INTERNET RESOURCES FOR NETWORK SECURITY
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GENERAL RESOURCES
Related Courseware Sites
Avi Rubin's Courses on Network Security
Free Network Security eBooks
Georgia Tech Course on Network Security
MIT OpenCourseWare: Network and Computer Security
MIT Paper on Security Problems with Internet Architecture (pdf)
Portland State Univ. Course on Network Security
Univ. of TN Course on Computer and Network Security

Educational Sites
Alan Gahtan's Cyberlaw Encyclopedia - good links
CARIS - Center for Advanced Research in InfoSec at University of Illinois
CERIAS - Purdue's Center for Education & Research in Information Assurance & Security
CERT/CC - Carnegie Mellon's Coordination Center for Internet Security Expertise
C
3S Center for Computer & Communications Security - also at Carnegie Mellon
Critical Infrastructure Project - joint project of George Mason & James Madison U.
CISSP Certification - online study guides available 
Colleges with Courses in Digital/Computer Forensics - from E-Evidence Info Center

Complete List of College Crypto and Security Courses - for U.S. and worldwide
Dartmouth College ISTS - Institute for Security Technology Studies
George Mason University &
GMU Technology & Law - an InfoSec Center & think tank
George Washington University - Off-programs related to InfoSec
Georgia Tech Information Security Center - College of Computing and Info Security Center
I3P Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection - a consortium group at Dartmouth
Indiana Univ. of PA - Center of Excellence in Information Assurance
Institute of Police Technology - popular Florida courses in computer crime investigation
ISS advICE - database on infosec and anti-hacker techniques
ITLabsOnline - helpful resources found here
John Hopkins Security Informatics Institute - an industry-academe partnership
Kennesaw State Cybercrime Institute - SCI Southeast Cybercrime Institute
MIT Lab for Computer Science & Ron Rivest's Group - InfoSec and Cryptography Pages
National Defense University - their many Centers on Information and Technology
New York University Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems - joint project with Cornell et. al.
Oregon State Information Security Laboratory - College of Computing, Math, & Engineering
Southwestern Comm. College Cybercrime Technology Program - syllabi and lecture notes

Univ. of California Davis - Computer Security Laboratory
UNC-Charlotte IT course offerings - in security, privacy, and other topics
Univ.of New Haven - syllabi for two or three courses usually available
Univ. of Tulsa - Center for Information Security

Government Sites
CERT (Computer Emergency Readiness Team) - coordinates attacks against the nation
CIAO (Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office) - coordinates top twenty list of vulnerabilities

DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency) - Air Force, Army, & Navy IS
DOJ Cybercrime Bureau - a department of Justice website with a kid's page
EC InfoSec home page - European Commission InfoSec site
FedCIRC - great source for incident notes and intrusion detection tips 
FBI - the Federal Bureau of Investigation
InterPol - their Technocrime Prevention page, with checklist
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - cutting edge research in energy science
Los Alamos National Laboratory - futuristic applied research

NIPC (National Infrastructure Protection Center) - Infraguard and where most incidents reported
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - technological innovation
GAO Cyber-Security Assessments - yearly risk assessments in pdf and htm format
NIH Center for Security Information - includes advisories and other links
NIST Computer Security Division and CSRC - Department of Commerce sites
North Carolina InfraGard - our state partnership and the National Chapter
NPS CISR - Navy Postgraduate School Center for InfoSec Research
Office of Homeland Security - America's newest cabinet level agency
Sandia National Laboratory - emerging technologies that respond to national security threats
White House National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace - the official strategy of the U.S.
Industrial, Organization, or Private Sector Sites
CVE - Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures from MITRE Corp.
Computer Security Institute - a professional association that holds conferences
CyberSecurity Institute - a biz site listing core competencies in computer forensics
E-Evidence Info - big list of links in computer forensics
FIRST - a Forum of government, business, and academic incident responders
Forensics NL - big list of computer forensics and cybercrime resources
Infosyssec: The Security Portal for IT Professionals - a private think tank
Intense School - Microsoft's famous "boot camps" for IT security professionals
Jane's Information Group/Security Section - focus on terrorism and information technology
Markle Foundation National Security Task Force - publishes good recommendations

