Safely Setting Up CVS Pserver to Allow Anonymous Access Without Issues
This document will help you set up a more secure CVS Pserver for anonymous CVS access.
How to: Harden My Filesystem in Linux - Page 4
Find the HOWTO or step-by-step guide that you need right here.
Effective File Integrity Monitoring Techniques for Linux Systems
A Linux system can be changed without immediately looking broken. A service still starts. Users still log in. The application still responds. Then an administrator finds that an SSH setting was changed, a firewall rule file has different permissions,...
Boost Security with GnuPG: Installation and File Encryption Guide
GnuPG, an open-source tool created to enhance security ...
Implementing Comprehensive Security Strategies for KSMBD in Enterprises
Kernel SMB Daemon (KSMBD) has become essential for file...
Exploring Technology's Influence on Risk Management and Security Practices
Holistic Risk Management describes the impact of technology into the risk management world. More specifically it describes technologies effect on internal controls, process and policy in an organization when technology is introduced into areas such..
Understanding the Decline of Hacking Incidents in Linux Environments
When this paper was first released, some readers confused this paper as a comparison between Windows and Linux. That is not the case. The purpose of this paper is to make you ask the question Why is no one hacking Linux anymore?
Key Steps Required to Secure Your Linux Production Systems Effectively
This article is a practical step-by-step guide for securing Linux production systems. It shows how to meet basic security requirements for Linux systems that need to pass security audits. This guide also discusses some Linux security steps that canno
Explore Cryptlib: A Vital Toolkit for Secure Crypto Programming
cryptlib is a powerful security toolkit that allows even inexperienced crypto programmers to easily add encryption and authentication services to their software.
Protect Linux and UNIX: Security Practices for New Users
For the *nix newbie who doesn't know the basics of securing his/her box.
CERT Advisory: Insights on UDP Port Denial-of-Service Threats
CERT Advisory on UDP Port Denial-of-Service Attack.
TCP SYN Flooding and IP Spoofing Attack Insights from CERT
CERT Advisory on TCP SYN Flooding and IP Spoofing Attacks.
Defeating DoS Attacks With Ingress Filtering and Spoofing Techniques
A memo about defeating Denial of Service Attacks which employ IP source address spoofing.
Flask Security Architecture: Advancing Policy Management Flexibility
Flask is an operating system security architecture that provides flexible support for security policies.
Utilizing Chkrootkit for Effective Rootkit Detection on Linux Systems
chkrootkit is a tool to locally check for signs of a rootkit.
Explore RSBAC: An Effective Access Control Solution for Linux
RSBAC is a flexible, powerful and fast open source access control framework for current Linux kernels, which has been in stable production use since January 2000 (version 1.0.9a). All development is independent of governments and big companies, and
Linux Security Techniques: IPChains And IPTables For Protection
You will find security tips to improve your overall system security by the use of IPChains, IPTables, and TCP Wrappers. And you will learn some useful and subtle configuration options for Sendmail, Postfix, Bind, NFS and others.
Linsec TWiki: Effective Collaboration Tool for Linux Security Projects
linsec TWiki is a web-based collaboration tool for a personal project detailing security on Linux in particular, but any *NIX-ish operating system (ie. OpenBSD, Mac OS X, etc.).
Explore Knocker: The User-Friendly TCP Port Scanner for Analysis
Knocker is a simple and easy to use TCP security port scanner written in C to analyze hosts and all of the different services started on them.
Kismet: Wireless Detection And Sniffing For 802.11 Networks
Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, and 802.11g traffic.
Fast Password Cracker: John The Ripper for Unix Systems
John the Ripper is a fast password cracker, currently available for many flavors of Unix (11 are officially supported, not counting different architectures), DOS, Win32, BeOS, and OpenVMS. Its primary purpose is to detect weak Unix passwords.
Enhancing Network Security with Honeyd's Virtual Host Solutions
Honeyd is a small daemon that creates virtual hosts on a network.
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