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Public Access Security Sites 
Public Access Security Software
Windows System Policy Editor
Resources

Firewall Resources
Firewall Software & Appliances
Proxy Server Software
Limiting Resources Available
Through a Web Browser
  Clearing the URL History
CMOS Utility
Physical Security Products
Security Policy and
Comprehensive Computer
Security Resources
Other Library Technology Sites
Alternative Operating Systems
and Web Browsers

Public Access Security Sites

Public Access Computer Security For Windows 95/98
http://www.infopeople.org/Security/

Setting Up a Public Access Computer Using Windows NT
http://www.scpl.org/publicnt/

Workstation Security
http://www.leeric.lsu.edu/lla/presentations/
workstation/index.html

Exploiting Netscape Navigator
http://www.dayton.lib.oh.us/~kambitsch/netscape-
hacks.html

Securing Netscape in the Public Library
http://northville.lib.mi.us/tech/netscape.html

Benson, Allen C. "Building a Secure Library System." Computers in Libraries, vol. 18, no. 3, March 1998.

Benson, Allen C. Securing PCs and Data in Libraries and Scbools: A Handbook with Menuing, Anti-Virus, and Other Protective Software. Neal-Schuman, 1998. 252pp. ISBN: 1555703216.

Excellent coverage of the many facets of computer security in libraries, from security policy development and disaster recovery to securing desktop configurations, including step-by-step setup instructions.
 

Public Access Security Software

Computers By Design
CybraryN
http://www.cybraryn.com/

Hyper Technologies, Inc.
WinSelect Policy+Kiosk
http://www.hypertec.com/

Fortres Grand Corporation
Fortres 101
http://www.fortres.com/
Cooler
http://www.fortres.com/

SmartStuff Development Corporation
FoolProof Security
http://www.smartstuff.com/

Bardon Data Systems, Inc.
Full Control
http://www.bardon.com/fullctl.htm
WinU
http://www.bardon.com/winu.htm

Invortex Technologies, Inc.
Public Access Manager
http://www.invortex.com/

Micah Systems
Full Armor
http://www.fullarmor.com/products/

Carl Corporation
Everybody’s Menu Builder
http://www.carl.org/emb/emb.html

SafetyNet, Inc.
StopLight
http://www.safe.net/

MicroTouch
Prospector (Kiosk Application)
http://www.microtouch.com/mthtml/
03d1_prospector.htm

Norman Data Defense Systems
Norman Access Control
http://www.norman.com/products_nac.shtml

Boxware, Inc.
Winlock Pro
http://www.boxwareinc.com/Products/Winlock/
Winlock.html

Tropical Software
PC Security
http://www.tropsoft.com/
  

Windows System Policy Editor Resources

Using the Windows 9x System Policy Editor to Enhance Workstation Security.
http://www.elkantler.net/security/security.htm

Greenwood, Stuart. System Policies in Windows 95: an in-depth tutorial.
http://homepages.force9.net/greenwd/policies.htm

System Policies (Chapter 8). Microsoft Windows 98 Resource Kit.
http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/win98/Reskit/
Part2/wrkc08.asp

Posey, Brien M. Protecting Users from Themselves
http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/win98/tips/
protuser.asp

Honeycutt, Jerry. "Profiles, System Policies, and the Registry (Network Design Manual)."
Network Computing, May 31, 1999.
http://www.networkcomputing.com/netdesign/
1011part2c.html

Anderson-Redick, Stacey.
Windows System Policy Editor.
O'Reilly & Associates, 2000 (due out in April). ISBN: 1565926498.

Leypoldt, Bruce and Roberta Peters.
Conquering System Policy Editor:
A Book About PC Security.

http://www.winsolve.com/about.html
 

Firewall Resources

Cheswick, William R. and Steven M. Bellovin. Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker. Addison-Wesley, 1994. ISBN: 0201633574. (2nd edition due out in July 2000; ISBN: 020163466X.)