Microsoft Research - innovations in a variety of mathematically possible ways
Microsoft Technet - be sure to see the Security>Bulletins and Support>Knowledge Base
MIS Training Institute - provides courses and more in Audit and Information Security training
Mitretek Systems - a well-known think tank in criminal justice engineering
National Security Institute - provider with a lot of educational resources online
NIST List of Computer Security Organizations - professional associations and conferences
RAND Corporation - a well known think tank in public policy
SANS Institute - perhaps the premiere cyber-defense institute; intrusion detection specialists
World Research Group - holders of training workshops on computer forensics
Individual Home Pages
Computer Forensics World - a community of professionals
Dorothy Denning's home page - Georgetown InfoSec guru
Fred Cohen's home page - a consultant's tools, talks, and idea on strategic intelligence
George Smith's "Crypt" newsletter - a self-styled computer security critic
Kent Anderson's PoliticalHacking - a blog on politically motivated computer crime
Nathan Smith's Computer Forensic Tech - another personal home page builder
Rik Farrow's Spirit.com - ports, firewalls, and web server security advice
Ron Rivest's home page - MIT's cryptography and security expert
The WWW security FAQ - longtime Internet favorite
Publisher Websites
Cipher - the IEEE Computer Security newsletter
Computer Crime Research Center - a daily news site about computer crime
CNet Builder Buzz: Server Insecurity - includes antihacker downloads
CyberEthics - website for the book
Digital Investigation - website for the journal with sample articles

Dr. Dobb's Journal - sophisticated tech magazine for computer professionals
First Monday - a completely free online scholarly journal about the Internet
Journal of Computer Security's CS database - searchable bibliographies
Lists of Computer Forensics Books reviewed - by an Amazon.com member
MSNBC Technology Front Page - Hacks, Attacks, Bugs, and Vulnerabilities
Network Magazine - sophisticated tech magazine for enterprise solutions
Security in the News - excellent, up-to-date newsletter out of Dartmouth
SC Magazine - largest circulating InfoSec magazine and its InfoSecurity News
Security Focus Magazine - tracks vulnerabilities, bugs, glitches, and flaws
Thomson Course Technology - InfoSec courseware and books
Specialized Resources:
Authentication Issues

Granularity and Extensibility of Access Control - choosing a control scheme
Kerberos - the network authentication scheme explained
Facial Biometrics / Recognition - modern-day mugshots
International Biometric Group - an international focal point
The Biometric Consortium - a focal point for U.S. research and testing
The Face Recognition Home Page - tutorials and resources

Encryption Issues
Beginner's Cryptography Page - keepers of the CryptRing
Cryptography: Ron Rivest's MIT Site - pointers to other sites on the Web
Cryptography: The Study of Encryption - a comprehensive mega-site on encryption
Cryptography and Liberty - country-by-country policies on encryption
Data Encryption Techniques- an overview for beginners
International Association for Cryptologic Research - a professional association
TruSecure - an information security assurance provider
ZDNet Developer - their Backend Security section
RSA Security - a major player in the crypto field 
IP Level Encryption - discussion of an emerging technology
  S/MIME & PGP-a comparison of the two technologies
Hacking Issues
2600 Magazine - one of the oldest hacking news sites on the Net
AntiOnline - hackers know your weaknesses, shouldn't you? 
AuditMyPC.com - free firewall tests and port scans
Computer Undergroung Digest (Cu Digest)- a popular magazine during the 90s
Digicrime - a full service criminal computer hacking organization
Fyodor's Exploit World - an archive of ALL the exploits
Hackers.Com - live hacker chats and security tips
@Stake.com -security advisories from a hacker's point of view
Nomad Mobile Research Centre - advisories, FAQs, and files
Phrack Magazine - home page for the largest IRC group of hackers
Root Shell - UNIX-based resource links
Infowarfare Issues
Al Fundaburk's Infowarfare site - he used to work at NC Wesleyan
Institute for Advanced Study of Information Warfare- as vicious-looking as it sounds
Infowar.com - a store, museum, archive, and library all rolled into one 
Law and Legal isues

