Csec610

1. The advantages of having your own mail server *

Below is an excerpt from an article written by an IT consultant.

Running your own mail server must cost more. You have to buy hardware, mail server software, and you have to maintain it. On the other hand, it is a very good idea. Here are some of the reasons why.

* Mail gets to you faster

* Faster internal mail

* No waiting to add new users

* Easy to create aliases and lists

* Full control of anti-virus and anti-spam programs

* Better privacy

* You are in control

Question: List and then fully discuss five (5) reasons from a cybersecurity perspective why you support or why you are against the use of a private email server. Remember to be fact- and referenced based in your answers.

Each of the five reasons has to contains at least 200 words or receive no credit. Each response is worth 2 points. (No political views should be expressed here. Submissions with political views may receive no more than 20% deduction of the exam grade.)

2. Apple’s iPhone data encryption that makes NSA and law enforcement agencies worry about whether they can still break into phones during an investigation, even with a court order.

Below is an excerpt from the article “Signaling Post-Snowden Era, New iPhone Locks Out N.S.A” (Retrieved from http://nyti.ms/YmQz0l)

iPhone 6 encrypts emails, photos and contacts based on a complex mathematical algorithm that uses a code created by, and unique to, the phone’s user. Breaking the code, could take more than 5 1/2 years to try all combinations of a six-character alphanumeric passcode with lowercase letters and numbers.

Reference: David E. Sanger and Brian X. Chen. (Sep. 26, 2014) Signaling Post-Snowden Era, New iPhone Locks Out N.S.A. The NY Times. Retrieved from http://nyti.ms/YmQz0l

Question 2a. Read the full article (“Signaling Post-Snowden Era, New iPhone Locks Out N.S.A” (Retrieve it from http://nyti.ms/YmQz0l)), then conduct research on the...