Thanks a lot my friends,

I wish to learn *nix for a better career and I found a lot of nice things in it and more over fed up with Windows bad side. I wish to take RHCE certification from a decent institution soon. Still I wish to learn some common opinions from you guys, so that I could step in to in right way. Thanks a lot INTRANET, I will go for the Linux Command Reference anyway. Well, I am basically thinking to be a *Nix Administrator. I think now you got a picture in my mind and could suggest something more specifically.

Manu

Friends,

I am a newbie to *NIX world and looking for a nice book to start. Do you have any suggessions, friends?.. Please comment about the books which helped you alot when you were a newbie..!!.

Thanks
Manu

All depends on your learning style, and most of all your goals in my opinion. Learning Redhats GUI inside and out may not suffice. If you tend to research, you might like to grab the Linux Command Reference . Its a huge book and is only for reference, but I have found it invaluable. That and google have gotten me through the past 8 years of using linux.

Linux flavors vary greatly, so you should get an idea of what you want to do with it, i.e. are you learning it for employement reasons, just because its there, maybe you want to go all out and learn to use linux without X . Each of those factors should help you decide which flavor of *nix to start with. From that and your learning preferences, i.e. would you rather read a book, learn via a "classroom" type book or learn from reference material and trial and error.

All these things will help you select the perfect material and will help you have a better experience in my opinion. If you select the wrong flavor from the beginning, you may get frustrated the the install process and trash it all together.

Would be glad to help you find more focused material if you need some help.

Any books I read when I started are outdated by now, but I believe Linux Command Reference is still kept up to date.

HTH,
intranet

P.S. - Had to give you a thumbs up for your style. You decided to learn linux and wanted to pick up a book instead of just downloading the "l33t flavor of the month" and trying to install. I hope you enjoy your delve into *nux!

I sugest serching on kazaa(look for giFT, it is better than kazaa) for linux and unix, I got a lot doing that. http://linux.box.sk/ is pretty good. http://www.tldp.org is ausome too. I somehow have accumulated over 100 e-books relating to *nix and programming, but I can't find the sites where they came from. I know one was black.box.sk, but the box network is having link problems I think becase it goes to genetics.

Get FluxBox, it is by far the best. You can assign ANY key combinations, to do ANYTHING(you might need a shell script). I am byfar the fastest with FluxBox than anything else, it is really crazy.

How I leand was takeing a corse at a jr. collage. I learned more that way than anything else.


peace

1. Linux+ Certification Bible Author: Trevor Kay(my choice)
2. Red Hat Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide
3. Red Hat Linux 9 Unleashed Authors: Bill Ball and Hoyt Duff
4. Mastering Red Hat Linux 9 Author: Michael Jang

I hope this is what u meant matey.
Available on amazon

Always glad to help.

Scooby's recommendations and the command refernce are very good for if you are looking for actual paper containing books, and RH is a good place to start. Fire's online references are some of the best around, and the command reference can easily be replaced by the linux documentation project. If you are comfortable with "online learning" and have more than one pc or alot of printer ink the ldp will get you very far ( just about everything linux related is documented there in one form or another ), for free no less. Also, I would recommend trying to find a friend, or someone you can talk to if you run into problems. Sometimes just a nudge in the right direction can make all the difference when your having trouble.

Once you get a bit used to using redhat and the functionality , it won't be too hard to grab the command reference, and see how things are doing what they do. You will have a long way to go before becoming an administrator, and will learn more in your rise to that position than any book will teach you, but you definently are off to the right start.

I would suggest Scoobys recommendations, read the installation docs that come with RedHat ( if you only have one pc i would start out with a dual boot ) , once you are comfortable with the install process, and have everything prepared, give it a shot. From there, grab a book and play around. I haven't read any RH based books, but I imagine many have a section on installation.

If you follow along until you get the hang of it , I imagine everntually you will start using the books as more of a guide, and start exploring on your own. A dual boot in the beginning is usually a good idea unless you have a test pc, because it can be a pain if while playing around something breaks.


