix Extensions and Type/Creator Mapping Database
• Vicomsoft KnowledgeShare (Internet Connectivity)
• whatis?com (old) (search EnterpriseServers) (search 390)
• Wotsit's Format: The Programmer's Resource
  
  
• First Monday
• Technology Enhanced Learning
• TechSoup (Technology for Nonprofits)

Chain Letters, Hoaxes, Spam, and All That

• The AFU & Urban Legends Archive
• Don't Spread That Hoax!
• Internet Chain Letters and Internet Hoaxes (CIAC)
• Current Internet Hoaxes 
• 419 Eater Scambaiting Commnunity
• Hoax Busters (CIAC)
• Internet Myths
• Internet Scambusters
• Snopes (Urban Legends Reference Pages) (old)
  
  
• Anti-Spam/Scam Page (MacInTouch)
• Anti-Spam Sites (TidBITS)
• Anti-Phishing Working Group
• bayespam
• Free Spam Filtering for Mac OS X
• Free Spam Filtering for Mac OS X ( Advanced Spam Filtering for Mac OS X)
• Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS)
• Network Abuse Clearinghouse (mail relay testing)
• NJABL — Not Just Another Blacklist (Open Relay testing)
• POPFile (POPFile Control)
• Rsk's Spam Links Page
• Sam Spade information
• SpamCon Foundation
• SpamCop
• Spamfire
• Spam Recycling Center
• SpamSeive
• Spam Tools
• Tracking Email (VisualWare Tutorial)
• Forum for Responsible and Ethical Email (FREE)
• ORBS
• 25th Anniversary of Spam
  
  
• DoubleClick Ad Opt-Out
  
  
• Godwin's Law

Virus and Security Resources & Information

• DataFellows Anti-virus Hoax Warnings Page
• Computer Virus Myths
• IBM Virus Hype Alert
• Mac Virus FAQ
• National Cyber-Alert System
• OpenViruss
• System Administration, Networking, and Security (SANS) Institute (SANS Institute Bookstore)
• Dr. Solomon
• Sophos Anti-Virus (Macintosh)
• Stiller Research Virus Hoax News
• Symantec AntiVirus Research Center ( Symantec Security Updates)
• The Original ARPANET Worm
• Virus Hoaxes and Urban Legends (ShiaNet)
• Viruses and the Macintosh FAQ
• Virus Total (file analysis)
• Vmyths.com (Virus myths & hoaxes)
  
  
• Airsnort
• Alldas Defacement Archives
• Apple Security Updates
• Authentication Security [audit checklist]
• Bastille Linux [secure OS X]
• Bug Net
• Bugnosis
• BugTraq ( BugTraq Archives) (alt)
• Center for Internet Security
• CERT Coordination Center
• Counterexploitation (Spyware) (Ad-aware (Spyware removal))
• Counterpane Internet Security
• Cryptome (John Young Architects (CIA docs))
• Cryptography and Security (Ronald Rivest)
• Cryptonym
• Cyberwar (Frontline)
• Gibson Research Corporation (Shields Up!) (The DOS Attacks on grc.com)
• doxdesk [spyware etc.]
• eEye Digital Security
• Granite Island Group (Bug Sweep, Technical Surveillance Counter Measures, Counterintelligence, and Technical Security)
• Full Disclosure
• iBomb
• Incidents (SANS Institute)
• Interhack on Netscape's "What's Related"?
• Left-Right Words [for quickly-typed passwords]
• Basics of Mac OS X Security (SANS Institute)
• The Macintosh Security Site
• Mac Security (MacWrite)
• Metasploit
• MIT Guide To Lockpicking
• M-o-o-t
• Neohapsis
• National Infrastructure Protection Center
• NSA: Security Configuration Guides
• Network Abuse Clearinghouse (mail relay testing)
• Online Proxy Test
• Openwall Project
• Packet storm
• port knocking
• Probing [security.rr.com Security Scans] (reply)
• pwned?
• Safer-Hex
• Sardonix Security Portal [open source code security audits]
• SecuriTeam
• Security Focus
• Security Space
• SecuriTeam
• Shareware Cryptanalyzers
• Shields Up! (Internet Connection Security Analysis)
• The Nessus Project
• Netcraft (Web Server Detector) (Netcraft Web Server Query Form) (uptime)
• Net.org
• The Macintosh Security Site ( Steal This Signal Service)
• Secure Delete (or absence thereof) (Rixstep)
• Secure Internet Programming (Princeton Group)
• Securing Mac OS X [pdf whitepaper] ( presentation)
• SpyWareInfo
• Spyware Warrior
• Symantec Internet Security Check (WWW)
• A Tangled World Wied Web of Securtity Issues (Security overview of the WWW)
• Tasty Bits from the Technology Front (TBTF)
• Ten Immutable Laws of Security (Microsoft)
• Trusted Computing: Promise & Risk [EFF]
• Whitehats Network Security Resource
• Windows 2000 Security Administrator ( Microsoft Personal Security Advisor) (1-866-PC SAFETY)
  
