FOSS Network Infrastructure and Security/Further References

 FOSS Network Infrastructure and Security 

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Foreword — List of Abbreviations — Introduction to FOSS and GNU/Linux — Network Concepts and Architectures — Major Networking Functions with FOSS — Security Functions with FOSS — Network Planning — Further References — Glossary — About the Author — Acknowledgements — About APDIP — About IOSN

The most useful resource for further reading is the Internet. Here are some useful sites on the Internet.

Resources on the Web

General reading/references

a. Free Software Foundation <http://www.fsf.org>

b. IOSN <http://www.iosn.net>

c. Linux Documentation Project <http://www.ldp.org>, <http://www.linuxdoc.org>

d. Internet Standards and RFCs <http://www.faqs.org/rfcs>

e. Internet Society / NSRC Workshop Resources <http://www.ws.isoc.org>

f. Network Startup Resource Center <http://www.nsrc.org>

g. UNESCO Free Software Portal <http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_freesoft/index.shtml>

h. Networking and Information Technology Observatory <http://www.sdnp.undp.org/observatory> - click on the “open source” theme.

Linux software download and documentation

a. Source Forge <http://www.sourceforge.net>

b. Kernel .org <http://www.kernel.org>

c. Freshmeat <http://www.freshmeat.net>

d. RPMFind <http://www.rpmfind.net>

e. DNS/BIND <http://www.isc.org/bind>

f. Sendmail <http://www.sendmail.org>

g. SSL <http://www.openssl.org>

h. SSH <http://www.openssh.org>

Security-related sites

a. Security Focus <http://www.securityfocus.com>

b. CERT <http://www.cert.org>

Forums

a. Slashdot <http://www.slashdot.org>

b. Linux Online <http://www..linux.com>

Events

a. APRICOT <http://www.apricot.net>

b. NANOG <http://www.nanog.org>

c. AfNOG <http://www.afnog.org>

d. SANOG <http://www.sanog.org>

e. O’Reilly Open Source Conference <http://www.oreilly.com>

Useful mailing lists

a. ISP-Linux <http://www.isp-linux.com>

b. NANOG <http://www.nanog.org>

c. AfNOG <http://www.afnog.org>

d. SANOG <http://www.sanog.org>

e. NSP Security Mailing List <http://puck.nether.net/nsp-sec>

List of FOSS most commonly used by ISPs

Operating system

Debian Linux <http://www.debian.org>

FreeBSD <http://www.freebsd.org>

Accounting authorization authentication

Cistron Radius <http://www.radius.cistron.nl>

FreeRadius <http://www.freeradius.org>

Freeside <http://www.sisd.com/freeside>

Domain Name Server

BIND <http://www.isc.org/products/BIND>

MAIL servers and related software

Sendmail <http://www.sendmail.org>

Exim <http://www.exim.org>

CourierImap <http://www.inter7.com/courierimap>

SpamAssassin <http://www.spamassassin.org>

Majordomo <http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo>

Web -related software

Apache <http://www.apache.org>

PHP <http://www.php.net>

Proxy and caching servers

Squid <http://www.squid-cache.org>

Security-related

Iptables <http://www.netfilter.org>

Snort <http://www.snort.org>

OpenSSH <http://www.openssh.org>

OpenSSL <http://www.openssl.org>

Network management system

MRTG <http://www.mrtg.org>

Netsaint <http://www.netsaint.org>

Nmap <http://www.nmap.org>

Ntop <http://www.ntop.org>

Browsers and e-mail clients

Firefox Internet Browser <http://www.firefox.com>

Mozilla <http://www.mozilla.org>

Thunderbird E-mail Client <http://www.firefox.com>

Books

Linux Books tends to get obsolete very quickly. But they are still a handy reference, when your access to the Internet is limited.

O’Reilly Books

Practical Internet and UNIX Security

Linux in a Nut Shell

Building Secure Servers with Linux

DNS and BIND

Essential System Administration

Linux Security Cookbook

Network Troubleshooting Tools

Other O’Reilly books on FOSS are also highly recommended.

Other Books

Unix Unleashed. System Administrator’s Edition. India: Techmedia.

Special Edition - Using Linux. 3rd Edition. India: Prentice Hall of India Ltd.

Tanenbum, A. Computer Networks. Prentice Hall.

Free BSD References

The FreeBSD handbook is a full guide on FreeBSD.

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-communication.html

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking.html