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Friday, December 26, 2003
 Happy Chanaka!!
Since I'm a bit of a crackhead myself, I tend to forget things that I've done just moments ago... where was I going with this... oh yeah - so this can present a major problem since I'm often involved in rather complex system software and architecture builds. To help myself out when I'm starting with a new project that involves software, systems, or network architecture/design I fire up a text editor and take notes as I go through a build or design. So, in the spirit of the holidays, I thought I'd give away two ALPHA-quality documents (basically my unformatted notes) I've made in my free time that utilize FLOSS tools (free/libre/open source software).

The first is a very-much-in-the-works document that I created this evening while testing out the latest Linux kernel with LIDS patches in an attempt to create an enterprise-level security-enhanced operating environment w/o shelling out the big bucks to Argus Systems (PitBull is still awfully cool though, huh) or Sun (Trusted Solaris is dead I hear from my Sun PS homies), and *without* using the NSA-provided SELinux libs (not that I don't trust them, it's just the principle) that slimed their way into the kernel. It's not a final document by any means, but I hope it will provide a great deal of help to those who are new to the trusted (I use the term "trusted" *very* loosely here) computing world.

My second document goes over how to build a monolithic (the HA version I cannot publish, sorry) real-time IDS alerting platform using only FLOSS software (w/o ACID, thank you very much). For those foolish enough to have bought services from CounterPane, or to actually have paid for one of those shiny new InfoSec-NMS-in-a-box pieces of crap, then I'm sorry - it's too late; but for those who have been trying to get a decent security infrastructure in place w/o buying the farm, I hope my doc will provide a little help.

You can find both docs here [lansdell.org].

Oh! Here is my infosec library on amazon.com for those looking for books on the subject.

Enjoy!

Posted by Travis @ 5:02:00 PM --

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