Security Websites

Information collected from many sources: feature articles, advisories, news, documentation, forums, links.

Known vulnerabilities on the Linux system with detailed description.

Companion Website to Hacking Linux Exposed, Osborne/McGraw-Hill. Source code from the book, updates, and other tools to secure your Linux system.

A kernel module that detects and stops overflow attacks, like Linux Buffer Overflow attack security, which aim to get an interactive access to the system.

Not only does it encrypt data, it also hides it such that it cannot be proved to be there.

This site on Linux and security covers firewalls (iptables), intrusion detection systems (snort), securing services, and Linux security in general. The aim is to provide information about protection, detection, and reaction with respect to attacks.

Designed for System Administrators, to handle user logins for several computers running Linux. It works with a console interface, based on the CDK library that uses ncurses. Import data from csv files and export to text files with a free definable format.

National Security Agency research project, to modify the Linux kernel with enhanced security-related functions, including mandatory access controls. Now included in modern Linux kernels.