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The Internet, sometimes called simply"the Net," is a worldwide system of computer networks - a network of networks in which users at any one computer can, if they have permission, get information from any other computer (and sometimes talk directly to users at other computers). It was  … 
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BuyDomain Small Business Podcast Series
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PODCAST:   Posted: 23 Jun 2008 | Premiered: 23 Jun 2008
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WEBCAST:   Posted: 30 May 2008 | When: Available On Demand
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PODCAST:   Posted: 21 May 2008 | Premiered: 21 May 2008
SUMMARY: Distributed Denial of Services Attacks are the #1 threat to availability on the Internet today. 2008's botnets have grown in every direction: size, sophistication and resiliency, with capabilities bordering on self-awareness.

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Surviving Today's Distributed Denial of Service Attacks - Cost Effective Strategies
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WEBCAST:   Posted: 05 May 2008 | When: Available On Demand
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WEBCAST:   Posted: 07 Mar 2008 | When: Available On Demand
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INTERNET DEFINITION (continued): …  conceived by the Advanced Research Projects Agency(ARPA) of the U.S. government in 1969 and was first known as the ARPANet. The original aim was to create a network that would allow users of a research computer at one university to be able to "talk to" research computers at other universities. A side benefit of ARPANet's design was that, because messages could be routed or rerouted in more than one direction, the network could continue to function even if parts of it were destroyed … 
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