Berkeley Journal of Computers and the Law-your basic law school journal
Copyright and Multimedia Law - a fascinating topic and website
Crypto Law Survey - a dissertation on the law enforcement problems of cryptography
Cyberspace Law - article abstracts viewable only 
Electronic Frontier Foundation - a major player on cyberspace issues
Government Crypto Policy - Center for Democracy and Technology
Harvard Journal of Law and Technology - some free stuff online
Proposals for regulating Public's right to use Databases - publicdomain.org
Stanford Technology Law Review -cyberspace speech controversies
Planning Issues

Atomic Tangerine-a vendor/portal website
Computer Security Information and FAQ - helpful page from the NIH
Netsurfer Focus on Computer & Network Security - a magazine-like website
Higher Education Security Policies-a survey 
Interpol Computer Security Checklist - helpful advice from Interpol
MIT Information Security Office Web Page - sample policies to emulate
Network Engineering Mistakes - a free virtual seminar program
NIST Computer Security Resource Clearinghouse - a major website resource
SANS Model Computer Security Policies - free online tutorials 
Stanford University Information Security Office - a good many policies to sample
Prevention Issues
Building Internet Firewalls Tutorial - Brent Chapman's one-day tutorial
Firewalls Mailing List - archived discussions at GNAC
IT Security Toolbox - a wealth of information and discussion groups
PresiNET - an Internet management solutions company
The Rotherwick Firewall Resource - UK site
Talisker's Intrusion Detection Systems List - UK site

Protocols and Standards Issues
Comprehensive List of Public Key and Certificate Links- the PKI Page
CGSB Independent Audit Standard - an auditing service company
Baseline Software's Security Policies - a library of policies made easy
Internet Engineering Task Force - discussion of IPSEC 
International Telecommunication Union - X protocols
MD5 - MIT's working group on MD5 algorithm
MIME Security with PGP - a request for comment paper
PGP Message Exchange Formats - another request for comment paper
Point to Point Tunnelling Protocol - 3Com's tech specs 
Secure Electronic Transactions- e-commerce merchandising protocols
Virus Issues

Computer Virus Myths - a beginner's guide to hoaxes and legends
AVP Virus Encyclopaedia - a sophisticated classification encyclopedia
Computer Virus Information and Resources Page - at the Univ. of N. Texas
Datafellows (F-Prot) Virus Database Page - the F-Secure virus info center
SaferSite -makers of Pest Patrol, which cleans up remnants of virii
Symantec Virus Database Page-the Symantec (IBN, Norton) virus info center
Trend Micro Antivirus Page-the Trend (PC-cillin) virus info center
Virus Bulletin -an online journal with wildlists of who found what
WildList - more up-to-date collection of wildlists 
Viruslist.com-an encyclopedia/news site in Russian and English
Vulnerability Issues
CERT/CC Top Ten List of Exploits - advisories and incident notes 
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures - definitions and examples of both
File Extensions - to look up unknown file extensions
File Extensions "Dot what?" - a huge database of extension information

Security Focus - home of Bugtraq and a library of articles
The Encyclopedia of Computer Security - more than just a glossary, tutorials too
SPECIFIC LINKS USED IN LECTURE NOTES
Lecture #1: Network Security Overview
CISSP and GIAC (certifications)
American Society for Industrial Security
Auerbach Publications

Computer Security Institute

Computer Security Resource Center (CSRC)

Computer Security Technology Center

Federal Computer Weekly

High-Tech Crime Network

Information Security Magazine

InfoWorld's Security Audit Resource Guide

Links at the Centre for Software Reliability
Links on Software Reliability, Safety, and Metrics
Network Security Library

