Appendix E. Resources

This appendix lists resources that you may find useful when securing your routers, systems, and networks. It also provides links to sites where you can find more detailed information on topics that are out of the scope of this book—including IPSec, RADIUS/TACACS+, and intrusion detection.

Web Sites

http://www.cisco.com

This site provides the most current information on Cisco routers and products. Cisco’s online technical documentation is excellent and should usually be the first stop for questions involving Cisco routers.

http://www.cisco.com/go/psirt

A direct link to Cisco’s Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) and a list of all Cisco IOS vulnerabilities.

http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/FeatureNav/FN.pl

Cisco’s feature navigator. It helps determine what IOS versions and hardware support features such as IPSec and SSH.

http://nsa1.www.conxion.com/cisco

NSA-recommended guides for securing Cisco routers.

http://nsa1.www.conxion.com

Additional NSA-recommended security guides.

http://www.securityfocus.com

A security site with excellent news, articles, tools, and vulnerability listings. SecurityFocus is also home to the Bugtraq vulnerability forum.

http://www.cert.org

The original Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) based out of Carnegie Mellon. CERT is an excellent resource on vulnerabilities, fixes, and incident response.

http://www.sans.org

The System Administrator and Network Security web site. It is an excellent source for research and education in the ...

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