Chapman, D. Brent, Elizabeth D. Zwicky, and Deborah Russell (Editor). Building Internet Firewalls. O'Reilly & Associates, 1995. ISBN: 1565921240.
 

Firewall Software & Appliances

Deerfield.com
Wingate (Software)
http://WinGate.deerfield.com/

Global Technology Associates, Inc.
GNAT Box (software; appliance is available)
GNAT Box Lite (2-5 internal users), non-commercial, free
http://www.gnatbox.com/

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
Check Point Firewall-1 (software)
http://www.checkpoint.com/products/firewall-1/
index.html

Ramp Networks
WebRamp (Hardware, various models)
http://www.webramp.com/

WatchGuard Technologies Inc.
Firebox II or Firebox SOHO (firewall appliance)
http://www.watchguard.com/products/fireboxII.asp

Technologic Inc.
Interceptor (firewall appliance)
http://www.tlogic.com/products/interceptor/index.html

Progressive Systems
Phoenix Adaptive Firewall Appliance
(also available as software only)
http://tigger.progressive-systems.com/products/
rackmount/info.html
 

Proxy Server Software

Ositis Software
WinProxy
http://www2.winproxy.com/

Microsoft Corp.
Microsoft Proxy Server
http://www.microsoft.com/proxy/default.asp

Vicom Technology Inc.
Vicomsoft Internet Gateway
http://www.vicomsoft.com/vig/vig.main.html
 

Limiting Resources Available Through a Web Browser

How to Lock-In IP Addresses on Netscape Navigator
http://northville.lib.mi.us/tech/lockin.htm
 

Clearing the URL History

Common Netscape Questions. How to clear the drop-down history list.
http://www.more.net/techsupp/netscape_questions.html

NSClean & IEClean (Privacy Software Corporation)
http://www.nsclean.com/
  

CMOS Utility

Save AT/386/486 CMOS data to file and restore. From the Simtel.Net MSDOS Collection.
cmosram.zip
http://www.ou.edu/simtel.net/msdos/sysutl.html
 

Physical Security Products

Innovative Security. Provides hardware security products, including CPU lid locks, security cables, cable traps, locks, UV marking pens, and others.
http://www.isecure.com/

SecurTech Company
http://www.securtech.com/

Anchor Pad International
http://www.anchorpad.com/
 

Security Policy and Comprehensive Computer Security Resources

Wood, Charles Cresson. Information Security Policies Made Easy. 7th edition. Baseline Software, Inc. ISBN#1-881585-06-9. Offers over 800 "ready-to-use" sample network security policies on a comprehensive set of security issues. $495.
http://www.baselinesoft.com/

Information Security Magazine Online. Official publication of the International Computer Security Association. A high-end guide to security problems and solutions for industry and business.
http://www.infosecuritymag.com/

International Computer Security Association
http://www.icsa.net/

Computer Security Institute
http://www.gocsi.com/

Library of Congress. Computer and Internet Security.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/internet/security.html

Center for Information Technology, National Institutes of Health. Computer Security Information.
http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/security.html

Stein, Lincoln D. The World Wide Web Security FAQ.
http://www.w3.org/Security/Faq/
  

Other Library Technology Sites

Library Automation Page (maintained by Andrew Osborne).
http://www.libinfo.com/libauto.html

RCLS LibraryLand (maintained by the Ramapo Catskill Library System and hosted at Berkeley's Sunsite.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/LibraryLand/
  

Alternative Operating Systems and Web Browsers

Caldera, Inc.
OpenLinux
http://www.caldera.com/

Red Hat
Red Hat Linux 6.1
http://www.redhat.com/

University of Kansas
DOSLynx
ftp://ftp2.cc.ukans.edu/pub/DosLynx/readme.htm
Lynx
http://www.ukans.edu/about_lynx/about_lynx.html

Other Lynx Sites
Official Lynx Site
http://lynx.browser.org/

FDISK.COM (Other DOS Internet Info)
http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/

 


 
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