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Mike's Computer Resources
Computer Information Resources
This page provides some starting points for exploration, with an
emphasis on computers.
If you have suggestions for additions to this list, please send mail to
mikep@rubberchickencult.ca.
On this page:
[General]
[Security]
[Spam]
[Networking]
[Nameservice (DNS / 'named')]
[Time Service (NTP / 'xntpd')]
[IPv6]
[WWW Info]
[Unix Info]
[Sun Info]
[SGI Info]
[HP Info]
[Windows 9x/2000/XP Info]
[MSDOS Info]
[USENET News Info]
[UPS Info]
[Network and Systems Management Info]
[Database Info]
- CERT Coordination Center
- Canadian CERT Coordination Center
- CERT Security Tools
(COPS, Crack, Tripwire, etc)
- Security sweeps
- Security Faq
- AUSCERT UNIX Security Checklist
- SANs/FBI "The Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities -- The Experts' Consensus"
- Department of Energy Cyber Incident Response Capability
(was Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC))
- Internet Storm Center
- COAST Homepage
- NIH Computer Security Information
- World Wide Web Security FAQ
- Worm FAQ
- Altruism Computer Services - The Computer Security Specialists
- Center for Internet Security
- Trojan Port List
- Computer Cops
- Felix Uribe's List of the Best 100 Websites in Computer and Information Security
- Prolexic
(DDoS attack info/remediation, zombie report)
- Computerworld Security Update (alert list)
- Cybercrime-Alerts (alert list)
- DHS/IAIP Daily Open Source Report (alert list)
- Information Security This Week (alert list)
- NewsBits (alert list)
- RISKS (alert list)
- SANS NewsBites (alert list)
- SC Infosecurity Opinionwire (alert list)
- Network World Virus and Bug Patch Alert (alert list)
- Clam AntiVirus
- MailScanner
(Open source virus/spam filter)
- Gabriel (a SATAN detector)
- LSOF
(list processes using open files/sockets - AIX version)
- S/KEY
- SATAN
(Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks)
- Security Auditor's Research Assistant (SARA)
(network security analysis tool - network scans, back-door checks)
- SSH (Secure Shell)
- MindTerm (SSH client in Java)
- AppGate MindTerm (U/T Comp Sci)
(SSH access to U/Toronto systems via Java applet for browser)
- TCP Wrappers
- Tiger
- SAINT
(Security Administrator's Integrated Network Tool - security audit)
- Sentry Tools
(PortSentry - port scan detector;
HostSentry - host based intrusion detection;
LogSentry - system log monitoring (formerly Logcheck);
entire package formerly called Abacus Project tools, then Psionic TriSentry; open-sourced by Cisco)
- MU Copies of Various Acceptable Use Policies
- UCLA Smurf Attack Notes
- Simon Fraser University Smurf Attack Notes
- RFC 2267
- CERT Smurf Notes
- CERT Denial of Service Notes
(October 2001, PDF)
- Smurf Resources
(Craig A. Huegen, Cisco)
- Computer Security at Concordia
(Past Problems, Proposed Plans, by Anne Bennett and Michael J. Assels)
- Know Your Enemy
(The Attack of the Script Kiddie; also other security-related whitepapers)
- The Honeynet Project
- Fighting Internet Worms With Honeypots
- Yet Another Solaris Security package
(or "http://yassp.parc.xerox.com/")
- Center for Internet Security - Securing Solaris 10
- comp.os.linux.security FAQ
- Bastille-Linux Scripts to Secure Linux
- AntiOnline
(hacker / anti-hacker tools and references)
- RootShell
(hacker / anti-hacker tools and references)
- Nmap
(Network Mapper)
- Snort
(intrusion detection system)
- Nessus
(remote security scanner)
- Snort - Nessus Integration
(intrusion detection / remote security scanner)
- Whisker
(web server security scanner)
- Systrace
(enforces system call policies for applications)
- Tattle
(SSH attack complaint generator)
- Using Ring Buffers For Packet Capture
- Improving Security on Cisco Routers
- Cisco IOS Security Notes for ISPs
- Characterizing and Tracing Packet Floods Using Cisco Routers (DOS attacks, SYN floods, etc)
- UTNOS WWW Server Welcome Page
- Chkrootkit
(works on almost all Unix-like systems)
- Sircam Worm
- HTTP attacks - Code Red
- HTTP attacks - NIMDA
- Klez.* Worm - Removal Tool
- Mystery Surrounds Cyber Missile That Crippled Iran's Nuclear Weapons Ambitions
(Stuxnet worm)
- Windows Security Checklist (revised), by Larry Stevenson, aka Prince_Serendip:
- Firewalls and Antivirus Applications For Basic Protection
- To Do and Do Not
- Safe at Any Speed Online
- Securing Your Network Configuration or Home LAN Security
- Are Cookies Really GUID for You?
