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Linux Administrator's Security Guide  - https://www.seifried.org/lasg/  A comprehensive security guide aimed at administrators and users, available online in Acrobat PDF format, by Kurt Seifried.  A Short History of Cryptography  - http://www.all.net/books/ip/Chap2-1.html  A brief historical analysis of the management of cryptography.  Linux Firewall Howto  - http://www.Linux-Sec.net  Firewall HOWTO collection, ids, nids, hardening, penetration testing, auditing  Introduction to Linux Networking and Security  - http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds6-1/linuxsec.html  Brief introduction to the IP networking services, how to configure them, and how to set up a relatively secure Linux workstation. Published in ACM Crossroads, the ACM student magazine.  A Simple Scheme to Make Passwords Based on One-Way Functions Much Harder to Crack  - ftp://ftp.cs.arizona.edu/reports/1994/TR94-34.ps  Discusses the possibility that crackers might generate and distribute a massive list of encrypted passwords.  YoLinux: Internet Server Security HowTo and Tutorial  - http://yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialInternetSecurity.html  This tutorial covers the installation and use of hacker protection software such as Portsentry, tripwire, ssh. It also covers configuration and administration steps to make a Linux server secure against hackers.  Linuxs security basics  - http://www.itworld.com/Man/3872/lw-01-security/  How to achieve the goal of every system admin: boring, predictable computers  Installing a firewall, Part 1  - http://www.itworld.com/Sec/2211/LWD111010fwinstall1/  Get the details of a secure Trustix 1.1 installation  Ritter's Crypto Glossary and Dictionary of Technical Cryptography  - http://www.ciphersbyritter.com/GLOSSARY.HTM  Hyperlinked definitions and discussions of many cryptographic, mathematics, logic, statistics, and electronics terms used in cipher construction and analysis.  Rusty's Remarkably Unreliable Guides  - http://www.samba.org/netfilter/unreliable-guides/  Netfilter project provides HOWTOs for packet filtering, NAT and netfilter code hacking for Linux.  Securing NIS  - http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/doug/nis.html  Provides a checklist on how to secure UNIX/Linux NIS (formerly YP) services in an intranet environment.  Setting up a secure Linux server  - http://www.fiveanddime.net/ss/secureserver.html  Setting up a secure Linux server using RedHat and the Linux From Scratch system.  Linux Security White Papers  - http://www.ists.dartmouth.edu/IRIA/knowledge_base/  A small collection of Linux security white papers and other information resources. The papers cover secure shell (ssh), host security, and firewalls.  Network Security Information: UNIX  - http://secinf.net/unix_security/  Network Security Library has links to many UNIX (and, especially, Linux) security articles on host hardening, security admin guides, and special purpose hardening tips.  UnOfficial SELinux FAQ  - http://www.crypt.gen.nz/selinux/faq.html  A technical FAQ for the NSA SELinux project, which covers installation and implementation issues.  Firewalling and Proxy Server HOWTO  - http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Firewall-HOWTO.html  Teaches the basics of firewall systems and give you some detail on setting up both a filtering and proxy firewall on a Linux based PC, by Mark Grennan.  Using Term to Pierce an Internet Firewall  - http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Term-Firewall/  Tutorial on using 'term' to do network stuff through a TCP firewall that you're not supposed to be able to, by Barak Pearlmutter.  Secure POP via SSH mini-HOWTO  - http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Secure-POP+SSH.html  Explains how to set up secure POP connections using ssh, by Manish Singh.  Linux Security HOWTO  - http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Security-HOWTO/  Security issues that face the administrator, security philosophy, examples of how to secure the system from intruders.  Linux IPCHAINS-HOWTO  - http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/IPCHAINS-HOWTO.html  Describes how to obtain, install and configure the enhanced IP firewalling chains software for Linux, and how they might be used, by Paul Russell.  Linux Bridge+Firewall Mini-HOWTO  - http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bridge+Firewall.html  A tutorial on how to setup a bridge and a firewall with Linux, by Peter Breuer.  Firewall Piercing mini-HOWTO  - http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Firewall-Piercing/  Tutorial on using ppp over telnet to do network stuff transparently through an Internet firewall. (François-René Rideau)