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Re: Top security papers
From: Nash <nash () solace net>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:28:43 +0100
On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 06:41:49PM -0700, Matt Setzer wrote:
Specifically, what are the top five or ten security papers that you'd recommend to anyone wanting to learn more about security? What are the papers that you keep printed copies of and reread every few years just to get a new perspective on them?
These won't teach you much about security, per se, but they're fun to read and provide some really interesting insights into the personalities involved, which is sometimes more important. "An Evening with Berferd In Which a Cracker is Lured, Endured, and Studied", Bill Cheswick. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=an+evening+with+berferd+bill+cheswick&btnG=Search _Cuckoo's_Egg_, Clifford Stall. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671726889/102-7543362-2026532?v=glance [Ed. That's Cliff Stoll, not Stall. Great book, though -- IMHO! KRvW] -- Beware of bugs in the above code, I have only proved it correct, not tried it. - Donald Knuth
Current thread:
- Top security papers Matt Setzer (Aug 08)
- Re: Top security papers Julie JCH Ryan, D.Sc. (Aug 09)
- Re: Top security papers Crispin Cowan (Aug 09)
- Re: Top security papers Nash (Aug 10)
- OT re Cliff Stoll (was Re: Top security papers) Dave Aronson (Aug 11)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Top security papers Peter G. Neumann (Aug 09)
- RE: Top security papers Wall, Kevin (Aug 09)
- Re: Top security papers George Capehart (Aug 10)
- RE: Top security papers Jeremy Epstein (Aug 09)