- Invisible Internet Browsing or Talk to the Proxy
- HOSTS: Blocking Unwanted Web Sites, Malware and Ads
- IM Insecure
The following measures have been taken to reduce
(eliminate if possible) the use of systems I manage from receiving
e-mail spam.
I have filters at the initial SMTP connection, and
the "MAIL FROM:"/"RCPT TO:" addresses are checked
for validity.
Other useful anti-spam links:
- Spam FAQ: How to Trace Phoney E-mail & Posts
- The FAQs About Unsolicited Bulk E-mail
- Fight Spam on the Internet!
- How To Reduce Spam
(U.S. Federal Trade Commission)
- SMTP Relay Test
- Open Relay Blackhole Zones
(known open mail relays, accessible via DNS)
- Open Relay DataBase
(known open mail relays, accessible via DNS)
- Network Abuse Clearinghouse
(ISP contact addresses, forwarding of spam complaints)
- Directory of Spam-Fighting Information and Resources
(includes a list of websites advertized in (supposedly) third-party spam)
- Internet Mail Relay Services Survey Project
- Vicomsoft Reference Page
- Berkeley Technology Law Journal
(the legal perspective, U.S.-centric)
- California Anti-Spam Law Passed
- Unix Sendmail
(with anti-spam notes)
- Unix Sendmail and Spam Notes
(from Performance Computing magazine)
- Alternate relay patches for Unix Sendmail
- Unix Sendmail on Solaris Notes
(uses above alternate anti-relay patch)
- University of Toronto
(Unix Zmailer)
- University of Western Ontario
(Unix Sendmail, spammer list)
- Greg Woods / Planix
(TCP Wrappers, Sendmail, spammer list)
- L-Soft
(LISTSERV spam filter, general info on spam)
- PMDF
(PMDF spam/relay filter - VMS, DEC OSF/1, Solaris)
- Ross Rader's Spam Filters
(covers Eudora Lite, Microsoft Mail, Pegasus)
- Toronto Star "Fast Forward" Spam Filters
(covers Eudora Lite, Microsoft Mail, Outlook 97/Outlook Express,
Netscape Communicator 4, Pegasus)
- Realtime Blackhole List (RBL)
- Broomstick Net Services Spam Rejection Lists
- Spam Filter in Perl
(checks both header and body)
- Test for an Open Mail Relay
(under "SMTP Relay Check")
- Asian Spam Notes
- Spam Prevention Early Warning System (SPEWS)
- VISI.com Relay Stop List (RSL)
- SpamAssassin
(uses rules / Bayesian learning)
- SpamAssassin Rule Emporium
(custom add-on rules for SpamAssassin)
- URIBL
(URI blacklist - can be incorporated into SpamAssassin)
- CRM114 Discriminator
- DSPAM Statistical Spam Protection
- BogoFilter
(uses Bayesian probability analysis)
- OpenRBL DNSBL Lookup
(check multiple DNS spam blacklists for a host/IP)
- Black List Check
- List of Known RBL-Type Services
- SMTP Relay Test
- Why Am I Getting All This Spam?
- Mail Filtering At 'ACME.COM'
(excellent set of notes on handling millions of spam messages per day - Sendmail-centric but ideas portable to other mail servers)
- USG Technical Notes
(Anti-spam)
- Dave Barry on Spam :-)
- UofT Network Administration Tools (New Version)
- CA Domain Names
(Canadian Internet Registration Authority)
- CA*net 3 Internet Routing Registry (IRR)
- InterNIC Directory and Database Services Home Page
- InterNIC Whois Service
- ARIN Home Page
(American Registry for Internet Numbers)
- RIPE Home Page
(Reseaux IP Europeens)
- RIPE Whois Service
- APNIC Home Page
(Asia Pacific Network Information Center)
- JPNIC Whois Gateway
(Japanese Network Information Center)
- KRNIC Whois Gateway
(Korean Network Information Center)
- LACNIC Whois Gateway
(Latin American / Caribbean Network Information Center)
- TWNIC Whois Gateway
(Taiwan Network Information Center)
- AfriNIC Whois Gateway
(African Network Information Center)
- IP <-> Country Database
- Domain Name Lookup
- DNS Resources Directory
- Subnet Mask Calc | Routing | Network/Node Calc | IP Address Converter | Nslookup | Traceroute | Trace Resources | DNS
(mobrien.com)
- Aggis
(CIDR conversion / subnet mask calculator)
- IPAddressGuide
(IP conversion/lookups, URL deobfuscator, ping/traceroute,
geographic locator, HTML checker)
- Understanding IP Addressing
- TCP/IP Tutorial and Technical Overview
(IBM)
- Mastering Networks - Internet Lab Manual
- Protocols for WAN, LAN, ATM Data Communications
(includes details of packet/frame structure)
- Ethernet -- Access to Ethernet (IEEE 802.3) Information
- Ethernet Codes master page
- Ethernet Codes
- Ethernet OUI master list
(IEEE)
- OUI and company_id Assignments (public)
- InterNet International Ad Hoc Committee
(Internet Society (ISOC),
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA),
Internet Architecture Board (IAB),
Federal Networking Council (FNC),
International Telecommunication Union (ITU),
International Trademark Association (INTA),
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO))
- Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
- International E-mail Accessibility
- Domain name registries around the world
- Portmaster Home Page
(was Livingston Enterprises)
- N2H2 Internet Products and Information
- Portmaster users mailing-list
- WHNet Livingston ftp area
- MSGNet Utility Archive:Portmaster
- RADIUS Installation and Operation
- Cisco Connection Online
- Cisco Technical Tips, Field Notices, and News Releases
- Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Notes
- Using the Border Gateway Protocol for Interdomain Routing
- Cisco IOS Software Documentation Disc
- Undocumented Cisco IOS Commands
- Network Computing Online
- AL's WINSOCK TUNING FAQ
- Networking Tools, Software, and Information
(Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center)
- Remote Access Technology
- SNIPS
(System & Network Integrated Polling Software - host/service/network monitor)
- ADSL Forum
- ADSL
- xDSL News - TeleChoice Inc.
