ACN Advisory on Windows File Sharing

http://www.umanitoba.ca/ist/security/scty_info/desktop/windows/shares.htm

 

AOL - Accessing AOL through a Corporate Firewall

http://webmaster.info.aol.com/connectivity.html

 

Ars Technica - Wireless Security Blackpaper

http://arstechnica.com/paedia/w/wireless/security-1.html

 

Building a CD Bootable Firewall

http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/March/Features646.html

 

Bypassing Personal Firewalls

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/312783

 

CERT

Deploying Firewalls
http://www.cert.org/security-improvement/...

Exploitation of Unprotected Windows Networking Shares
http://www.cert.org/incident_notes/...

Home Network Security
http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/...

Improving Security (library)
http://www.cert.org/nav/...

Intruder Detection Checklist
http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/...

Knowledge Base
http://www.cert.org/kb/

Security of the Internet
http://www.cert.org/encyc_article/...

Summaries
http://www.cert.org/summaries/

Tech Tips (library)
http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/

Trends in Denial of Service Attack Technology
http://www.cert.org/archive/pdf/... (PDF document)

 

Closing Ports

http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue68/tag/10.html

 

CS 165 - Computer Security

http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~brett/cs165_s01/cs165.html

 

Dick Hazeleger's Crash Course Packet Sniffing

http://ihost.it-mate.co.uk/.../Crash_Course_Packet_Sniffing_100.zip (direct download)

 

Dick Hazeleger's Crash Course Packet Sniffing Files

http://ihost.it-mate.co.uk/users/thl/files/PS-CC_Files.zip (direct download)

 

DSL Reports / Broadband Reports - Security FAQ

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/security

or http://www.broadbandreports.com/faq/security

 

EyeOnSecurity.org

About Sniffers - Their (Ab)use in Networks
http://eyeonsecurity.org/articles/sniffers.html

When Your Server Ends up a Warez Site
http://eyeonsecurity.org/papers/ftpscanning.html

 

Firewall Q & A

http://www.vicomsoft.com/knowledge/reference/firewalls1.html

 

Firewall - How To

http://igloo.its.unimelb.edu.au/Webmail/tips/msg00026.html

 

Firewall & Proxy Server - How To

http://okcforum.org/~markg/Firewall-HOWTO.html

 

Flexbeta - Should You Fire Your Firewall?

http://www.flexbeta.net/main/articles.php...

 

Floydman's Security Talk

http://www.geocities.com/floydian_99/

 

GRC: Gibson Research Corporation

Firewalls
http://grc.com/su-firewalls.htm

Network Bondage
http://grc.com/su-bondage.htm

 

Guidelines for Reporting Port Scan Abuse

http://www.mynetwatchman.com/scanguide.htm

 

The Hacker High School

http://www.hackerhighschool.org/

 

How Firewalls Work

http://www.secadministrator.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=20882

 

How to Read NETSTAT -AN Results

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/5077/new/netstatan.html

 

iDEFENSE — iALERT White Papers

http://www.idefense.com/papers.html

 

Improving the Security of Your Site by Breaking Into It

http://www.fish.com/security/admin-guide-to-cracking.html

 

Internet Firewalls: FAQ (Matt Curtin & Marcus J. Ranum)

http://www.interhack.net/pubs/fwfaq/

or http://www.itmweb.com/essay539.htm

 

Introduction to Intrusion Protection & Network Security

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/docs/REF/INTRO/Intrusion-INTRO/index.html

 

Introduction to Network Security (Matt Curtin)

http://www.interhack.net/pubs/network-security/

 

Intrusion Detection FAQ

http://www.sans.org/resources/idfaq/

 

ISAlliance: Common Sense Guide for Home & Individual Users

http://www.isalliance.org/resources/papers/ISAhomeuser.pdf (PDF document)

 

ISAlliance: Common Sense Guide to Cyber Security for Small Businesses

http://www.isalliance.org/resources/papers/Common_Sense_sm_bus.pdf (PDF document)

 

ISS X-Force Security Center

http://www.iss.net/security_center/

 

ITsecure.org

http://www.itsecure.org/index.php

 

Jay Beale's Linux/Unix Security Articles

http://www.bastille-linux.org/jay/security-articles-jjb.html

 

JMU Security Engineering

Microsoft File Sharing
http://www.jmu.edu/computing/info-security/...

