Systems Administration - Start Page

MUST HAVE

• Security Links
  


• Linux Shortcuts and reference
  


• Ugrading the Linux Kernel


• Basic Linux Firewall Configuration


• Network-Related References here


• Controlling Access to Services on your Server: here


• TCPWrappers: here


• TCP Wrappers here


• OpenSSH here


• System Configuration here


• Gnome-RPM Package Management: here


• Package Management: here



• Getting Started with Gnu Privacy Guard here


• Network File System (NFS) here



• Kerberos
• HOW TO: Recovering from rootkit attacks.
  

• Information on RAID: here
• SECURITY
  
• Linux Security: here
• Recognizing and Recovering from Rootkit Attacks, by David O'Brien, published in Sys Admin 5(11) (November 1996), pp. 8-20.
• CHKROOTKIT
• check-ps, by Duncan Simpson, is a program that is designed to detect rootkit versions of ps that fail to tell you about selected processes.
• Enhancing Security of Unix Systems
• comp.security.unix Newsgroup FAQs
• comp.os.linux.security FAQ
• Linux Security Documentation
• LASG -- Linux Administrators Security Guide
• Linux Security HOWTO

• RESPONSE
  
• Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) FAQ
• A Common Language for Computer Security Incidents
• CSIRT Resources (Portuguese and English)

PHP
PHP Ten Security Checks

• Part 1
• Part 2

DATABASE

• Upgrading MySQL from 4.1: here

Secure Programming

• Secure Programming for Linux and Unix HOWTO
• Secure Programming
• Secure Unix Programming Checklist
• Secure UNIX Programming FAQ
• Writing secure CGI scripts
• The Software Security Project
• Splint - Secure Programming Lint
• A presentation by Frederic Raynal on secure programming methods
• Secure Programming in PHP
• Selected Articles on Secure Programming
• Books, papers and articles from the appendix of the book "Secure Coding: Principles and Practices"
  

RFC:
RFC 2828: Internet Security Glossary
RFC 2196: Site Security Handbook