Even From It's Humble Beginnings, The Internet Has Always Been A Battlefield Between Phreaks And Administrators

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Internet
has always been a battlefield between phreaks and administrators.

The Internet hasn't always been a public forum. In fact, the Internet has
been around for years. The Internet is just a new fad ("The More I Learn"
A1). The Internet originally began as DARPANET, a government-created
network, which was designed for defense communications. The Net structure
is such that it could survive a nuclear war ("Internet History"). The
creation of the Net can not be blamed for the existence of hackers though,
hackers are older than the Net itself, but the Net is the largest 'hacker
haven' today (Spencer, "Hacking McDonalds" 6).

The growth of the Net since its creation has been nothing less than
astounding. In the 25-plus years since its creation, the Net now has over
thirty million users using four million sites worldwide. Estimates rate
the growth of the Net anywhere from ten to fifteen percent per month
(Spencer, "Hacking McDonalds" 6).

The Internet was first released to ...

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tended to stay intellectual, with very little, if any,
disturbance ("Internet History").

However, relatively recent changes in the availability of the Net have
changed that atmosphere. Now, almost anyone can access the Internet.
Internet access is offered by every major online service (Himowitz A1).
The fact that the major online services charge for their use keeps many
people away from them. Those people simply turn to public dial-ups, which
are free connections offered by universities that are available to the
general public (Spencer, "Know Your Territory" 27).

Because accessing the Net is easier, and a lot more people are doing it,
naturally the amount of information on the Net is ...

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