Personal Firewalls
http://www.jmu.edu/computing/info-security/...

 

Lance Spitzner

Building Your Firewall Rulebase
http://www.spitzner.net/rules.html

Intrusion Detection
http://www.spitzner.net/ids.html

White Papers & Publications
http://www.spitzner.net/

 

Marcus J. Ranum

http://www.ranum.com/index.html

 

Markus Jansson - Tweaks & Tricks for Security & Privacy

http://www.markusjansson.net/eienbid.html

 

Navas NetBIOS FAQ

http://home.att.net/~navasgrp/tech/netbios.htm#ScopeID

 

Maximum Security (online book)

http://www.ods.com.ua/win/eng/security/Max_Security/

 

MSDN Security Glossary

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/security/Security/security_glossary.asp

 

My Firewall Page - "A Firewall is a concept..."

http://www.commontology.de/security/firewalls/fire0.html

 

MyNetWatchman - Idiot's Guide to Network Analysis

http://www.mynetwatchman.com/pckidiot/

 

Network Magazine

Firewalls
http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/...

Intrusion Detection
http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/...

Proxy Servers
http://www.networkmagazine.com/article...

 

NIH - Security FAQ's

http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/security-faqs.html

 

NIPC - 7 Simple Computer Security Tips

http://www.nipc.gov/warnings/computertips.htm

 

NIST

Computer Security Publications
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/

Guidelines On Firewalls & Firewall Policy
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/index.html
or http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-41/... (PDF document)

An Introduction to Computer Security: The NIST Handbook
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-10/
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-12/... (direct download)

Keeping Your Site Comfortably Secure: An Introduction to Internet Firewalls
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-10/
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-12/... (direct download)

Special Publication on IDS
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-10/
or http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-10/... (direct download)

 

NMRC - FAQ's

http://www.nmrc.org/pub/index.html#faq

 

NSA - Glossary of Terms Used in Security & Intrusion Detection

http://www.sans.org/resources/glossary.php

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NSA - Security Configuration Guides

http://www.nsa.gov/snac/index.cfm?MenuID=scg10.3.1

 

PC Flank

Home Page
http://www.pcflank.com/

Firewall Rulesets
http://www.pcflank.com/fw_rules_db.htm

How Can You Be Attacked?
http://www.pcflank.com/art3.htm

How To Protect Your Computer From Attacks
http://www.pcflank.com/art4.htm

PC Firewalls Roadmap
http://www.pcflank.com/art24.htm

Personal Firewalls vs Leak Tests
http://www.pcflank.com/art21.htm

Personal Firewall Tests
http://www.pcflank.com/art19.htm

What are "Ports" & "Protocols"?
http://www.pcflank.com/art2.htm

 

PC Help

File & Printer Sharing & The Internet
http://www.nwinternet.com/~pchelp/security/issues/...

What Is a Firewall?
http://www.nwinternet.com/~pchelp/security/...

