Links

Here a collection of links, tips and tricks is being developed, to propagate linux as THE operating system for firewalls.

At the moment there are at least ten different Linux firewalls in the German-speaking countries, all more or less commonly used.

I will gladly accept new entries, please mail me your suggestions: fbit@fbit.de

Links marked with (MD) have been supplied by Markus Döhr.

 

Security, Encryption anf Firewall Links

 

Government, Universities or Private Links with no direct Commercial Interests


www.cert.org

Cert Coordination Center - Collects data on intrusion possibilities in operating systems and their thwarting.

 

www.cert.dfn.de - German pendant to CERT/CC, additional information on high speed firewalls.

Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams - Collects information on system vulnerability and counter-measures.

Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik - Trainig and Certification.

Die deutsche Site zum Thema freie Firewall

www.ssleay.org - e.g. allows SSL on Apache with 128 bit Encryption.

Security and Encryption-related Resources and Links (MD)

www.cas.unt.edu/~john/projects.html (MD) Logging and Security Project - Tools for protocol file generation/analysis.

www.rootshell.com (MD) THE security site - source code for patching OS/Programs, as well as in most cases the matching exploits.

come.to/UHA  (MD) Use at your own risk (UH means United Hackers).

 

www.insecure.org/ (MD) As the name implies - technical details about weak spots in operating systems and IP-protocols.

 

oliver.efri.hr (MD) updated almost daily - latest bugs in operating sytems/protocol stacks.

 

ftp://ftp.franken.de - Collection of crypto software.

 

www.waterw.com - up-to-date list with many firewall products and suppliers.

 

Consultants, Suppliers, Companies with Commercial Interests

www.checkpoint.com - Market leader in firewalls.

www.kryptokom.de - German maunfacturer of Internet Security products.

www.biodata.de - German manufacturer of Internet Provisioning and Security products.

www.rsa.com - Commercial Encryption hard- and software.

www.nai.com - Market leader in virus scanners (McAfee and Dr. Solomon)

www.icsa.net - Link list for authentification, encryption, network security, security policies.

www.zeuros.co.uk - Overview: what is a firewall.

www.infowar.co.uk (MD) Security scanner for firewall systems (there is more than Satan/Saint).

itrac.bourg.net (MD) Security Site - not regularly updatet.

www.technotronic.com (MD) Internet security.

 

www.repsec.com (MD) DoS - Denial of Service database - information on operating systems, routers, misconfigurations etc.

 

Linux Links


linux.dynamis.de (MD) Linux news in German.

www.linuxtoday.com (MD)

www.linux-verband.de (MD) German Linux association - news about Linux.

 

www.de.kernel.org - Kernel and patches.

 

ftp.uk.linux.org - Kernel pre-patches.

www.little-idiot.de/firewall/ - Very comprehensive handbook for the Sinus firewall, very good introduction.

www.linuxhq.com - Comments, further links to the kernel.

 

Interesting Links that are not Related to Security or Encryption


www.netcraft.com  (MD) Analysis on the usage of operating systems/web server software. Web server check.