Security is the buzzword of the day on the Internet.
The Internet continues to grow globally, and intranets have become increasingly popular as well. This tremendous new market has provokedboth users and service providers to seek greater assurances that information being passed along the Internet is secure. Solutions to financial security problems could open up the Internet to a vast array of money-making services. Credit card giants MasterCard and Visa as well as software mavens Microsoft and Netscape are getting into the act. These are financial security issues, while this column addresses general security.