Network Security: Future of Social Networking Sites

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Vinod Saroha and Bharti Sahu (Department of Computer Science and Engineering (Network Security), B.P.S.M.V University, Khanpur, Sonipat, Haryana)

Social networking is the grouping of individuals into specific groups, like small rural communities or a neighbourhood subdivision, if you will. Although social networking is possible in person, especially in the workplace, universities, and high schools, it is most popular online. Everyone on the Internet knows the buzzword social networking. Sites such as Friendster, Facebook, Orkut, LinkedIn, Bebo, and My-Space, as well as content-sharing sites that also offer social networking functionality (including YouTube, Flickr, Upcoming, del.icio.us, Last.fm, and 43 Things) have captured the attention of millions of users and millions of dollars from venture capitalists. The 10 most popular domains accounted for about 40 percent of all page views on the Web and nearly half of those views were from the social networking services (SNSs) MySpace and Facebook.