Hope all this helped some,

much of e-books you can find on DirectConnect

Unix in a nutshell. The only book you'll ever need.

and my fav's are
before anything Google for sure and this list:

• tldp.org Guides and HOWTO's for sure
• Richard Stevens, UNIX Network Programming
• Wrox, Professional LinuxProgramming
• Sams, Linux Programming Uleashed
• New Riders, Advanced Linux Programming (* It's free, go www.advancedlinuxprogramming.com)
• O'Reilly - Linux Server Hacks
• O'Reilly - Linux Security Cookbook
• O'Reilly - Building Secure Servers with Linux
• Addison Wesley, Advanced Linux Networking
• hxxp://www.justlinux.com/nhf/ (formerly known az hxxp://www.linuxnewbie.org and "Newbiezed Help Files")

if it is network programming

then the Richard Stevens'

Unix network programming volume 1&2

and TCP Illustrated volume 1,2 and 3
are the must have

If you are looking for *nix and infact books on any subject :

irc.undernet.org #bookz is the best place to find em'

tks d00m for the chan, amazing !!

Here are some useful links,
http://www.et.utt.ro/public/Docs/
Computer books.... Hardware bible.

http://valle.fciencias.unam.mx/libros/
A little of everything

http://math.bnu.edu.cn/Ebook/
Programming Unix unleased

Mastering windows server 2003
http://users.pandora.be/ids/server/

-----Use Flashget on these links----
Oreilly Java Data Objects
http://fj.fixdown.com/fixdown/download1.as...GxG&soft=sxdown

Oreilly Dot NET Framework Essentials.3rd.Edition.
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Sybex Mastering Dreamweaver MX Databases
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Addison Wesley Applying Enterprise JavaBeans.2nd.Edition
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or
http://fj.fixdown.com/fixdown/download1.as...vfv&soft=jtdown

50 Fast Dreamweaver MX Techniques
http://fj.fixdown.com/fixdown/download1.as...YOQ&soft=sxdown
or
http://fj.fixdown.com/fixdown/download1.as...YOQ&soft=scdown
or
http://fj.fixdown.com/fixdown/download1.as...YOQ&soft=jtdown

New Riders Photoshop 7.Power.Shortcuts
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or
http://fj.fixdown.com/fixdown/download1.as...HfY&soft=jtdown

Oreilly HTML And XHTML.The.Definitive.Guide.5th.Edition.iNT.
http://fj.fixdown.com/fixdown/download1.as...NGH&soft=sxdown
or
http://fj.fixdown.com/fixdown/download1.as...NGH&soft=jtdown
or
http://fj.fixdown.com/fixdown/download1.as...NGH&soft=scdown

Web Security Basics
http://fj.fixdown.com/fixdown/download1.as...YON&soft=sxdown
or
http://fj.fixdown.com/fixdown/download1.as...YON&soft=jtdown

Windows Dot NET Server 2003.Domains.And.Active.Directory
http://fj.fixdown.com/fixdown/download1.as...xYx&soft=sxdown
or
http://fj.fixdown.com/fixdown/download1.as...xYx&soft=jtdown

Sams MySQL 2nd.Edition
http://fj.fixdown.com/fixdown/download1.as...HYY&soft=scdown
or
http://fj.fixdown.com/fixdown/download1.as...HYY&soft=sxdown

Sams Teach Yourself Office Productivity.All.In.One
http://fj.fixdown.com/fixdown/download1.as...vsH&soft=sxdown
or
http://fj.fixdown.com/fixdown/download1.as...vsH&soft=jtdown
or
http://fj.fixdown.com/fixdown/download1.as...vsH&soft=scdown
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Addison.Wesley.Sendmail.Performance.Tuning.eBook-LiB
Atlas.of.Human.Hair.Microscopic.Characteristics.eBook-EEn
Blackpowder.Magazine.vol3.no4-EEn
Harry.Potter.Order.Of.The.Phoenix.EBOOK-HiRE
Oreilly.Building.Secure.Servers.With.Linux.eBook-LiB
PHP_AND_MYSQL_WEB_DEVELOPMENT_2ND_EDITION_EBOOK-SRAQATTAQ
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Apache/
Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems for Engineers.pdf 14-
Asp/ -
C++/
Criptography/ -
Database/ -
Delphi/ -
Designing Efficient Applications for SQL Server.doc
Developing Visio Solutions.pdf
Dick, Philip K - The Minority Report (ss) v1.0.rtf
Engineering HandBook/
Game programming/ -
Java/
Linux/
Lord of the Rings Collection.pdf
Matematica e Algoritmos/
MicrosoftFundationClass/
http://webmail.dpi.ufv.br/downloads/livros_tutoriais/


