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Most of the computer security white papers in the Reading Room have been written by students seeking GIAC certification to fulfill part of their certification requirements and are provided by SANS as a resource to benefit the security community at large. SANS attempts to ensure the accuracy of information, but papers are published "as is". Errors or inconsistencies may exist or may be introduced over time as material becomes dated. If you suspect a serious error, please contact webmaster@sans.org.

Featuring 30 papers as of Jul 9, 2008

Is Internet Explorer More Secure than FireFox?: Larry Fortier; October 1, 2007; - download paper

OS and Application Fingerprinting Techniques: Jon Mark Allen; September 27, 2007; - download paper

Security Implications of the Virtualized Data Center: Alan Murphy; June 19, 2007; - download paper

Port Knocking: Beyond the Basics: Dawn Isabel; May 17, 2005; - download paper

Linux Repository Server: Implementing and Hardening Step by Step: Alexandre Teixeira; May 5, 2005; - download paper

Linux Repository Server: Implementing and Hardening Step by Step: Alexandre Teixeira; March 9, 2005; - download paper

Meeting the challenges of automated patch management: John Walther; September 16, 2004; - download paper

Metrics for Operational Security Control: Richard Cambra; August 15, 2004; - download paper

Protecting Students in the Public School Environment: John Decker; July 25, 2004; - download paper

Operating System Build Management in the Enterprise: Duncan Beattie; April 8, 2004; - download paper

Options for Secure Personal Password Management: Hugh Ranalli; December 14, 2003; - download paper

Role-Based Access Control: The NIST Solution: Hazen Weber; December 13, 2003; - download paper

Implementing the "Just-enough Privilege" Security Model: Tom Martzahn; November 19, 2003; - download paper

Backup Rotations - A Final Defense: Stephen Lennon; October 31, 2003; - download paper

The Divine Right of Kings: Domain Administrators and your (In)secure Network: Mark Austin; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Non-Malicious Destruction of Data: Saffet G. Ozdemir; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Some of the Dangers of Connecting your AS/400 to a Network: Michael Walsh; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Systems Administrators: The First Line of Defense: Elizabeth Frank; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Patch DoS: Chad Oleary; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Proposal for Managing System Security Patches in an Enterprise Network: Karenda Bernal; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Slogging (syslog-ging) through the Mud: Michael Sullivan; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Steps Toward a Secure Windows XP Stand Alone Workstation Abstract: Patrick Grace; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Systems Security Management: Small Business Style: Nathaniel Dean; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Security Administration Solution or Why We Implemented An Identity Management/Account Provisioning T: Suzette Franklin; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Using Fport on Windows NT to Map Applications to Open Ports: Teena J. Henson; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Protecting Insecure Programs: Shawn Instenes; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Keeping Red Hat Linux Systems Secure with up2date: John Mravunac; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Securing Internet Explorer Through Patch Management: Ben Meader; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Methodologically Upgrading A Production System: Otan Ayan; June 27, 2003; - download paper

Password Security in NIS Systems: Eric Gallagher; July 19, 2001; - download paper

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