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Admin's Choice - Resources for Unix administrators - Solaris system administration FAQs, articles and tips.

Adminschoice - Securing solaris OS - Details some of the focus areas for security and provides suggestions to make it strong.

AIX 4.3 Network Hardening - Recipes to secure network services on AIX. Download of scripts available.

Auditing UNIX Systems: A Case Study - This report, written as a case study, presents results of a detailed information security audit of UNIX systems that belong to a fictitious company. It illustrates an approach to performing such an examination.

Coping with the Threat of Computer Security Incidents - A primer from prevention through recovery by Russell L. Brand.

FreeBSD Handbook Security chapter - Securing FreeBSD

G A C T - Unix Passwords - To get to "ROOT" you have to have somewhere to start. For the purposes of this file, that somewhere is with the 'passwd' file.

NIST Computer Security Resource Clearinghouse - Collects and disseminates computer security information and resources to help users, systems administrators, managers, and security professionals better protect their data and systems.

Secure Programming for Linux and Unix HOWTO - Online book on software security tips.

Securing Debian HOWTO - Protecting Debian during installation and securing network services.

TPEP Frequently Asked Questions - The Computer Security Evaluation Frequently Asked Questions (V2.1)

Unix Security - Paper by Rajib K. Mitra about file permissions, daemons, stack overflows and scripts.

Unix security basics, Part 1 - Understanding file attribute bits and modes

Writing Safe Setuid Programs - Collection of papers on writing safe setuid programs by Matt Bishop.

Absence of Malice - Editorial from Dr. Dobb's Journal about Randal Schwartz's felony convictions for running Crack on unauthorized machines. (March 15, 1996)

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