Section A.6 URLs for Documentation

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A.6 URLs for Documentation

These contain useful, well-written documentation. Some of it is translated into languages other than English.

A.6.1 Linux Documentation

The latest Linux documentation may be obtained from the Linux Documentation Project.

www.linuxdoc.org/

The following will be especially useful. They are the "online" versions. Many also are available as PostScript or PDF from the same site.

 www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Firewall-HOWTO.html www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/IPCHAINS-HOWTO.html www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO.html www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/ISP-Hookup-HOWTO.html www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Loopback-Encrypted-Filesystem-HOWTO.html www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Mail-Administrator-HOWTO.html www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Mutt-GnuPG-PGP-HOWTO.html www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Online-Troubleshooting-HOWTO.html www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Oracle-8-HOWTO.html www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Secure-Programs-HOWTO.html www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Securing-Domain-HOWTO.html www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Security-HOWTO.html www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/VPN-HOWTO.html www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Firewall-Piercing.html www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Home-Network-mini-HOWTO.html www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Secure-POP+SSH.html www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/VPN.html file:/usr/doc/pam-0.66/html/pam-6.html   (Red Hat and derivatives) http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Net-HOWTO/index.html http://tldp.org/HOWTO/ISP-Setup-RedHat-HOWTO.html 

A.6.2 Writing Secure Programs

These are a collection of papers on writing secure programs, including safe set-UID programs. Some of them are old but useful still. As with any URL, some might no longer be available.

ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/papers/secure_programming_checklist

http://olympus.cs.ucdavis.edu/~bishop/scriv/1996-sans-tut.pdf

www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-08-1998/swol-08-security.html

www.whitefang.com/sup/

This paper discusses reviewing (auditing) code for security:

www.dnaco.net/~kragen/security-holes.html

This paper offers suggestions on writing safe set-UID programs:

http://olympus.cs.ucdavis.edu/~bishop/scriv/Bish86.pdf

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