From: "Kurt Seifried" <seifried@seifried.org>
To: <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: Linux Administrators Security Guide version 0.1.0 released!
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 06:41:17 -0600

Linux Administrators Security Guide version 0.1.0 released!

Never in the history of mankind has such an amazing event taken place. But
then it's not every day that cans of tuna fish implodes either.

The Linux Administrators Security Guide version 0.1.0 has been released. At
over 150 pages it is the most comprehensive Linux security document
available to date. The LASG covers most areas of Linux security and is being
expanded continually. It is available for free for non commercial use (see
the license for exact details) as a PDF document. To read the LASG you need:

Adobe Acrobat Reader
http://www.adobe.com
Or Xpdf with the patches
http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/

Send a blank meessage with the subject "subscribe" (no quotes) to
lasg-announce-request@seifried.org, and you will receieve announcements of
new version of the guide via e-mail.

The LASG is available at:

USA - http://www.freek.com/lasg/
USA - http://www.vadept.com/lasg/
USA - http://jezebel.rath.peachnet.edu/lasg/
USA - http://eeyore.cae.wisc.edu/lasg/
Germany - http://ftp.gwdg.de/lasg/
Germany - http://nethammer.qad.org/lasg/
Germany - http://www.it-sec.de/lasg/
Denmark- http://sunsite.auc.dk/lasg/
Great Britain - http://www2.merton.ox.ac.uk/lasg/
The Netherlands - http://linux.infra.cx/lasg/
Greece - http://linux.forthnet.gr/lasg/
Slovakia - http://www.sadman.sk/lasg/
Slovenia - http://www.camtp.uni-mb.si/lasg/
Israel - http://ths000.tau.ac.il/lasg/
South Africa - http://www.lantic.net/lasg/

Changes:

Fixed the URL section at the end, tidied up various sections. Added the
Internet connection checklist. Added about 60+ new programs and apps. Added
secure file deletion, software management tools, several new scanning and
probe detection tools. New whitepaper section listing good security
documents, and a URL listing by section at the end. Added several new
appendices listing Linux sites, security sites, whitepapers and more.
-Kurt Seifried, MCP+I, MCSE
https://www.seifried.org/kurt/
Linux Administrators Security Guide
https://www.seifried.org/lasg/