Open Source Solutions for Small Business Problems

Books

• Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box, by Ryan Russell, Ido Dubrawsky, FX, Joe Grand, and Tim Mullen, Syngress 2003
• Web Security, Privacy, and Commerce, by Simson Garfinkel and Gene Spafford, O’Reilly and Associates, 2nd edition 2002

Articles

• “Encrypted Root Filesystem HOWTO,” by Christophe Devine,
• Passphrase FAQ at Vanish.org

Software

• Keyring, open source encrypted password storage for Palm OS
• Jpilot, open source PIM software for Linux
• Oubliette, open source encrypted password storage for Windows
• Tripwire, open source file monitoring program for Linux (commercial for Windows)
• Chkrootkit, software for detecting rootkits in Unix-based systems,
• Spybot Search and Destroy, free proprietary software for detecting spyware in Windows
• Ad-Aware, commercial software for detecting spyware in Windows
• X-Cleaner, commercial software for detecting spyware in Windows
• GPG, open source encryption for files and email
• kgpg, open source graphical interface for GPG in KDE
• Windows Privacy Tools, open source GPG interface for Windows
• Ccrypt, open source symmetrical encryption

Web Sites

• Diceware, a system for generating random passphrases and passwords
• Security and Network Policy, an example security policy
• SANS Institute Security Newsletters
• Security Focus, regular security newsletters
• Linux Security Network newsletters

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