- Time Service Dept - U.S. Naval Observatory
- Keynote/Boardwatch Internet Backbone Speed Index
- The North American Fiber Highway System
- Tracerouter.ORG
- Tracerouters Around The World
- MonitorHost.Com
(free monitoring service, traceroute, ping, dnsquery, whois, speed check).
- NetConfigs - Network & Internet Management Resources
- CA*Net 3 BGP route looking glass
- CA*Net 3 Multicast route looking glass
- CA*Net 3 MPLS looking glass
- Atlas of Cyberspaces
- Peacock Maps of the Internet
- NLANR Multicast Beacon
- The Last Page
:-)
- NCSA httpd Overview
- Apache HTTP Server Project
- HTML Documentation Table of Contents
- ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) Characters List
- Index of /HTMLdocs/
- Robots.txt Ultimate Guide
- Squid Proxy Server
(caching proxy server, freeware)
- PERL
- BrowserTune2000
(browser tests)
- Timo Salmi's Home Page
(WWW GIF labels; Garbo shareware, freeware and public domain programs)
- Clipart.Com
Clipart, font, photo and web graphic links, ranked by traffic and quality.
- Absolutely Free Clipart
- gograph
(clipart, photos, symbols, animated GIFS; in German)
- Background Textures Archive
- Conditions for Computer Use
Computer usage policy.
- Jason Smith's TechnoCycle WWW Pages
- Sympatico Web Site Building Resources
- WebMonkey Web Developers Resources
(How-To Library)
- ZDNet Web Site Building Resources
(Javascript, cascading style sheets)
- HTML Goodies Resources
(primers and tutorials on all aspects of HTML)
- Infohiway Javascript Site
- CNET Builder.com - web authoring
- Creating Killer Websites
(David Siegel)
- Web Site Garage (Netscape)
(browser compatibility check, link check, spell check, design check)
- Doctor HTML Web Page Analysis
(HTML validation, structure analysis, link check, spell check)
- NetMechanic
(HTML validation, image size reduction, link check, server speed check)
- World Wide Web Security FAQ
- World Wide Web Consortium Validation Service
(HTML 4.0 validation)
- SITEINSPECTOR.COM
(HTML validation, HTML and style editors)
- Andrew Ford - Apache command summary
- Netcraft Web Server Survey
- List of MIME types
- Stokely Consulting
(General Unix and Web info)
- The Chicken's Guide To Search Engines
Notes on WWW search engines, courtesy of e-mail/spam from
The Did-it Team,
supposedly about inside information revealed in "Did-it's
Search Engine Secrets:"
Alta Vista - References first 30 words on page for description unless
you use META TAGS. Alta Vista determines the priority of matches by
indexing the words closest to the beginning of the front page.
Infoseek Indexes the first 200 characters of your site after the HTML
<BODY> tag unless you use META TAGS in the creation of your site.
Your description can include up to 200 characters of text.
The Lycos engine compares each page to your query and gives higher
scores to pages that contain the words as you typed them into your
Web Site. It also looks for pages that mention these words early on,
rather than far down.
Yahoo searches for words in URL, title & description (<25 words) YOU
ENTERED when submitting URL!
Webcrawler - Webcrawler computes its confidence rating by considering
how many times the terms in your search occur in that document. The
more frequent, the more relevant.
