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	Ritter's Crypto Glossary and Dictionary of Technical Cryptography - http://www.ciphersbyritter.com/GLOSSARY.HTM Hyperlinked definitions and discussions of many cryptographic, mathematics, logic, statistics, and electronics terms used in cipher construction and analysis.
	Linux Security HOWTO - http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Security-HOWTO/ Security issues that face the administrator, security philosophy, examples of how to secure the system from intruders.
	Linux IPCHAINS-HOWTO - http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/IPCHAINS-HOWTO.html Describes how to obtain, install and configure the enhanced IP firewalling chains software for Linux, and how they might be used, by Paul Russell.
	Firewalling and Proxy Server HOWTO - http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Firewall-HOWTO.html Teaches the basics of firewall systems and give you some detail on setting up both a filtering and proxy firewall on a Linux based PC, by Mark Grennan.
	UnOfficial SELinux FAQ - http://www.crypt.gen.nz/selinux/faq.html A technical FAQ for the NSA SELinux project, which covers installation and implementation issues.

	Linux Firewall Howto - http://www.linux-sec.net/ Firewall HOWTO collection, ids, nids, hardening, penetration testing, auditing
	A Simple Scheme to Make Passwords Based on One-Way Functions Much Harder to Crack - ftp://ftp.cs.arizona.edu/reports/1994/TR94-34.ps Discusses the possibility that crackers might generate and distribute a massive list of encrypted passwords.
	Secure POP via SSH mini-HOWTO - http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Secure-POP+SSH.html Explains how to set up secure POP connections using ssh, by Manish Singh.
	Linux Bridge+Firewall Mini-HOWTO - http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bridge+Firewall.html A tutorial on how to setup a bridge and a firewall with Linux, by Peter Breuer.
	Firewall Piercing mini-HOWTO - http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Firewall-Piercing/ Tutorial on using ppp over telnet to do network stuff transparently through an Internet firewall. (François-René Rideau)

	YoLinux: Internet Server Security HowTo and Tutorial - http://yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialInternetSecurity.html This tutorial covers the installation and use of hacker protection software such as Portsentry, tripwire, ssh. It also covers configuration and administration steps to make a Linux server secure against hackers.
	Network Security Information: UNIX - http://www.windowsecurity.com/whitepapers/unix_security/ Network Security Library has links to many UNIX (and, especially, Linux) security articles on host hardening, security admin guides, and special purpose hardening tips.
	Introduction to Linux Networking and Security - http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds6-1/linuxsec.html Brief introduction to the IP networking services, how to configure them, and how to set up a relatively secure Linux workstation. Published in ACM Crossroads, the ACM student magazine.
	Linux Security HOWTO - http://scrye.com/~kevin/lsh/t1.html General overview of security issues that face the administrator of Linux systems. It covers general security philosophy and a number of specific examples of how to better secure your Linux system from intruders.
	Setting up a secure Linux server - http://www.fiveanddime.net/ss/secureserver.html Setting up a secure Linux server using RedHat and the Linux From Scratch system.

	A Short History of Cryptography - http://www.all.net/books/ip/Chap2-1.html A brief historical analysis of the management of cryptography.
	Installing a firewall, Part 1 - http://www.itworld.com/LWD111010fwinstall1 Get the details of a secure Trustix 1.1 installation
	Linux Security Basics - http://www.itworld.com/lw-01-security How to achieve the goal of every system admin: boring, predictable computers
	Securing NIS - http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/doug/nis.html Provides a checklist on how to secure UNIX/Linux NIS (formerly YP) services in an intranet environment.
	Rusty's Remarkably Unreliable Guides - http://people.netfilter.org/~rusty/unreliable-guides/ Netfilter project provides HOWTOs for packet filtering, NAT and netfilter code hacking for Linux.

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