Security Management Magazine
Sample pages of Mission Critical
Author Ken Laudon's website

Lecture #1a: Introduction to Critical Infrastructure Protection
Selected Provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act
FEMA
The Position of Cyber-czar
NIPC
InfraGard
List of ISACS and (links also here)
Presidential Decision Directive 63
FedCIRC
CESA
National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets (pdf)
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7
Financial Services ISAC; 2003 GAO Report (pdf)

Chemical Sector ISAC; Chemical Sector Cybersecurity Forum
NASCIO; 2001 GAO Report (pdf)
ESISAC; North American Electric Reliability Council
EMR ISAC

FEMA's Fire Administration website
Food Industry ISAC webpage
CDC's Public Health Emergency Response Guide
Educause; Office of Safe & Drug-Free Schools
IT ISAC; Information Technology Association of America
Financial Services ISAC; Real Estate ISAC
National Petroleum Council
Surface Transportation ISAC; Association of American Railroads
Water ISAC; Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies
John Robb and his article on design flaws
Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002

American Water Works Association
An Assessment (Report Card) on Homeland Security (pdf)
www.theblackbooks.com
Commonwealth Institute Resources on Critical Infrastructure Protection
ContingencyPlanning.com
CRS Backgrounder Report on Critical Infrastructure Policy (pdf)
CRS Report on the Definition & Identification of Critical Infrastructures (pdf)
Dept. of Defense CIP Plan
DHS Organization for Infrastructure Protection
DHS Webpage for Critical Infrastructure
Executive Order on Critical Infrastructure Protection
George Mason University CIP Project
John Robb's Global Guerrillas Website
Larry Wortzel's Paper on Securing America's Critical Infrastructures
Legal Issues & Challenges of Critical Infrastructure Protection (pdf)
National Infrastructure Institute (NI2)
National Strategy for Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructure & Key Assets (pdf)
National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace (pdf)
NIST Partnerships in Specific Industry Sectors
The Infrastructure Security Partnership
USFA-FEMA Website for What CIP is About

Sample Excerpt of Reforming Infrastructure
Lecture #2: Risk Analysis and Security Policies
A Survey of Higher Education Computer Security Policies
Business Continuity Planning

Glendale Systems Computer Security Policy Model

Interpol IT Crime Prevention Checklist

SANS Model Computer Security Policies

SC: InfoSecurity Magazine Online

The Only Safe Computer is a Dead Computer

Sample pages of E-Policy

A
uthor's list of web security books
Lecture #2a: Modus Operandi of Hacking
CERT
CVS
SANS
FBI

Prof. Marc Rogers website

Sociology of CyberSpace
Hacking Exposed

Wget
Teleport Pro
Webferret, NeoTrace and other apps

SEC Edgar database

Internic WhoIs Lookup

Sam Spade

Article on IP Scanning

TCP and UDP Ports

Cheops

nmap

Pinger

WS_Ping ProPack

Netscan

Stobe

SATAN
SuperScan
NTOScanner

ipEye

WinScan

Fscan

Snort

scanlogd

PortSentry

Logcheck

Genius

Netcat

Hackers Hall of Fame

How to Become a Hacker
How to Own the Internet in Your Spare Time

New Hacker's Dictionary

Psychology and Computer Crime

Tips on Banner Grabbing Countermeasures

Tips on Defending against Port Scans

Lecture #2b: Cybercrime and Cyberlaw
Lecture on Privacy and Cyberspace Law
corporate espionage

CAIDA's map of Internet
Dictionary of Cyberpunk Slang
Lectures on Theft, fraud, and consumer fraud
CardCops
EscrowFraud.com
Director Freeh's testimony 2000
National Infrastructure Protection Center
Hacking and Industrial Espionage
Research study at Carnegie Mellon
Cybercrime, Justice, Law and Society
Cyberpunk Top 100 Sites

Cyberspace and the American Dream

Cyberterrorism: How Real is the Threat?
DHS National Infrastructure Protection Center
Federal Guidelines for Searching & Seizing Computers (1994)

Federal Guidelines for Searching & Seizing Computers (2001)

Hacking and Industrial Espionage

InfoSec and InfoWar Portal

Institute for Advanced Study of Information Warfare
MSNBC's Hacker Diaries

National Cybercrime Training Partnership

National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace
Prof. Rob Kling's Social Informatics web page

The Modus Operandi of Hacking
The Zapatista Social Netwar in Mexico
U.S. Dept. of Justice Cybercrime Section
What is CyberTerrorism?