More programming books
http://docs.msfree.ca/ebooks/
Progamming
http://mail.salesiano-ata.br/marcelo/Eng.software/


art_of_war.pdf
nostradamus.pdf
zen_and_the_martial_.
http://www.sit.wisc.edu/~wrhenika/Books/


IT Security Cookbook:

http://www.boran.com/security/

free security books ...linux books .. XML ....


http://www.allfreetech.com/ ( need to register) ( free)

ftp://ftp.sybex.com/2939/2939c04.pdf (linux security book) ( pdf format )

http://www.123aspx.com/directory.aspx?dir=187 (61 books on microsoft)

http://www.vbip.com/resources/books/default.asp (visual basic internet programming)

http://www.osborne.com/products/007...224177_ch01.pdf ( C# programming ) (pdf format)

http://www.osborne.com/products/007...223693_ch01.pdf (XML and . net framework) (pdf format)

http://www.osborne.com/products/007...225599_ch01.pdf (SQL complete reference)

http://diveintopython.org/ (python)

http://www.theserverside.com/resour...EEXML/index.jsp (J2EE and XML)

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/books/WGA/ ( Write GNOME applications)

http://www.winfiles.com/ (windows files)


http://www.futuredesigners.com/ (HTML, DHTML, XML, Shockwave, Perl, Java, CGI and ActiveX.)

http://www.comptechdoc.org/ (hardware software .. webprogramming .... from newbies to experts)

http://www.gnu.org/manual/manual.html (GNU manuals)

http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/jon/ods/ods.html (distirbuting systems)

http://www.htdp.org/ (how to design programms)

http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/pearls/ 9 (programming pearl)

http://www.cs.jhu.edu/%7Escott/plbook/ (programming languages)

http://web.archive.org/web/20011218....com/books/sql/ (450 page SQl book)

http://sandbox.aiss.uiuc.edu/security/Intr...troToCrypto.pdf ( cryptography )

http://www.mvps.org/vb/hardcore/ (hardcore VB programming)

http://www.upl.cs.wisc.edu/%7Eepaulson/lionc.ps (commenatry on UNIX with source code)

http://wks.uts.ohio-state.edu/sysad...l/sysadm-1.html (UNIX system administration)

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/ (java books)

http://pride.nwsc.k12.ar.us/%7Ehigh/help/books/ (computer networking)


http://everydaylinux.com/ ( New to LINUX? Perfect book for you ..how to install and configure linux)

http://www.boran.com/security/ (self help Computer and Security)

http://docs.mikeycarter.com/ (Oracle, HTML development...Perl.... and UNIX books)

http://165.193.123.40/content/artic...5D6E07AFE09A%7D (C# presentation)

http://165.193.123.40/content/artic...C-550B216176F4} ( help on Red Hat Linux)

http://www.tcfb.com/freetechbooks/bookgame.html (game development)

ftp://ftp.sybex.com/2735/2735c06.pdf (maintaning user accounts in linux) ( pdf )

http://library.n0i.net/ ( covering Security, Games , Hardware,Graphics,Linux-Unix....Networking)

http://www.phptr.com/samplechapter/0130107336.pdf (network Tools and Truobleshhoting .....) (pdf)

http://ebook.precise.com/ (SQL performance)

http://www.educationonlineforcomputers.com/ (Web Development...Dreamweaver...Front Page...Photoshop...Flash..)

