UNIX Computing Security/References

Here are some useful references you can peruse for more in-depth information about UNIX computing security.

Books

• William R. Cheswick, Steven M. Bellovin, and Aviel D. Rubin, Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker, 2nd edition, 2003, Addison-Wesley Professional, ISBN 0-201-63466-X.

• Chris Wong, HP-UX 11i Security, 2002, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-033062-0.

• Hames Turnbull, Hardening Linux, 2005, Apress, ISBN 1590594444.

• Simson Garfinkel and Gene Spafford, Practical Unix and Internet Security, 2nd Edition, 1996, O'Reilly & Associates, ISBN 1565921488.

Articles

• Daniel Farmer and Eugene H. Spafford, "The Cops Security Checker System", Purdue University Technical Report CSD-TR-993, 1991.

External links

• Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), Carnegie Mellon University.

• Computing Indicent Advisory Capability (CIAC), U.S. Department of Energy.

Articles:

• The Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities — The Experts' Consensus, SANS

• The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security

• An Overview of Sarbanes-Oxley for the Information Security Professional