White House National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace
Dorothy Denning's article on Activism, Hacktivism, and Cyberterrorism

EFF article on Cyberspace
Lawrence Lessig's website

Lecture #2c: Privacy and Cyberspace Law
Prof. Lessig at Stanford Law School
Wikiproject Cyberlaw
About.com Law:CyberSpace Law
Center for Democracy and Technology
CyberSpace Law for Non-Lawyers

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) home page

Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) home page

FindLaw's CyberSpace Law Center

First Amendment Issues in CyberSpace

John Marshall Law School CyberSpace Law Center

Legal Issues in Computer Operator Liability

Privacy.org news site

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

Right to Privacy Website forum
San Diego Law Review article on Information Privacy

Search & Seizure in CyberSpace Law
Social Science Research Network's Lessons in CyberSpace Law
Society for Computers and Law

UCLA Online Institute for CyberSpace Law and Policy

U.S. DOJ CyberCrime Section home page

U.S. DOJ on Privacy Issues in the High-Tech Context

Yahoo's List of Privacy Links
Lecture #2d: Cyberterrorism and Cybervigilantism
Laird v. Tatum

Patriot Debates website
Posse Comitatus Act of 1878
Gilmore Commission
www.northcom.mil
Pentagon Strategy on Homeland Defense and Civil Support (pdf)
Defense Science Board Report on DOD Roles and Missions in Homeland Security pdf
DOD Directive 5240.1-R and 5105.67

Lecture on Stuational Awareness
ORCON
DHS & FEMA

National Response Team
National Guard Bureau's J5 (IA) Unit

National Response Center
FEMA's Emergency Management Institute
Defense Production Act of 1950
PDD-63
Executive Order 12656
Mount Weather & Greenbrier Resort
FBI definition of cyberterrorism, NIPC definition & CSIS definition (pdf)
ELIGIBLE RECEIVER
Gartner Research "digital Pearl Harbor" scenario
US position on the Council of Europe's proposed Cybercrime Convention
National Security Response to Computer Intrustions (Note: Not official US. Government Policy)
Knauff v. Schaughnessy (1950) & Kwong Hai Chew v. Colding (1953)
Jay v. Boyd

McGehee v. CIA
Korematsu v. US
Hirabayashi v. U.S.
9-11 Commission: Terrorist Attacks on US
A Plague on Your City: Observations from TOPOFF (pdf)
Air War College Resources on Homeland Security

ANSER Homeland Security Institute
Center for Democracy Comment on the Defense Production Act
Citizen's Guide to Using the FOIA and Privacy Act of 1974
Cyberterrorism: How Real is the Threat?
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Role Overseas
DOD Directive 3025.15 (Military Assistance to Civil Authorities)
DOD Directive 5105.67 (Counterintelligence Field Activity)
DOD Directive 5240.1-R (Intelligence Affecting US Persons)
Gilmore Commission: Domestic Response to WMD
Homeland Security & US Civil-Military Relations
Homeland Security: The New Role for Defense
Church Commission: Improper Surveillance of American Citizens
Journal of Homeland Security
Journal of Homeland Security & Emergency Management
Myth of Posse Comitatus
National Academic Consortium for Homeland Security
National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace
Navy Postgraduate School White Paper on Cyberterror (pdf)
Northcom's Statement on the Difference between Homeland Security & Homeland Defense
Pentagon Strategy on Homeland Defense and Civil Support (pdf)
Putting Cyberterrorism in Context
RAND Corp. Homeland Security Program Homepage
RAND Report on Preparing US Army for Homeland Security
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief & Emergency Assistance Act
Role of National Guard in Homeland Security
The Need for a Goldwater-Nichols Act II
Thesis on Enhancement of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet
Wartime Rights, Civil Liberties, and Reparations
Wikipedia Entry on Continuity of Operations Plan