http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/Keith/Preface.html (information retrievel)

http://www.makegames.com/intro.html (for computer game developers)

http://download.com.com/3000-2415-6903077.html (over 300 Java Tips)

http://www.hardwarebook.net/ (ultimate HardWare Book)

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/s...ator/index.html ( GNU/Linux system administration)

http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/ (GIMP techniques , digital imaging)

http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/%7Epa...ok/outline.html (computer animation..)



http://rpmfind.net/linux/ ( ISO's )

http://www.informit.com/isapi/produ...ntent/index.asp ( High Performance Networking)

http://www.informit.com/isapi/produ...ntent/index.asp ( TCP/IP in one day ...Left site panel for Menu on book)

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.html ( banned books online )

http://www.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/faci.../unix/grymoire/ ( UNIX shell programming)

http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.html (CYGWIN)

http://www.fsf.org/manual/bash-2.05a/bashref.html (BASH)

http://www.orbdesigns.com/bpages/btlb/btlb_toc.html (LINUX book for everyone)

http://ceu.fi.udc.es/docs/debian-user-guide_1.0/ (GNU Linux ..guide to instalation and usage)

http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/cookbook/ ( linux tips and techniques )

http://www.vmunix.com/fbsd-book/ ( begginers guide for FreeBSD users)

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.IS...book/index.html (freeBSD handbook)

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+FreeBSD.html (LINUX/BSD how to ...??)

http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/cgi/ ( CGI programming)

http://www.codebits.com/p5be/ (perl)

http://www.squirrel.nl/people/jvromans/perlref.html (pearl reference)

http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/webclient/ (WEB client with pearl)

http://www.cs.uow.edu.au/people/nabg/ABC/ABC.html (beginners C++)

http://www.gnacademy.org/text/cc/ (C++)

http://www.mindview.net/Books/TICPP...ingInCPP2e.html (thinking in C++)

http://www.cafeaulait.org/javatutorial.html (JAVA tutorial)

http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkapjava.html (THINK JAVA)

http://math.hws.edu/javanotes/ (PRogramm with Java)

http://cs.wwc.edu/~aabyan/464/Book/ (computer Construction)

http://www.gnu.org/manual/flex-2.5.4/flex.html (FLEX manual)

http://www.makegames.com/sidescroller/ (create arcade games)

http://www.rolemaker.dk/articles/evaljava/ (java for game development)

http://planetmirror.com.au/pub/gpbb/ (Black Book for Graphic Programming)

http://www.overcode.net/~overcode/writing/plg/ (Programming LINUX games)

http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/index.html (free software)

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/open...s/book/toc.html (open source calls)

http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/ (Open Source development with CVS)

http://diveintopython.org/ (Python for master programmers)

http://www.opendocspublishing.com/pyqt/ (GUI programming with Python)

http://www.lysator.liu.se/etexts/hacker/ (The Hacker Crackdown)

http://www.secretguide.net/read/index.php (secret guide to computers)

http://gee.cs.oswego.edu/dl/oosdw3/index.html ( OOS development)

http://www.informit.com/isapi/produ...ntent/index.asp ( Using Windows 98)

http://www.knowwareglobal.com/eng/all_files.htm ( Free computer manuals) ( PDF file format)




Programming:

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/M/machine_language.html

http://scifac.ru.ac.za/compilers/conts.htm

http://scifac.ru.ac.za/compilers/cha04s.htm#C04-1



hacker terms Jargon Lexicon...

http://www.hack.gr/jargon/html/lexicon.html


hackers dictionary

http://www.eps.mcgill.ca/jargon/jar...A%20Few%20Terms

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Ip addresses....

