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The Peon's Guide To Secure System Development

23 November 2004

Source: "The Peon's Guide To Secure System Development" - Posted by Administrator
The approach used by this document is to instead shame developers into producing better systems.

The Unix Auditors Practical Handbook

23 November 2004

Source: "The Unix Auditors Practical Handbook" - Posted by Administrator
This handbook is meant to be a practical guide to auditing Unix. It will be kept as up-to-date as possible. The commands and filenames given here are applicable to a Sun Solaris system. However, there are cross-command references for AIX and Linux.

IP SmartSpoofing

23 November 2004

Source: "IP SmartSpoofing" - Posted by Administrator
This paper describes a new technique for spoofing an IP address with any networking application.

Practical Linux security

23 November 2004

Source: "Practical Linux security" - Posted by Administrator
IBM Clinic on Practical Linux Server Securit

How to design secure network applications based on privilege separation

23 November 2004

Source: "How to design secure network applications based on privilege separation" - Posted by Administrator
This talk describes what are the basic security functionalities under Unix needed to build privilege separation and how to use them to design more secure applications.

SSH without password:micro HOWTO

23 November 2004

Source: "SSH without password:micro HOWTO" - Posted by Administrator
This micro HOWTO tells you how to use ssh without having to type in your password everytime you use ssh.

Authentication Gateway HOWTO

23 November 2004

Source: "Authentication Gateway HOWTO" - Posted by Administrator
This HOWTO describes how to set up this gateway with Linux.

Administering Linux IPSec Virtual Private Networks

23 November 2004

Source: "Administering Linux IPSec Virtual Private Networks" - Posted by Administrator
This article will discuss some of the more advanced features of FreeS/WAN that you can leverage to implement flexible and reliable IPSec VPNs.

Using ssh Port Forwarding to Print at Remote Locations

23 November 2004

Source: "Using ssh Port Forwarding to Print at Remote Locations" - Posted by Administrator
This documentation shows you how to connect the printing systems on different networks across the Internet in a secure manner.

Understanding IDS Active Response Mechanisms

23 November 2004

Source: "Understanding IDS Active Response Mechanisms" - Posted by Administrator
Debates still rage in the developer community over which methods of detecting attackers are best, but IDS customers as a whole are satisfied with the current IDS technology. To get an edge on the competition, many of the IDS vendors are adding active