Wikipedia Entry on Korematsu v. United States
Prof. Becker's article on the Waco Incident
The National Strategy for Homeland Security

Sample excerpt of Waltz' Information Warfare
Cybervigilantism
Border Rescue/Ranch Rescue, USA
Franklin Zimring on the Vigilante Mindset (doc)
SPL Center's Intelligence Report/Vigilante Watch
The Crime of Cyber-Vigilantism
The Spirit of Vengeance (Excerpt from Karl Menninger)
Thoughts on Revenge and Retribution
Vigilantes and Policing in Nigeria (doc)
Vigilantism Revisited: A Legal and Economic Analysis (pdf)

Lecture #3: Authentication and Encryption
IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)

CAPTCHA Tests and example
About.com Internet/Network Security
Beginner's Cryptography Links
Cryptography FAQ
DNS Systems: Wikipedia
Electronic Frontier Foundation
International Association for Cryptologic Research
Introduction to Network Security
IP Spoofing: An Introduction
Network Security Library

Network Security Technologies, Inc.
PacketStorm's Social Engineering Page

Phil Zimmerman and PGP
RSA Security's FAQ
SANS Reading Room on Social Engineering

Sniffer Technologies, Inc.
SolarWinds
Steganography and Digital Watermarking
The Alan Turing Homepage
The Complete Social Engineering FAQ

The Official Bletchley Park Web site
Yahoo Security and Encryption Page

sample chapters of Handbook
sample pages of Mitnick's book
author's review site for Applied Cryptography

Lecture #3a: Informants, Surveillance, and Undercover Operations
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA)

Tor and Anonymizer
Association of Undercover Officers
California Narcotic Officers Association
Competitive Intelligence and Internet Information Gathering

Constitutional Guide to Using Cellmate Informants

Governmentality and the War on Terror: FBI Project Carnivore
Home Page of Prof. Gary Marx

How to Spot Undercover Agents
International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts

International Association of Undercover Officers

Investigative Resources and Public Records on the Internet

Law of Undercover Operations
National Association of Legal Investigators

Police Use of Confidential Informants

Trace Anybody Online (Net-Trace People Search)

Undercover School Operations
Use of Informants in FBI Domestic Intelligence Operations (Cointelpro)

Lecture #4: Networking and Operating Systems
Hundreds of algorithms
op-codes

PCGuide to IRQ channels
MSDN
Modifying the Basic Skeleton of Any Windows Program
Basic Tutorial on Visual Basic
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures
Electronic Colloquium on Computational Complexity
PC Guide to System Resources

Post-Assembly Inspection Procedures
 
Troubleshooting Motherboards

What is BIOS and CMOS?

The Living Internet - The Most Comprehensive Resource about the Net
Prof. Comer's Online CD-Rom for Computer Networks and Internets
Prof. Stalling's Networking Links and Course Resources

WinSock Programmer's FAQ

Lecture #5: Firewall, VPN, and Wireless Security
Lojack, ZTrace, CyberAngel, and CompuTrace

Safeware
CA-2001-13
Wikipedia List of Notable Viruses and Worms
IPv4 and IPv6
Cisco Systems Products Page
http://www.cwne.com/cwna/ (Wireless certification)
U.S. Frequency Allocation Chart
SSIDs
Wi-Fi Planet's Tutorial on WEP Security
AiroPeek and Airmagnet
Wimetrics and Kismet
Analysis of the Code Red II Worm
Beginner's Guide to Preventing Data Theft from Stolen Laptops
CSI/FBI 2005 Computer Crime & Security Survey (pdf)
CSI/FBI 2004 Computer Crime & Security Survey (pdf)
CSI/FBI 2003 Computer Crime & Security Survey (pdf)
How Stuff Works: VPN
InfosysSec: VPN
Microsoft TechNet: Proxy Services
Microsoft TechNet: VPN Resources
PCMag Encyclopedia: Firewall

