July 1991
Site Security Handbook
Status of this Memo
This handbook is the product of the Site Security Policy Handbook
Working Group (SSPHWG), a combined effort of the Security Area and
User Services Area of the Internet En... ors
The following are the authors of the Site Security Handbook. Without
their dedication, this hand
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September. AT&T Corporate Information Security informed of
Prophet's action.
October. Bellcore Security informed of Prophet's action.
1989
January. P... rce arrests Knight Lightning.
February 20. AT&T Security shuts down public-access
"attctc" c... ch millionaires, and game
hobbyists, and computer security experts, and Secret Service
agents, and grifters,
IMPROVING THE SECURITY OF YOUR UNIX SYSTEM
David A. Curry, Systems Programmer
... INTRODUCTION
1.1 UNIX SECURITY
The UNIX operating system, altho... e
in environments concerned about security, was not really
designed with security in mind [Ritc75]. This does not mean
ercent (%) Command Sets
Appendix D--Dial Security/Remote Access
Dial Security
Remote Access
Appendix E--Troubleshooting
Appendix F--Synchrono... and tables
* Alphabetical Command Summary
* Dial Security operations
* Troubleshooting
* Online synchronous... ols. See
Appendix F for more information.
Dial Security
With Dial Security, you will be able to prevent u
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:back door: n. A hole in the security of a system deliberately left
in place by desi... y have
qualified as the most fiendishly clever security hack of all time.
The C compiler contained cod... flaming death}.
:crack root: v. To defeat the security system of a UNIX machine and
gain {root} privi... eby; see {cracking}.
:cracker: n. One who breaks security on a system. Coined ca. 1985
by hackers in de
ications, Datacommunications, Computer & Physical Security/Insecurity
and the various technical aspects of t... th 17 K
03 Identifying and Defeating Physical Security and Lex Luthor 23 K
Intrusion Dete... ar
numbers by using this service.
This is a security that's hard to beat, but of course there is a way... , Defeating, and Bypassing
Physical Security and Intrusion Detection Systems
ct claims that
they were given the article by MCI Security who recently discovered it on a
bulletin board. ... g is so much more satisfying. No matter how many security codes
and precautions are taken, as long as one p... /Out Ticket
Vault Book Entry
Bank Security Film
Copy of CTR
Bank transactions must ... te approved identification or passport and social
security cards. Bank Security Film is kept on file, so it
there were 335 incidents with 8 prosecutions.18 Security
spent on prevention of computer ... systems, by either detecting flaws in security measures or
detecting other viruses.... t the attack showed
the need for more security in computers while there were 10
le... way to raise consciousness concerning computer security.51
Alan Solomon, a consultant who speci
the program. The paper contains a
review of the security flaws exploited by the worm program, and
gives s... . Although UNIX has long been known to have some
security weaknesses \(cf. [Ritc79], [Gram84], and [Reid87]... e problems. On
November 8, the National Computer Security Center held a
hastily-convened workshop in Balti... perience to date has
been only with that form of security problem. This usage has been
reinforced by quote
al FEH Warez Supplier: X
Official FEH telco security: Dale Drew
Official FEH distribution: D... e report. Prior to that I
worked in the Computer Security Branch as the Virus/Pc expert. In that
capacity ... aken from a shop where I was doing communications
security due to my extensive knowledge of p.c.s and my dec... computers. They needed someone to
handle Network Security who could do tiger team actions and monitor our