The Classification

• alert Advisories on various security vulnerabilities
• dict Dictionaries and word lists
• doc Security related documents
  • access_control Documents related to access control
  • alert Security advisories, security bulletins, patches, fixes, etc.
  • authentication Documents related to authentication
  • books+reviews Blurbs about security books, and reviews of books and software
  • commercials Documents that describe commercial packages
  • cryptology Documents related to cryptology
  • email Documents related to security and e-mail, privacy enhancement, etc.
  • equipment Documents that contain information relevant to security related equipment
  • evaluation Documents that contain information relevant to the evaluation of the security aspects of systems
  • faq Documents that contains answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
  • firewalls Documents related to Firewalls
  • forensics Documents related to software forensics
  • general Documents regarding the general aspects of security
  • genetic_algorithms Documents regarding genetic algorithms
  • guidelines Guidelines on how to keep your system secure (or securer)
  • institutional_policies Documents related to policies on various kinds of institutions.
  • intrusion_detection Documents on intrusion detection
  • law+ethics Documents on computer security and the law, and computer use/abuse and ethics.
  • maintenance Documents on software maintenance
  • misc Documents that don't fit anywhere else
  • morris_worm Papers about Robert T.'s 1988 escapade.
  • network Documents on network security
  • passwords Documents on password security
  • policy Documents on security policy
  • privacy Documents on privacy
  • rfc RFC indexes, information about RFCs and information on how to retrieve them.
  • risk Documents on risk on computers
  • social Documents on the social aspects of security and privacy
  • standards Standards and documents about standards
  • tech_tips Tech tips
  • tools Documents about various security tools
  • true_stories True Stories regarding security and privacy issues
  • trusted_systems Documents about trusted systems
  • viruses+alife Documents about viruses, anti-viruses and artificial life
• news+lists Security newsgroups and mailing lists
• patches Bug-fixes that mend security holes on various systems
• tools Software tools
  • amiga Tools for Amiga systems
    • privacy/cryptology Tools for enciphering documents, breaking ciphers, creating digital signatures, etc.
    • maintenance System maintenance
    • viruses Virus detectors and related tools.
    • tripwires Tools for installing tripwires in systems
    • misc Tools that don't fit anywhere else
  • dos Tools for DOS/PC
    • access_control Tools related to access control
    • authentication User authentication and verification
    • privacy/cryptology Tools for enciphering documents, breaking ciphers, creating digital signatures, etc.
    • firewalls Firewalls and firewall related tools and utilities
    • maintenance System maintenance
    • networking Network management tools, network browsers, network analyzers, network tools, etc.
    • integrity_checking Tools for verifying the integrity of files, file systems, etc.
    • passwords Tools for checking password, password programs, tools for breaking passwords, etc.
    • viruses Virus detectors and related tools.
    • tripwires Tools for installing tripwires in systems
    • accounting Tools for analyzing accounting information, managing user accounting, etc.
    • message_digests Message digest programs and programs related to message digests
    • shells Restricted shells and command interpreters
    • monitor_tools Tools for monitoring systems, users, resources, etc.
    • misc Tools that don't fit anywhere else
  • mac Tools for Macintosh systems
    • access_control Tools related to access control
    • authentication User authentication and verification
    • privacy/cryptology Tools for enciphering documents, breaking ciphers, creating digital signatures, etc.
    • utils Miscellaneous Utilities
    • maintenance System maintenance
    • networking Network management tools, network browsers, network analyzers, network tools, etc.
    • integrity_checking Tools for verifying the integrity of files, file systems, etc.
    • viruses Virus detectors and related tools.
    • misc Tools that don't fit anywhere else
  • unix Tools for UNIX systems
    • access_control Tools related to access control
    • authentication User authentication and verification
    • privacy/cryptology Tools for enciphering documents, breaking ciphers, creating digital signatures, etc.
    • firewalls Firewalls and firewall related tools and utilities
    • genetic_algorithms Tools and programs that use genetic algorithms and/or artificial life
    • intrusion_detection Tools for detecting intrusions or related to intrusion detection
    • penetration_testing Tools for or related to penetration testing
    • maintenance System maintenance
    • networking Network management tools, network browsers, network analyzers, network tools, etc.
    • integrity_checking Tools for verifying the integrity of files, file systems, etc.
    • passwords Tools for checking password, password programs, tools for breaking passwords, etc.
    • viruses Virus detectors and related tools.
    • X Tools for X
    • tripwires Tools for installing tripwires in systems
    • accounting Tools for analyzing accounting information, managing user accounting, etc.
    • message_digests Message digest programs and programs related to message digests
    • shells Restricted shells and command interpreters
    • file_systems Secure file systems, file system extensions and utilities related to file systems.
    • monitor_tools Tools for monitoring systems, users, resources, etc.
    • log_analysis Tools for analyzing and compressing logs and audit trails.
    • misc Tools that don't fit anywhere else

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