Reference Page for IP-Subnet Masking Numbers
RFC2460: The Internet Protocols
TaoSecurity Blog
Wi-Fi Planet.com
Wikipedia: Firewall (Networking)
Wikipedia: Notable Viruses and Worms
Wikipedia: Subnetworks (Subnets)
http://hackingexposedcisco.com/
Lecture #6: Intrusion Detection, Incident Response & Integrity Control
Anton Chuvakin's Blog
Snort
Bleeding Edge Snort
Intrusion
CarnegieMellon's CERT-certified Computer Security Incident Handler
Dorothy Denning's paper: An Intrusion Detection Model (rtf),
A Look at whisker's anti-IDS tactics
daemons (background processes)
Tripwire
Internet Security Systems
Honeyd
Honeypots, Intrusion Detection and Incident Handling
HoneyNet Project
IETF working group on IDS
DShield's List of Most Abused IP Addresses
Gibson Research Corporation
SANS manual on incident handling
LogAnalysis.org
Norton Personal Firewall
Sygate
Tiny
ZoneAlarm
Abuse.net Domain Name Lookup Database
CERT Incident Notes

COAST Intrusion Detection Hotlist

CSIRT.WS: Computer Security Incident Response Team: World site

jOlt.com: a humorous look at host security

Michael Sobirey's Intrusion Detection Systems page

ISS AdvICE Database

Network Intrusion Detection Systems FAQ

Port Numbers Database
SecurityFocus IDS Page
Security Issues Related to Porn Sites

Talisker Intrusion Detection Page
Technical Incursion Countermeasures

U.S. Navy Computer Incident Response Guidebook
Sample pages to Intrusion Signatures and Analysis
Sample pages to Intrusion Detection Book 1
Sample pages to Intrusion Detection Book 2

Boomarang

Ecora
BugTraq, CERT, NTBugTraq, and XForce
Microsoft List of Antivirus Partners and Microsoft's Security Antivirus Center
Symantec, McAfee, and Trend Micro (the Big 3)
Wikipedia: Backup
Wikipedia: Data Recovery
Wikipedia: Intrusion Detection System

Lecture #7: Malware, Adware, Riskware, and Spam
http://www.websense.com
http://www.surfcontrol.com
http://www.sans.org/infosecFAQ/win2000/win2000_list.htm

http://www.sans.org/infosecFAQ/win/win_list.htm

A Collection of Nigerian Scam Mails
An Excerpt from George Smith's The Virus Creation Labs

Infosyssec Virus, Trojan, and Hoax Research Center

Internet Week Magazine

SANS Global Incident Response Center

Symantec AntiVirus Security Center

Trisys
WinWhatWhere
SpectorSoft
FTC's hotline

Cookie Central

Sample Web Bug

Web Bug Report
Adware, Spyware, and Unwanted Malware Removal
IDG.net
Internet Security Downloads
PCworld.com/

Privacy Foundation
Scamletters
Scumware: A New Threat
Securityfocus.com
Senator Edward's Spyware Control Act
SpyChecker
Securityfocus.com/
ZDNet What is Spyware?