  
• John the Ripper password cracker
• wordlists
  
  
• Defense Information Systems Agency
• General Services Administration
• Top Secret Intranet (Intelink Demo)
• AIDE (OS X)
• Osiris (OS X)
• Samhain (OS X)
  
  
• Hacking Exposed
• Maximum Security (Anonymous)
• Practical Unix & Internet Security (Simson Garfinkel and Gene Spafford)
• Secrets and Lies (Bruce Schneier)
  
  
• MacSSH Tutorial
• MindTerm SSH Client
• F-Secure SSH
• Port Forwarding on the Macintosh
• secure FTP via ssh (securiteam)

Privacy

• Anonymizer
• anon.efga.org (Tools for Privacy — anonymous remailers, etc.)
• Anonymouse Email
• Center for Democaracy and Technology
• ChoicePoint
• Digital Freedom Network ( Foil the Filters contest winners)
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
• Freedom Internet Privacy Suite
• Freenet
• Google Watch (Google as Big Brother)
• Government Information Awareness (GIA) (alt)
• JunkBusters
• National Consumer Coalition Privacy Group
• NetAction.org
• OnlinePrivacy.com
• PeaceFire
• Platform for Privacy Preferences Project (P3P) (W3C)
• Privacy Forum
• Privacy Foundation
• Privacy Journal
• Privacy.Net (Analyze Your Internet Privacy)
• Privacy Rights Clearing House (opt-out forms)
• Privacy Times
• Public Knowledge
• Public Proxy Servers
• How to Block Spambots, ban spybots, and tell unwanted robots to go to hell
• The Web Bug FAQ (Bug Search)
• Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid State Memory
• Work Surveillance Project (Privacy Foundation)
  
  
• Cult of the Dead Cow
• Hacktivismo (Camera/Shy)
• peek-a-booty
  
  
• GnuPG (Mac GNUPG)
• GPG Tutorial, Part 1 (Part 2)
• MIT PGP Distribution Node
• PGP Corporation
• PGP Home (Old — Network Associates)
• PGP International Homepage ( Mac OS freeware)
• Imad's PGP Page
• MacInstruct PGP Tutorial
• MacPGP: Encryption and the Macintosh
• Phil's Pretty Good Software [Phil Zimmermann]
• Using PGP with Eudora
• TL Security: Macintosh Encryption Archive
  
  
• Kerberos (MIT)
• Kerberos for Mac OS X
  
  
• AlertBox
• Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School
• Computer Underground Digest
• Issues in Science and Technology
• MacCrypto Archives
• RISKS
• Root Solutions
• TL Security: Macintosh Encryption Archive
  
  
• ARIN WhoIs
• DNS Bajaj [DNS Visualization]
• DNS Stuff
• GeekTools
• Internic
• RIPE Network Coordination Center ((Public Lookup Services))
• Web Server Detector
  
  
• World Intellectual Property Organization
• U.S. Copyright Office
• Other Copyright & Intellectual Property Links
  
  
• Carnivore (ACLU)
• Carnivore (EPIC)
• Carnivore FAQ (Robert Graham)
  
  
• Echelon Watch (ACLU)
• Report of the European Parliament on Echelon
• Identity Theft Resource Center (VOICES)
  
  
• Biometric Surveillance
• Real ID FAQ
• Surveillance Nation (Part Two)
• Time Magazine Cover Story
• WebCams
  
  
• ChoicePoint
• infoUSA
• ListBazaar
• Rapsheets
  
  
• Liberty Alliance Project (Alternative to Passport...)