- Mike's Windoze 9X/2000/XP Goodies
(system configuration notes; useful tools for packet sniffing,
process monitoring, spyware removal, firewalls)
- Micro$oft Windows Home
- Windows Update
- Micro$oft Download Center
- Micro$oft Windows 98 Download Center
- Qfecheck/Qfechkup To Verify Installed Patches For Windows 2000/XP
- Qfecheck/Qfechkup To Verify Installed Patches For Windows 98
- Qfecheck/Qfechkup To Verify Installed Patches For Windows 95
- Cygwin
(UNIX environment for Windows)
- MS Security Bulletin Synopsis and Reference Table
- Annoyances.org
(Windows Problems/Solutions/Discussion)
- Task List Programs
- Version Tracker
(Windows / MacOS / PalmOS applications and drivers)
- WindowsReinstall.com
(install, upgrade , reinstall , repair , troubleshoot and fix Microsoft Windows 95/98/2000/XP)
- Windows XP Superguide
(Windows95/98/2000/XP)
- Windows Messaging Service
(how to block pop-up ads and other attacks via SMB)
- 7 Things Your Company's IT Department Doesn't Want You to Know
(safe and legal ways to circumvent some companies restrictions on PC use)
- Thirteen Simple Ways to Bring Order to Your Inbox"
(tips for Microsoft Outlook 2003, Outlook Express 6, and Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 to help manage e-mail)
- Bob Cerelli's Windows Page
- Windows NT and 2000 Tips and Tricks
(Learning Tree International)
- Windows 98 Tips - General / Utilities
- Windows 95 Configuration Help Page
- Running DOS programs and games with Windows 95
- Windows 95 OSR2 FAQ
- Low Free Conventional Memory with OEM Service Release 2
- How to Troubleshoot Windows 95 shutdown problems
- Tony's Win 95 Stuff
- Another Windows 95 Links and Resources Page
- Other Useful Windows 95 Information Sites
- AnalogX PortBlocker
(firewall / connection monitor)
- BlackICE Defender
(firewall / connection monitor)
- ConSeal PC Firewall
(firewall / connection monitor)
- eSafe Protect Desktop
(firewall / connection monitor)
- Internet Guard Dog
(firewall / connection monitor)
- Internet Firewall 98 For Personal Computers
(firewall / connection monitor)
- Internet Firewall 2000 For Personal Computers
(firewall / connection monitor)
- LockDown 2000
(firewall / connection monitor)
- McAfee.com Personal Firewall
(firewall / connection monitor)
- NetWatcher 2000
(firewall / connection monitor)
- Norton Internet Security
(firewall / connection monitor)
- Norton Personal Firewall
(firewall / connection monitor)
- PC Viper
(firewall / connection monitor)
- PGP Desktop Security
(firewall / connection monitor)
- SOS Best Defense
(firewall / connection monitor)
- SPHINX Personal Firewall
(firewall / connection monitor)
- WinRoute Pro
(firewall / connection monitor)
- WRQ AtGuard
(firewall / connection monitor)
- ZoneAlarm
(firewall / connection monitor) [Freeware]
- Sygate
(firewall / connection monitor)
- Ad-Aware
(detects / removes advertising-based software) [Freeware]
- Spybot S&D
(detects / removes spy/advertising-based software) [$5 donation requested]
- PestPatrol
(detects / removes hacker, remote administration and DDoS attack creation tools, spyware, trojans, key loggers) [Commercial]
- Understanding firewall reports, a real world primer
- Another helpful firewall site
- MindTerm (SSH client in Java)
- AppGate MindTerm (U/T Comp Sci)
(SSH access to U/Toronto systems via Java applet for browser)
- Win32 port of GNU utilities
- BMdrivers.com - Windows 95 Device Driver Info
- Device Drivers
- BIOS / Device Drivers
- DriverFiles.net
- The PC Guide
- The Home PC LAN Guide
(home networking made easy)
- Gibson Research Corporation
(Shields UP! - Internet Connection Security)
- DocMemory
(extensive memory tester)
- Memtest86
(extensive memory tester)
- Filtech Computers
(439 Spadina Ave, Toronto, Canada M5T 2G6; 416-204-9904)
- OTA Computers
(326 College St, Toronto, Canada M5T 1S3; 416-922-1177)
- Sonnam Computers
(457 Spadina Ave, Toronto, Canada M5S 2G7; 416-598-0557)
- Converting Unix to Windows
(Microsoft white paper on converting HotMail from FreeBSD to Windows 2000)
- FOOT-AND-MOUTH BELIEVED TO BE FIRST VIRUS UNABLE TO SPREAD THROUGH MICROSOFT OUTLOOK
(satire :-) )
This page is maintained by Mike Peterson,
mikep@rubberchickencult.ca.
Created January 15, 1997. Last updated September 13, 2018.
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