Wikipedia: Cookie
http://mackraz.com/trickybit/readreceipt/ (web bug in action)
Web Bug Report

Adware and Bad Things It Does
Adware, Spyware, and other Unwanted Malware Removal
An Excerpt from George Smith's The Virus Creation Labs
IDG.net and Internet Security Downloads
Infosyssec Virus, Trojan, and Hoax Research Center

Internet Week Magazine

Microsoft Spyware: Security at Home
Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites
SANS Global Incident Response Center

Symantec AntiVirus Security Center

Top 100 Network Tools
Viruslist.com
ZDNet What is Spyware?
sample pages of Net Spies
Lecture #8: Operating System Security
Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit
Tao of Windows Buffer Overflow

John Savill's Windows NT/2000/XP FAQ.com

LabMice's Windows 2000/XP/.NET Resource Index

List of Common Back Doors and their Default Ports by Filename

NTBugTraq's Security Exploits and Bugs in Windows NT

Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows 2000/XP

Understanding Windows NT Domains and Profiles

Unix, Linux, and Network Security (compared to Windows)

Windows Registry Tweaks, Tricks, and Hacks
Sample pages of Windows Security Handbook
Sample pages of Designing Secure Apps

Sample pages of Intrusion Detection

Sample pages of Hacking Windows 2000

Sample pages of Security Handbook

Sample pages of Inside Windows 2000

(Unix)
Bell Labs
AT&T Research

Lucent Technologies

Berkeley Software Distribution

Sun Microsystems

Compaq Corporation

Silicon Graphics

Hewlett Packard

NIST

The Open Group

John the Ripper

knark

SANS backgrounder on Kernel Rootkits

PacketStorm Security's list of rootkits

FBI (NIPC Advisory on UNIX DDos)

Coroner's Toolkit

Hacking Linux Exposed
In-Depth Guide to Hacking UNIX

Linux Intrusion Detection System (LIDS)
Linux Online (www.linux.org)

Unix: A Hacking Tutorial

Unix Backdoor Exploits

Unix Guru Universe

Unix Insider

Useful UNIX Hacking Commands

Internet Edition of Unix Unleashed

Companion site to Hacking Linux Exposed

(Macintosh)
All OSX: Macintosh News and Products
Apple Computer Official Security Page

AppleLinks: Ultimate Macintosh Resource

Apple Computer, Inc.
History of Apple Computers
Complete Guide to Mac/Windows Interoperability
Viruses and the Macintosh
VeriSign Corp

keytool

AirSnort

Bluetooth

All OSX: Macintosh News and Products

Apple Computer Official Security Page

AppleLinks: Ultimate Macintosh Resource

Mac Addict Magazine
MacCentral

MacDesign Online

MacHack: The Annual Conference

MacInTouch Home Page

MacOS Rumors

MacSense Aero Products

MacTech Magazine

MacWorld: The Product Experts

mSec: Mac OS Security Tools
OSX Zone
SecureMac.com

The MacAnalysis Security Audit Tool

TSG's MacSecurity.org
VersionTracker and MacFix

Companion website to The Macintosh Bible

Companion website to Macintosh Internet Security

(SSL)
Digital certificates
The PKI Page
VeriSign Corp
keytools
(Wireless)
AirSnort
Bluetooth
O'Reilly Wireless Developer Network
The Unofficial 802.11 Security Page
Lecture #8a: Disaster Data Recovery and Computer Forensics
Whois and BetterWhois
Webtracer
greylisting
CRC32 Checksum
MD5 Algorithm
Encase

SafeBack

Code Blue

Norton Ghost
PDBlock
Paul Oliver's File Format Glossary
File Extensions
Sweepers and scrubbers
Admissibility of Electronic Evidence

Anderson's Importance of Documentation in Computer Evidence Processing

Federal Guidelines for Searching and Seizing Computers

Forensic Science Resources in a Criminal Fact Investigation

Hard Disk Logical Structures and File Systems

Knowledge Solution's Digital Evidence & Computer Crime Resources

Overview of Securing a Computer Incident Crime Scene

Searching & Seizing Computer Evidence in Criminal Investigation
Michael Anderson's New Technologies, Inc.

Sample pages of PC Technician Book

Sample pages of Hardware Bible
EnCase
Guidance Software, Inc.

Maresware
AccessData Corporation
Rainbow Technologies

Learning by Doing

GIAC Article on Computer Forensics Procedures
NIJ Test Results on Computer Forensic Tools

Last updated: Sept. 27, 2008
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