Hacking

• attrition.org
• beavuh.org
• DEF CON
• HackBusters (home of LaBrea)
• Hack in the Box
• HackerNews
• 2600: The Hacker Quarterly (.com)
• Honeypot Project
• Phrack
• SecurePoint.Com
• Zone-H
  
  
• cap'n crunch
  
  
• Defacer's Challenge
  
  
• Macintosh Underground Top Sites
• MSJ
• Surfer's Serials
  
  
• Hacker Whacker
• Logik (Macintosh Security Development)
• Underground Mac
• WeeDo Software Cracking Utilities
  
  
• Hacker Typer

Warez

Networks & Networking

• Internet FAQ Consortium Internet FAQ Archives
• The Matrix: Resources for the Networking Professional
  
  
• Configuring DHCP
  
  
• Three Macs and a Printer
• Windows & Macintosh
  
  
• Bluetooth
• WAP Forum (Wireless Access Protocol)
• WebDAV (cadaver) (Goliath)
• WebDAV for iCal
• MacOSXHints
  
  
• Sniffing FAQ
• Antisniff
• Sentinel sniffer sniffer
  
  
• PublicVPN.com
  
  
• Analyze Your Internet Privacy
• Connected: An Internet Encyclopedia
• Advanced Systems Programming (Internet Protocols)
• GeekTools
• IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (Ports/Protocol Assignments Directory) (port numbers)
• Internet Assigned Numbers RFC
• Internet Query Tools (Demon Internet)
• IP Resources
• Online Proxy Test
• Ports Knowledgebase
• OpenDoor Networks Ports List (alt)
• Port Numbers Database
• PortsDB
• Ports Used (Apple)
• Protocol Directory
• RFC/STD/FYI/BCP Archives (faqs.org)
• TCP and UDP ports used by Apple products ( Program Linking)
• TCP/IP Ports
• Zeroconf Project [Zero Configuration Networking]
  
  
• Current IP Check (DynDNS)
• What's My IP Address? (NOAA)
• WhatIsMyIP
• WhatIsMyIPAddress
• WhatsMyIP

Technologies

• 3D Graphics/Virtual Reality (About.com)
• Web3D Consortium/Repository (old)
• MacWeb3D
• OpenVRML (OVAL)
• VRML on the Macintosh (Maclookat)
• Live Webcasting — the Internet Broadcasting Resource
• WS-I Web Services Interoperability Organization

Internet Culture & History

• Acronym Finder
• WWW Acronym and Abbreviation Server (alt)
• bug ( Grace Hopper)
• Web Browser FAQ (Tim Berners-Lee) [inventor of the internet]
• BOfH — Bastard Operator from Hell
• Browser Archive [evolt.org]
• Chat Abbreviations
• ComputerUSer.com High-Tech Dictionary ( Computer Currents High-Tech Dictionary)
• Connected: An Internet Encyclopedia
• Dark Mountain's Netiquette Guide
• Email Discussion List Netiquette
• E-mail Netiquette
• Bronwen & Claire's Really Huge Emoticon Collection
• Emoticons
• Emoticon Cursors
• Flame Warriors
• Growth of the Web & Internet [up to 1997] (1995)
• Why HTML in E-Mail is a Bad Idea
• Sites Blocked by Internet Filtering Programs
• Matisse's Glossary of Internet Terms (Internet Literacy Consultants)
• The Ultimate Chat Dictionary
• eGroups
• FOLDOC [Free On-line Dictionary of Computing] (alt) ( alt)
• The 12 Commandments of Flaming
• FuckedCompany
• Geek Code
• Geek Culture (Joy of Tech, After Y2K)
• Godwin's Law
• Godwin's Law
• The Internet is for Everyone
• Know Your Meme
• Mosaic
• The Natural Life Cycle of Mailing Lists
• Netiquette
• The Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette
• New Hacker's Jargon Guide
• The Jargon File (alt)
• Jargon File Resources
• Netiquette Home Page
• Unofficial Smiley Dictionary
• Official Smiley Dictionary
• NetLingo (smileys)
• Chat-O-Rama Smileys
• Internet Smileys
• Smileys and Emoticons for Effective Communication
• Smileys
• Smileys
• Unofficial Smiley Dictionary
• Smiley Lore :-)
• The First Smiley :-) ( ... in print?) (rival claim?)
• High Tech Toasters
• 25th Anniversary of Spam
• TechDictionary
• Webopedia
  
  
• Webcam Cookbook
  
  
• GreyDay.org
• Human Interface Design and the Social Psychology of the Internet
  
  
• The End of the Internet
• File Not Found!
• 404 Lounge
• 404 Research Lab
• iBomb
• Infinite MonKey Protocol Suite (IMPS)
• Story of Nadine (alt)

History

• Collection of Software Bugs
• Computer History Museum
• FEAST ( Meir Lehman)
• The History of Computing
• Hobbes' Internet Timeline
• IEEE Virtual Museum
• Internet Archive
• MouseSite () [the mouse, hypertext, online collaboration...]
• Original Proposal for the World Wide Web
• Personal Histories of the Desktop Computer User Interface (Digibarn)