Devin Reade

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Papers and Similar Information

• Security Policies
  • Introduction to Security Policies, by Charl van der Walt
    • Part I An Overview of Policies,
    • Part II Creating a Supportive Environment,
    • Part III Structuring Security Policies, and
    • Part IV A Sample Policy
  • Network Security Policy: Best Practises White Paper (Cisco)
  • How to Develop a Security Policy White Paper
• Rivest-Lampson Simple Distributed Security Infrastructure (SDSI)
• The Open Web Application Security Project (pointers for writing secure web applications)
• Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solit-State Memory

Sites Dealing with Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Risks

• BugTraq Archives at securityfocus.com
• CERT
• www.insecure.org
• @Stake (formerly L0pht Heavy Industries)
• Risks Digest

Organizations

• Electronic Frontier Foundation

Security Products and Tools

• OpenBSD, probably the most secure operating system available.
• OpenSSH (Secure Shell)
• OpenSSL
• PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) -- a system for strong encryption of email and other message formats.
  • International PGP
  • GNU Privacy Guard
  • Keith Parkins' PGP Page
  • Mailcrypt: An Emacs Interface to PGP
• NMAP security scanner
• Firewall Toolkit
• Internet JunkBuster
• Authentication Products:
  • Stanford SRP Authentication Project (Secure Remote Password)
  • Kerberos
  • RSA Security
  • S/Key port from OpenBSD to other UNIX platforms
  • TACACS FAQ
• dm-crypt, A cryptographic device mapper for Linux
• Generating strong passphrases with Diceware

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Last Updated: 16 Mar 2006