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