Computer Security Information

This Reference Index contains a list of links to information sources on Network and Computer Security. There is no implied fitness to the Tools, Techniques and Documents contained within this archive. Many if not all of these items work well, but we do not guarantee that this will be so. This information is for the education and legitimate use of computer security techniques only.

Fresh

• The 4 bytes of the Apocalypse

Not quite so fresh (Ok, Ok ... stale! )

• smurfing
• Trouble
• Bliss
• The Ping o' Death
• SYN Floods
• HARE.KRSNA.7610 VIRUS
• ISAKMP!
• Win 95 and Security
• PGPfone (always fresh)
• A summary of security flaws in Netscape is available
• The latest sendmail, syslog, and loadmodule bugs, of course
• State of Orgeon vs. Randal Schwartz
• telnet's environment variable hole
• The Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks
• Vulnerability in sendmail 8.6.9
• Vulnerability in NCSA HTTPD
• IP Address Spoofing

Random Topics of Potential Interest:

• The Good Times Virus is still an Urban legend, despite efforts to make it seem otherwise.
• The FAQ file for Sendmail Version 8 has been "marked up" slightly and made available.
• An archive of the Bugtraq mailing list (July 1995 - present) is available at http://www.eecs.nwu.edu/~jmyers/bugtraq/index.html.
• The "one_half" virus has been discovered in the Continental U.S.
• The CERT Coordination Center FAQ was available here
• Documents related to the Morris Worm are here

Other security resources:

• The CERIAS Project Homepage and Spaf's Hotlist of Computer Security, Law & Privacy
• Links to Internet sites about law, ethics and computer security
• Linux Security Alerts
• The NIST Computer Security Resource Clearinghouse and their list of Other Computer Security Servers
• The Network Security Research Section of the Center for High Assurance Computing Systems Branch within the Information Technology Division at the Naval Research Laboratory
• SPAWAR INFOSEC Homepage and their list of Miscellaneous INFOSEC Assets
• Computer & Network Security Reference Index (Australia)
• RSA Data Security
• Security Documents
• The Computer Security USENET FAQs
• The Firewalls FAQ
• Trusted Information Systems
• IBM Computer Virus Information Center
  • Anti-Virus Home Page
• HP SupportLine Services
• Mosaic Security Issues
• www.sun.com
• Raptor Systems
• Commerical Firewalls and Partial FW Products
• All.Net
• McAfee