The key to understanding IP, and all of the issues related to IP, is knowing what a routing table looks like and the effects each IP topic has on the entries in a routing table. To begin with, let's review the basics. IP addresses are 32 bit numbers, most commonly represented in dotted decimal notation (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx). Each decimal number represents eight bits of binary data, and therefore can have a decimal value between 0 and 255. IP addresses most commonly come as class A, B, or C. It's the value of the first number of the IP address that determines the class to which a given IP address belongs. Class D addresses are used for multi-cast applications.

http://www.networkcomputing.com/netdesign/ip101.html ( IP addresses )

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td...ing/appndxa.htm ( what are IP addresses)

http://www.howstuffworks.com/question549.htm ( what are IP addresses)

http://www.howstuffworks.com/router.htm ( how routers work )

http://www.3com.com/corpinfo/en_US/...jsp?DOC_ID=5364 ( Understanding IP addresses)

Networking

http://www.howstuffworks.com/home-network.htm (how homenetworks work)

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/home-network6.htm ( routers and firewalls)

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/home-network2.htm (network basics)

Cryptography

There are two kinds of cryptosystems: symmetric and asymmetric. Symmetric cryptosystems use the same key (the secret key) to encrypt and decrypt a message, and asymmetric cryptosystems use one key (the public key) to encrypt a message and a different key (the private key) to decrypt it. Assymetric cryptosystems are also called public key cryptosystems.

Symmetric cryptosystems have a problem: how do you transport the secret key from the sender to the recipient securely and in a tamperproof fashion? If you could send the secret key securely, then, in theory, you wouldn't need the symmetric cryptosystem in the first place -- because you would simply use that secure channel to send your message. Frequently, trusted couriers are used as a solution to this problem. Another, more efficient and reliable solution is a public key cryptosystem, such as RSA, which is used in the popular security tool PGP.

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/cryptography-faq/ ( crypto... FAQ)

http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/6805/ar...-manifesto.html (crypto manifesto)

http://www.fish.com/~zen/satan/satan.html ( unix security tool cryptography)

http://www.openbsd.org/crypto.html (cryptography in OpenBSD)

http://www.cryptography.com/ (cryptography research)

E-Mail

Email is e-mail, which stands for 'electronic mail'.
This means that you don't have to hand-write or print out a 'hard copy' of your message or letter on paper.
You don't have to write an address on a paper envelope.
You don't have to stick a stamp on, drive or walk to the nearest mailbox and post your letter.
And you don't (really - this is the best bit) have to wait days for your letter to get there, or pay more to send a letter overseas.

http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/20how.htm ( how the e-mail works)

http://www.ics.uci.edu/~mh/book/overall/howwor.htm (how UNIX e-mail works)

http://www.emailaddresses.com/guide_faq.htm (e-mail FAQ)

http://www.riverland.net.au/text/lo...t/emailwht.html ( what is e-mail)

E-Mail Security Tools

http://www.softheap.com/emlsec.html
http://www.windowsecurity.com/emailsecuritytest/ (test your e-mail system)
http://www.mnsi.net/~jhlavac/security/encryption.htm ( encrypton and e-mail security)
http://www.linux-firewall-tools.com/linux/ (linux firewall and security site)


Network Security

http://www-1.ibm.com/services/conti...iles...36;file/DOS.pdf ( white papers on DoS attacks)

http://www.seifried.org/lasg/ (linux security)

Security Links

http://www.securitypointer.com/
http://www.securityfocus.com/
http://www.infosyssec.org/
http://www.infosyssec.org/infosyssec/index.html
http://www.windowsecurity.com/ ( network security search engine)
http://www.windowsecurity.com/
http://www.firewall.cx/
http://www.firewall.cx/ (web security FAQ)

IRC ( internet realy chat)

http://www.mirc.com/ircintro.html (FAQ)

IRC Tools

http://groups.msn.com/IRCToolsCrack...?pgmarket=en-au
http://www.netsw.org/net/ip/chat/irc/tools/
http://damg-inc.hypermart.net/irctools.html
http://www.geocities.com/mihai_1981/protection.html ( IRC protection)
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiIRC

BIOS security

http://www.11a.nu/ibios.htm (bios maintains toolkit)
http://www.xs4all.nl/~matrix/bios_security.html
http://www.nic.com/~dave/SecurityAd...minGuide-6.html (LINUX bios security)

