Best websites for concise primers on essential security topics for Linux desktop users
I've been listening to some of the weekly "Security Now"
podcasts by Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte in which they
discuss a wide array of security topics pertaining to
desktop PC's running Windows. Much of this applies to
Linux boxes as well. These programs are entertaining and
informative but they're not very systematic.
I'd like to find a few websites that deal with similar
material in a more systematic fashion and that are perhaps
also geared a bit more specifically toward Linux desktop
users. What I'm looking for are fairly simple, short,
clear and well-organized up-to-date write-ups on essential
security topics such as viruses, worms and trojans,
rootkits, honey pots, firewalls, NAT routers, personal
password policy, cookies, spyware, identity theft, DDoS
attacks, WiFi security, VPN's, bittorrent security, zombie
armies, phishing and pharming, DNS poisoning, buffer
overflow, hardening systems, IDS's, port scanning, etc.
etc. They should be pitched at the level of the
intelligent computer-savvy layperson who is interested in
technical details and who has been with Linux for a year or
two or more. I wouldn't be particularly interested in dry
white papers directed at IT pros.
What are your favorite websites for this sort of material?
Robert
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