mpanies who are listed with verification sites actually
             exhibit on line a seal showing that they are listed with the verification
             site. This is a method of voluntary self regulation. For example,
             customers who use sites which have the Better Business Bureau Online logo
             can actually click the logo and get a report on the company, as well as a
             searchable data base of company reports. This can be helpful to the
             client, but again is an issue which is entirely voluntary and does not
             dictate for the site any specific security standards like the protection of
             the information provided to the site.
             Web site security standards are unregulated, although with the
             burgeoning web based commerce boom, web sites are more and more expected to
             develop high standards for information security. Even web sites which pass
             certification standards set by the companies listed in the last paragraph
             does not mean that the site is impervious to all attacks. They are instead
             meant to imply that a base level of security for the site is being
             maintained, rather than guarantee that the web site is hacker proof.
             Certain standards have been suggested to make data from web sites more
             secure, and a good web site administrator will strive for these standards.
             A web site must be able to withstand any kind of network based attack,
             usually by means of a firewall, which protects connections between
             trustworthy and untrustworthy networks. Web sites may also elect to use a
             filtering router or another appropriate measure of security. Well
             protected sites must maintain logging, although access to logs should be
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