FREE A-Z BOOKS

http://www.infosyssec.com/infosyssec/onlinebooks1.htm

http://www.n3t.net/


Firewall

http://www.itsc.state.md.us/info/In...s/Firewalls.htm
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/se...263895-2,00.htm
http://www.sans.org/rr/toppapers/best.php
http://www.firewalls.com/firewallwizard.asp

linux

http://freshmeat.net/
http://yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxT...etSecurity.html
http://librenix.com/?inode=1250

windows

http://www.microsoft.com

ANti-V

http://www.symantec.com
http://www.mcafee.com
http://www.cknow.com

Use a good virus-scanner. Freeware is available from download.com or you could obtain a commecial package like Norton AntiVirus or Mac-Caffee. Many virus scanners scan for trojans and there are also some specific trojan scanners on the market. Update it frequently.
Now for a listing of AV products:
http://www.kapersky.com
http://www.nai.com
http://www.symantec.com
http://www.f-secure.com
http://www.sophos.com
http://www.norman.com
http://www.antivirus.com
To read virus-info go to:
http://www.viruslist.com
To view hoaxes about virii visit:
http://www.vmyths.com
further:
http://www.wildlist.com
http://www.mcaffee.com/anti-virus/virusmap.asp
There are mailing lists that inform you once new virii are discovered.
To join one of these send mail to listserv@lehigh.edu with in the body of the e-mail:
SUB VIRUS-L your name

Basicly three types of data are not wanted.
Virrii. Data that infects files.
Trojans. Data that supplies a backdoor
Logic bombs. Data that executes something once a certain condition is met.
Scan all your incoming e-mail automaticly. Go to the options in your virus-scanner to specify this. Don't use Outlook Express as it is known to be insecure. Third party mail clients are avaiable from the net. Use one of these or use a web based i-mail address. Hotmail does online virii scanning.
Floppy disks can contain virii. Go to the CMOS setup screen and in BIOS Features setup choose C Only in Boot Sequence.

Whenever you go online you connect to a webserver that assigns you a IP address. Dial Up connections get these dynamicly normally because not all subscribers dial in at the same time. Permanent (or always on) connections frequently use a static IP address. This a vulnarability. Configure your browser to use a proxy when browsing the web.
http://www.inetprivacy.com/a4proxy/...s-proxy-faq.htm
U can also use firewalls to protect yourself.
Read the Frequently Asked Questions list:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/firewalls-faq/
Find them:
http://www.tinysoftware.com
http://www.zonelabs.com/
http://www.networkice.com/
http://www.sygate.com/
www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/
http://www.kerio.com/us/kpf_home.html
http://www.checkpoint.com/
Configure them properly (read the manual).

If you have configured a small LAN you might want to look here:
http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,5184,151,00.html
http://www.watchguard.com/products/fireboxsoho.asp
http://www.sonicwall.com/
http://www.umax.com/world/
http://www.cisco.com
Once you configured your firewalls correctly you can go to the shields up website (http://www.grc.com/) and test to see how secure you have become. If you would like to read more check this:
http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/home_networks.html
or
http://www.cert.org/encyc_article/tocencyc.html
or
http://advice.networkice.com/Advice/default.htm

Programs from 'friends' can contain all sorts of stuff. Trojans for example. Do not thrust everybody. Programs that get pushed to you on the net like download accelarator or Go!zilla can contain something like spy/adware. The programs push marketing information through the net, sometimes collection info on your surfing behaviour and mailing it back to the owner. To get rid of this goto:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
To obtain a list of programs donig this go to:
http://www.cexx.org/adware.htm
http://www.cexx.org/spysites.htm

Next the scripting of your browser (IE). Script languages like VBScripting and ActiveX can contain malicious code. Disable the ActiveX by going to Extra-Internet Options-Security. Disable VBScripting by going to Extra-Internet Options-Advanced.
Your browser also collects cookies from websites sometimes. These collect info on you. To read about cookies and privacy goto:
http://www.cookiecentral.com/n_cookie_faq.htm
To get rid of cookies you can configure your browser not to accept them or use a third party prog.
http://www.kburra.com/cp1setup.exe
http://www.thelimitsoft.com/
More are available. Perform a querry at your favorite download site.
Many sites use banneradds and some even contain webbugs collecting info on you. Get rid of these:
http://www.junkbusters.com
http://www.guidescope.com/tour/tour3.htm

