[WEB4LIB] Computer Security Information Sources

[Brian Williams]

On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Donald Barclay wrote:

> Hypothetical situation: A senior/mid-level library manager needs to learn
> about computer security as it relates to libraries in general and to
> public-access computers in particular. This manager is neither a computer
> neophyte nor a systems expert. What books, CD-ROMs, or websites would you
> recommend for learning about the following topics?
> 
>      General computer security.
> 
>      Computer Viruses.
> 
>      Computer hacking.
> 
>      Other?
> 

Just got the interesting security poster in the mail from SANS. Try
www.sans.org. 

Also that was an interesting article in the NY Times this am, since we
just reloaded the os on one of our suns for exactly that reason (root
exploits and hacked binaries.)

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