Technical Resources

These technical resources are aimed at providing information applicable to system administrators. However, technically advanced computer users may also find this information valuable.

Configuration Guides - These guides can provide valuable assistance in the installation and configuration process, but they are usually a supplement to, not a substitute for, reading the documentation (manuals, man pages, readme files, etc) for each application.

• National Security Agency (NSA) Security Configuration Guides for a variety of items, including operating systems, applications, and network equipment - http://www.nsa.gov/snac/index.cfm
• Microsoft Windows Security Guides - including Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Exchange Server 2003. Similar guides for other Microsoft products, in addition to many other security resources are also available at the Microsoft TechNet Security site.
• Web Server installation and configuration guides - Apache and IIS.
• SANS Top 20 Vulnerabilities List - http://www.sans.org/top20/

Websites

• Security Focus - http://www.securityfocus.com/
• Internet Storm Center - http://isc.sans.org/

Mail Lists

• Various mail lists from Security Focus, including Bugtraq - http://securityfocus.org/archive
• Monthly Crypto-Gram newsletter - http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram.html

If you are aware of a useful technical resource which we do not currently have available please let us know.