Security DesignLine Tech Library

Software security

Smashing the stack for fun and profit—the classic guide to the classic exploit, courtesty Phrack.

The Hacker Crackdown. Bruce Sterling's landmark book on early hacker culture, in E-text.

Recognizing and recovering from rootkit attacks.

Hidden backdoors, trojan horses and rootkit tools in a Windows environment

Software piracy protection & security. Aladdin's page on the subject.

Cloakware secure software. A vendor site. Cloakware does software obfuscation.

A taxonomy of obfuscating transformations. Paper on code obfuscation.

Secure networking

Understanding the IPSec protocol suite. Thorough white paper on the subject.

Ronald L. Rivest: Cryptography and security. A great page of links from the R in RSA.

IPsec: RFCs and how-to. Nice, older digest of documents.

Nortel: Security. A vendor's site.

Secure Networking with OpenSSH. Linux admin portal page.

Transport Layer Security (TLS) Charter. The IETF TLS working group's site.

Biometrics

Biometrics. The US DOD's page on biometrics. Good tutorials.

BiometriTech. A newsletter.

Q&A on facial recognition. Good introduction.

Iris and retinal identification. High level white paper.

Iris recognition overviewBrief LG page on the subject. Good, high-level.

Mobile security

GSM, Bluetooth, WiFi & CDMA Mobile Phone Security. Site on hacking mobile devices.

F-Secure: Mobile Security Solutions. Vendor site.

Mobile Security Issues and Solutions. About.com's site.

Protecting Road Warriors: Managing Security for Mobile Users part 1 and part 2. Bob Rudis' essay from May 2004.