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Linux Security White Papers - http://www.ists.dartmouth.edu/IRIA/knowledge_base/
A small collection of Linux security white papers and other information resources. The papers cover secure shell (ssh), host security, and firewalls. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Linux Firewall Howto - http://www.linux-sec.net/
Firewall HOWTO collection, ids, nids, hardening, penetration testing, auditing |
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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. |
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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. |
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Network Security Information: UNIX - http://secinf.net/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. |
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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. |