 

Personal Firewalls - What They Can, and What They Cannot Do - A Non-Technical Overview

http://www.geocities.com/uzipaz/eng/pfnt.html

 

Personal Firewalls: Why They're Not Useful

cyberpunks.org - Personal Firewalls
http://cyberpunks.org/display/356/article/

FireHole
http://keir.net/firehole.html

Personal Firewall Security FAQ
http://www.fefe.de/pffaq/

SamSpade.org - Personal Firewalls Are Mostly Snake-Oil
http://classic.samspade.org/zonelog.html
or http://samspade.org/d/firewalls.html
or http://www.samspade.org/d/persfire.html

To Stealth or Not
http://www.hansenonline.net/Networking/stealth.html

"Why Your Firewall Sucks"
http://tooleaky.zensoft.com/

 

PhoneBoy's FireWall FAQ

http://www.phoneboy.com/

 

RFC ICMP Protocol Specification

ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc792.txt

 

Robert Graham's InfoSec Pubs

http://www.robertgraham.com/pubs/

Carnivore FAQ
http://www.robertgraham.com/pubs/carnivore-faq.html

FAQ: Firewall Forensics (What am I seeing?)
http://www.robertgraham.com/pubs/firewall-seen.html

FAQ: Firewall Admins Guide to Porn
http://www.robertgraham.com/pubs/firewall-pr0n.html

Hacking Lexicon
http://www.robertgraham.com/pubs/hacking-dict.html

Intrusion Detection FAQ
http://www.robertgraham.com/pubs/...

Sniffing (network wiretap, sniffer) FAQ
http://www.robertgraham.com/pubs/sniffing-faq.html

 

SamSpade.org - The Library

http://www.samspade.org/d/

 

SANS Institute Information Reading Room

http://www.sans.org/rr/index.php

 

Security for Cable Networks (DSL Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/security/

or http://www.dslreports.com/front/security/english/sec.htm

 

SecurityFocus.com

Always On, Always Vulnerable: Securing Broadband Connections
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1560

Basic Security Checklist for Home & Office Users
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1504

The Enemy Within: Firewalls & Backdoors
http://securityfocus.com/infocus/1701

Firewalls for Beginners
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1182

The Future of IDS
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1518

Home User Security: Personal Firewalls
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1750

Internet Security & Your Business - Knowing the Risks
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1194

Introduction to Security Policies, Part 1
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1193

Introduction to Security Policies, Part 2
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1473

Introduction to Security Policies, Part 3
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1487

Introduction to Security Policies, Part 4
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1497

ONLINE Library Archive
http://www.securityfocus.com/library

Preventing and Detecting Insider Attacks Using IDS
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1558

Sniffers: What They Are and How to Protect Yourself
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1549

 

SmartComputing - All About Firewalls: Protect Your PC From The Evils Of Would-Be Hackers

http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?...

 

SoftHeap Security FAQ

http://www.softheap.com/security/

 

Sponge - How to Configure a Firewall for Maximum Protection

http://www.geocities.com/yosponge/fw/fwlist.html

 

TCP/IP Protocol Directory

http://www.protocols.com/pbook/tcpip1.htm

 

Tiny & Kerio Personal Firewalls FAQ

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/security/...

 

Tiny Personal Firewall FAQ

http://clix.to/tpffaq

 

The Unofficial @Guard FAQ

http://www.cryogenius.com/atguard/atfaq.htm

 

U-G-W - The Research Lab

http://www.undergroundworld.de.vu/

 

Unofficial ShieldsUP! Forum FAQ

http://grc.com/cb-faq.htm

 

Wilders.org - Firewall Vulnerability

http://www.wilders.org/HTMLobj-1073/firewall%20vulnerability.txt

 

Windows IT Library Firewall FAQ

http://www.windowsitlibrary.com/Content/121/19/toc.html

 

WindowsITSecurity.com

How Firewalls Work
http://www.secadministrator.com/Articles/Index.cfm?...

Secure Your SOHO, Part 1
http://www.secadministrator.com/Articles/Index.cfm?..

Secure Your SOHO, Part 2
http://www.secadministrator.com/Articles/Index.cfm?...

Three Big Security Problems
http://www.windowsitsecurity.com/Articles/Index.cfm?..

 

Wireless LAN Security FAQ

http://www.iss.net/wireless/WLAN_FAQ.php

 

The WWW Security FAQ

http://www.w3.org/Security/faq/www-security-faq.html

 

ZDNet - PC Security Basics

http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/...