This document discusses various topics related to webmastering basics and website maintenance, including: - Choosing and registering a domain name through a WHOIS search. - The importance of antivirus protection to prevent viruses from deleting or stealing files and using your computer to send spam. - Types of viruses, how they spread, and how they allow hackers to access your computer. - Debate around whether Macs need antivirus protection. - Risks of using proxy servers, including allowing malware to bypass security. - Copyright guidelines that allow students to use limited amounts of copyrighted content for educational purposes if they include citations.

1. Webmastering BASICS Using
Dreamweaver
Unit 6
Hosting and
Maintenance

2. Choosing and Registering a
Domain Name
A WHOIS search allows you to determine whether a
domain name is available for registration.
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3. Network Solutions’ Whois Search
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4. Who is search for hwscott.net
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5. Registering a Domain
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6. Why is Antivirus Protection
Important
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7. Security and Virus Protection
 Viruses can do everything from delete your
files, prevent your computer from starting, or
more commonly, use your computer to send
spam or more viruses.
 If you run a windows machine, and are
connected to the internet, virus scanning is a
must.
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8. What are Viruses?
 Computer viruses are named such due to their
similarities to biological viruses.
 Computer viruses are malicious programming
designed to replicate and spread.
 Though their purposes differ from virus to virus
they commonly modify, delete or even steal
data from your computer.
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9. What are Viruses? continued
 They can also allow hackers access and
control your PC over the Internet.
 Most viruses are designed to be covert, at
least until they execute their main
function, meaning without antivirus protection
you may not even know when your computer
is infected.
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10. Macs and Security and Virus
Protection
 If you run a Mac operating system, it is
debatable whether you need virus protection.
Generally the reason for having a virus
scanner is to downstream check.
 Over 99.9% of viruses only work on
windows, so your chances of getting a virus on
a Mac system is very slim, but you can still
pass them on.
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11. Beware, viruses can be sent in
files
 If you regularly send files to your friends via
email (i.e., funny videos, pictures, word
documents, games), and those friends use
windows, you should consider virus scanning
the files before sending them on.
 This is not necessary if you use a service that
checks your emails for you, such as Hotmail
or GMail. A good Mac virus scanner is
ClamX.
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12. Proxy Use
 It only takes one proxy to put a gaping hole in
network security.
 Proxy sites help malware and other web-
related threats to sneak into networks
undetected.
 SSL proxies are a particular problem since
the secure tunnels used allow viruses and
worms to sidestep network anti-virus and web
filtering security entirely.
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13. Phishing and Password Theft
 Many proxy users are unaware of the risks to
their own personal security and identity.
 Malicious proxy servers do exist and are
capable of recording everything sent to the
proxy, including unencrypted logins and
passwords.
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14. Phishing and Password Theft
 Although some proxy networks claim to only
use „safe‟ servers, due to the „anonymous‟
nature of these tools, proxy server safety is
impossible to police.
 Users understand that whenever they use a
proxy, they risk someone “in the middle”
reading their data.
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15. Copyright and Fair Use for
Students
Because you are a student, you can use
copyrighted material.
 You have to follow certain guidelines when
using copyrighted material.
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16. Student Copyright Guidelines
 Web Images: You can use up to 10% or 15
images (whichever is less) from any one
collective work (such as a web page or a
book) in your presentation.
 Music: You can include 10% or 30 seconds
of a song (whichever is less) in your
presentation.
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17. Student Copyright Guidelines
 Illustrations: You may use no more than 5
images by 1 artist.
 Motion: You may put 10% or 3 minutes
(whichever is less) of a copyrighted film into
your presentation.
 Any image that you find online needs a
citation.
 Paste the URL of the image directly beneath
it.
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18. Copyright Resources
 http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf
 http://kb.iu.edu/data/arit.html
 http://www.copyrightkids.org/cbasicsframes.htm
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