Security/Privacy

Computer Security:
Name: Comments
Bastille Linux How to harden Linux and other UN*X systems.
CERT Coordination Center links, code  Advisories
CERN Computer Security  
Common Intrusion Detection Framework U.C. Davis
Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section Dept of Justice.  Probably should be under Anit-security.
Computer Incident Advisory Capability U.S. Dept of Energy
Computer Security Institute News, articles
Computer Security Resource Center Part of National Institute of Standards and Technology
Electronic Privacy Information Center  
Entering Through the Exits From Network Magazine
Supporting documents:
www.commodon.com/threat/threat-ports.htm commonly hacked ports.
www.nocrew.org/software/httptunnel.html HTTP tunneling.
www.icir.org/vern/papers/stepping/ How to detect a class of backdoor data.
FBI National Infrastructure Protection Center 202-323-3204/3205/3206 
Forum of Incident Response and Security
Teams
Securtiy problem reports, discussions, seminars.
How to Protect Your Network By SHARON GAUDIN - Network World, 06/26/00
Info Security News  
Institute for Security and Intelligence Looks at national issues.
International Computer Security Assoc  
National Institute of Health What does this have to do with NIH?  Good links.
Security by Obscurity: It Works It's not the be-all end-all, but it's worth including.
Orange Book DOD Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria
PAM Project (Linux)  
PAM for SMB  
SANS Institute System Administration, Networking, and Security. Report issure, virus, etc to intrusion@sans.org
Secure Networks Inc.  
Secure Shell SSH resources
S.C.O.R.E. "Security Consensus Operational Readiness Evaluation" Good checklists and much more
Security Focus  
Security.ITWorld.com Very good site and newsletter.
Security Pipeline  
Security Portal Good email news letter available.
http://lists.101com.com/NLS/ pages/main.asp?NL=ent&o=security No web site, but a very good news letter.
Sun World (How Secure Are You) Good article with EXCELLENT links
SysAdmin Security Info  
Technotronics Good documents and programs
The Unix Secure Programming FAQ Sunworld
Worm FAQ  

Virus and PC related:
Name: Comments:
Ad-Aware Finds/removes ads and cookies.
F-Secure Anti-virus and security issues. Weblog
McAfee Security I user their anti virus package on all my PCs.
SnoopFree Watches the hooks used by key loggers.
SpyBot Search and Destroy Finds and removes an ever growing list of pests.

Secure deletion:
Name: Comments:
Bye-bye, data From Network World of 2002-03-28
National Assocation for Information Destruction NAID
Secure Deletion The theory and practice of secure deletion.
Shredder DOD level delete utility
Scrubbing Disks, Part 1 (2005-11-30)
Scrubbing Disks, Part 2 (2005-12-07)
By Sandra Henry-Stocker of ITworld.com
Cracker Forensics:
Name: Comments:
Strangers in the Night (Dr. Dobbs) Figuring out a program found executing on your system. (local copy)
Network Intrusion Detection: An Analyst's Handbook, Second Edition by Stephen Northcutt, Judy Novak and Donald McLachlan
Cyber Crime Investigator's Field Guide Bruce Middleton ISBN: 0849311926
Computer Forensics Warren Kruse & Jay Heiser ISBN: 0201707195
Handbook of Computer Crime Investigation: Forensic Tools & Technology Eoghan Casey ISBN: 0121631036


Firewall:
Name: Comments:
FAQ: Firewalls: What am I seeing? Good port list
Network Flight Recorder Firewall Wizards Discussion group
Anti Security:
Name: Comments:
2600  
Anti-Online For hackers.  Useful!
Cain and Able Network and other hacking tools
Johnny.IHackStuff.com Google
Hackers Home Page  
L0pht Heavy Industries A Hackers' think tank
Nitallica's Useful Links & URL's  
Root Shell  
Spam:
Name: Comments:
Good Spam. The one and only, the original.  Great fried in a toast sandwitch.
Spam's own web site In addition to explaining the Montey Python SPAM skit, they even have a very clearly stated legal statement which explains the difference between "spam" and "SPAM".
UNIX Basics by Peter Collinson 
Stop the Spam! 
SunExpert, Mar 1998
System changes to greatly reduce spam in UNIX and other systems.
Anti-Spam Cookbook From Network Computing
Anti-Spam HOWTO (qmail)  
Anti Spam HOWTO  
Fight Spam on the Internet! Philosophy, tools, suggestions, links
Gandalf's spam FAQ Huge
milter.org Filtering using exits from sendmail
Scam Busters Spam solutions
Sendmail Home Page Hooks in sendmail can greatly reduce spam
SpamAssassin  
Spam Bouncer Freeware, spam history
CMR114 Open source
Dspam Open Source Bayesian noise reduction
Physical Security:
Name: Comments:
American Society of Industrial Security General Security issues
http://www.lockpicking101.com/ hackers
Safecracking for the computer scientist
Local copy
Privacy:
Name: Comments:
Center for Democracy and Technology They don't like export restrictions on encryption code.
Edelman, Benjamin Studying spyware and writing about it.
Electronic Privacy Information Center  
Privacy Center  
PRIVACY INTERNATIONAL  
zer0knowledge  
Anti Privacy: (Survailance)
Name: Comments:
Advanced Intelligence AKA Spy Shop
Erdman Video Pan/tilt
Spy Zone James Bond would love it
Cryptography:
Name: Comments:
Crypto.com Matt Blaze's cryptography resource on the Web
Bletchley Park  
Crypto-Archive  
Crypto-Gram Outstanding newsletter with archives.
David Hamer's Site  
National Security Agency "Providing and Protecting Vital Information Through Cryptology" Museum
Ultimate Privacy Electronic one time pad system
 
Police/Crime/Investigation
Name: Comments:
APB (All Points Bulletin) Part news, but also part tabeloid.
Rate Your Risk Site has moved, need to find it. Nashville Police Dept
Copyright/Trademark
Name: Comments:
Chilling Effects How to handle missapplication of IPL rights.
Data Recovery
Name: Comments:
On Track Data Recovery company with very good publications.
Hoaxes
Name: Comments:
Top 10 sites to debunk urban legends
Good article from TechRepublic
About.com Urban Legends

Break the Chain

F-Secure

HoaxBusters  
Snopes

Sophos

Symantec

Trend Micro

Virus Busters

VMyths

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