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Security Links

  • Caldera Security Advisories
    A list of security breaches in Linux software together with details of fixes/patches
    http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/index.html
  • CERT
    A computer security organization, that helps companies defend themselves from attacks
    http://www.cert.org/
  • CIAC Security
    Computer Incident Advisory Capability: provides on-call technical assistance and information to Department of Energy (DOE) sites faced with computer security incidents
    http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/
  • CIDER
    Cooperative Intrusion Detection Evaluation and Response project: an effort of NSWC Dahlgren, NFR, NSA, the SANS community and other interested parties to locate, document, and improve security software.
    http://www.nswc.navy.mil/ISSEC/CID/
  • CIPE
    A system for simple, yet reasonably secure IP encryption
    http://sites.inka.de/~W1011/devel/cipe.html
  • COAST Security Archive
    Possibly the largest repository of security related information on the Internet
    http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/coast/archive/index.html
  • Computer Security News Daily
    Provides daily selections of news and other information pertaining to computer/network security
    http://www.mountainwave.com/
  • Crypto-Gram
    A free monthly e-mail newsletter on computer security and cryptography from Bruce Schneier (author of Applied Cryptography, inventor of Blowfish and Twofish, CTO and founder of Counterpane Internet Security, Inc., general crypto pundit and occasional crypto curmudgeon)
    http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram.html
  • Flask
    Flux Advanced Security Kernel: n operating system security architecture that provides policy flexibility. The architecture has been prototyped in a microkernel-based research operating system
    http://www.cs.utah.edu/flux/fluke/html/flask.html
  • HackerWacker
    A news site dedicated to the latest security incidents
    http://www.hackerwhacker.com/
  • InfoSysSec
    The Security Portal for Information System Secuirty Professionals
    http://www.infosyssec.org/infosyssec/index.html
  • Insecure.org
    For information about computer security, nmap, hacking and Linux
    http://www.insecure.org/
  • Linux Security Audit Project
    Created to help coordinate and discuss the security and auditing of the free software available
    http://lsap.org/
  • Linux Security Forum
    A general forum that discusses general Linux security issues
    http://www.securitylinux.net/
  • LinuxPPC Security Updates
    LinuxPPC has committed to updating users of new security issues with Linux and LinuxPPC as they arise
    http://www.linuxppc.com/support/updates/security/
  • Linux Security
    Intended as a pro-Linux and Open Source site that strives to provide objective and helpful information for the general Linux and Open Source community
    http://www.linuxsecurity.com/
  • Mandrake Updates
    For announcements about security updates on Mandrake packages
    http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fupdates.php3
  • OpenSEC
    Provides a comprehensive and well-organized index of links to Free and Open Source security tools for Linux and other UNIX operating systems.
    http://www.opensec.net/
  • PGP - Pretty Good Privacy
    A high-security cryptographic software application that allows people to exchange messages with both privacy and authentication
    http://www.pgp.com/
  • Rootshell
    An archive of security exploits
    http://rootshell.com/beta/news.html
  • SANS Institute
    A cooperative research and education organization dedicated to helping security professionals, systems administrators and network administrators learn and find solutions to the various problems and challenges they face.
    http://www.sans.org/newlook/home.htm
  • Security archive
    This archive is a combination of the Bugtraq, CERT, linux-security, linux-alert, rootshell, security-discuss and security-audit mailing lists
    http://www2.merton.ox.ac.uk/~security/
  • Security Portal
    A web site and information services provider, dedicated to providing corporate security professionals with the information and resources needed to protect their networks.
    http://www.securityportal.com/
  • SuSE-Security
    http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-security/index.html

  • The Security Search Engine
    A Search Engine designed to provide Internet users with links to IT security information and resources
    http://www.securitysearch.net/
  • Trinux: A Linux Security Toolkit
    Trinux is a security-oriented distribution that boots from a single floppy and loads additional packages from additional floppies, a DOS/Ext2 partition, or from an HTTP/Web server. Trinux provides the latest versions of Open Source security tools that can be used to monitor and determine vulnerabililities in TCP/IP networks.
    http://www.trinux.org/
  • Yellow Dog Updates
    Security updates for the Yellow Dog Linux distribution
    http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/resources/errata.shtml
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