Tobias DiPasquale on Thu, 14 Mar 2002 17:43:48 -0500 |
On Thu, 2002-03-14 at 17:18, Jing Teng wrote: > Hi all, > > I am interested in system security. Can somebody give me some > recommendations on books/web site to start with? > > Thanks > Jing First, check out http://securityfocus.com and subscribe yourself to the Bugtraq mailing list, which is the premier mailing list for security issues and vulnerabilities. Next, go and check out http://linuxsecurity.com/ and read some of their newbie articles. Please refrain from reading anything by Microsoft about security; that will only serve to retard your education in security further. As a followup, you should read the Secure Programming for Linux and Unix HOWTO, which can be found here: http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Secure-Programs-HOWTO/ After you feel comfortable with that material, you should consult Bruce Schneier's excellent "Applied Cryptography" book, which can be found in any bookstore across the nation. It is excellent not only in the cryptology it discusses, but also in it's treatment of cryptography's place in security and the importance of strong protocols as well as strong crypto. For general system security practices, there are many online documents that you can use for your study. Here are just a few: http://draenor.org/securebsd/ http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Security-HOWTO.html Linux System Security: The Administrator's Guide To Open Source Security Tools, by Scott Mann (this one's a book) You'll note that I did not mention anything about securing Microshaft machines or networks. That's because this is impossible and futile to attempt. System security is a serious art, best left alone by the marketing monkeys in Redmond. Anyway, have fun with this stuff. It's some great information for you! > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements-http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug -- << T o b i a s D i P a s q u a l e >> anany@ece.villanova.edu | tdipas01@villanova.edu | toby@khenry.com Of course, in order to partially emulate an ASR-33, you could perhaps connect an IBM selectric up to your computer while running a looped recording of gunfight and an idling 58 chevy with one blown piston. For the final touch, you could replace the room's light switch with a dimmer switch and wiggle it back and forth whenever you are printing something out. -- Anonymous Coward, SlashDot, commenting about Caldera's release of some original UNIX sources Attachment:
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