Data Security Resources

Books

Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box, by Ryan Russell, Ido Dubrawsky, FX, Joe Grand, and Tim Mullen, Syngress 2003
Web Security, Privacy, and Commerce, by Simson Garfinkel and Gene Spafford, O'Reilly and Associates, 2nd edition 2002

Articles

“Encrypted Root Filesystem HOWTO,” by Christophe Devine,
Passphrase FAQ at Vanish.org

Software

Keyring, open source encrypted password storage for Palm OS
Jpilot, open source PIM software for Linux
Oubliette, open source encrypted password storage for Windows
Tripwire, open source file monitoring program for Linux (commercial for Windows)
Chkrootkit, software for detecting rootkits in Unix-based systems,
Spybot Search and Destroy, free proprietary software for detecting spyware in Windows
Ad-Aware, commercial software for detecting spyware in Windows
X-Cleaner, commercial software for detecting spyware in Windows
GPG, open source encryption for files and email
kgpg, open source graphical interface for GPG in KDE
Windows Privacy Tools, open source GPG interface for Windows
Ccrypt, open source symmetrical encryption

Web Sites

Diceware, a system for generating random passphrases and passwords
Security and Network Policy, an example security policy
SANS Institute Security Newsletters
Security Focus, regular security newsletters
Linux Security Network newsletters

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