The broomstick at the door: security and privacy in different times

Links

 * History of Computer Security - a collection of historical papers on computer security
 * Wikipedia: Computer Security - lacks social aspects somewhat
 * Computers:Security @dmoz.org - a big pile of links
 * Early Computer Security Papers - some more papers (mostly technical)
 * A Short History of Computer Viruses and Attacks @Washington Post - a popular-style story
 * A Brief History of Information Security - from the Information Security M.Sc programme at Lewis University
 * Firewalls and Internet Security - some history too


 * The title metaphor can be seen e.g. at http://www.eki.ee/km/place/pl03/Place3_Lehari.pdf