Do not use file and printer sharing. If you have to: protect all of your shares with strong passwords. To disable file and printer sharing completly go to control panel network FPS. Uncheck the boxes. Next select the network adapter you are using and choose properties-bindings tab. Here remove all your unneeded bindings.
Next disable the server service through control panel-services-server-properties-disabled
Encrypt your files. All of them. This will help prevent data theft big time. Also use encryption for the emails you send. Internet Explorer 6.0 (5.5 to) has had some severe bugs. Get all of the patches. Even then there are some bugs. Sorry mate. Use a different browser. It might contain bugs as well but they a less known and therefore less exploited.
http://www.opera.com
http://www.netscape.com
http://www.lynx.com


Remember to keep all the stuff you use up to date.
Enforce a strong password policy for all the users of your computer.



free ebooks and tutorials

http://www.maxcode.com/nuke/modules.php?name=MAXcode
http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCSpy/
http://blacksun.box.sk/tutorials.html
http://blacksun.box.sk/books.html

Forensic Tools

Includes - NTLastT v3.0, Forensic ToolkitT v2.0, ShoWinT v2.0, BinTextT v3.0, PatchItT v2.0, and VisionT v1.0

Intrusion Detection Tools
Includes - CarboniteT v1.0, FileWatchT v1.0, AttackerT v3.0, and FportT v2.0

Scanning Tools
Includes -SQLScan v1.00 - BOPingT v2.0, SuperScanT v3.0, ScanLineT v1.01, TroutT v2.0 DDosPingT v2.0, and SNScanT v1.04

Stress Testing Tools
Includes - FSMaxT v2.0, BlastT v2.0, and UDPFloodT v2.0

All of these forensic tools you can get it from http://www.foundstone.com/index.htm...s/freetools.htm


Data recovery tools

http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/dskinv.html

http://www.partimage.org/

http://kbpartition.sourceforge.net/

http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/

http://rescuecd.sourceforge.net/

Rescue CD

http://mkcdrec.ota.be/


http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/

http://freshmeat.net/projects/clucl...147%2C136%2C141

http://freshmeat.net/projects/cloneit/?topic_id=137

http://freshmeat.net/projects/g4u/?...137%2C147%2C253

http://freshmeat.net/projects/speak...137%2C257%2C253

http://freshmeat.net/projects/webcl...ic_id=147%2C861

http://www.antionline.com/showthrea...1609#post611609


http://www.r-tt.com/?TCSPS001

free tool for windows

http://www.portmonster.com/index.php

Almost all of the Linux Distros and where to download them.

http://www.distrowatch.com

Indiana University's Unix pages
How to work with the command line
http://kb.indiana.edu/menu/unix.html

Freshmeat
A great place for open source software. If you can't find what you are looking for here, try SourceForge.
http://www.freshmeat.net

Knoppix
download site for Knoppix Bootable cdrom iso Full Linux
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html#order

Linux-Unix Tutorial Site
Beginner's tutorial, broken down into 12 easy-to-follow lessons
http://www.ctssn.com/

LinuxISO.org
The most popular distros, as well as some less well-known ones with links to download the iso images.
http://www.linuxiso.org

Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition
An extensive tutorial that can be downloaded in HTML or PDF format.
http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/index.html.gz

SourceForge
Another great place for open source software. If you can't find what you are looking for here, try Freshmeat. Thanks to Frank Burton <hosebox> for this link.
http://www.sourceforge.net

The Linux Cookbook
A complete book online with lots of sample commands arranged by subject.
http://www.crackinguniversity2000.i...ook/default.htm

The Linux Documentation Project
HOWTOs, FAQs, news, and more, with search capability
http://www.tldp.org/

YoLinux Information Portal
Large, searchable collection of Linux links for newbies and gurus alike.
http://www.yolinux.com/

Hey thanks a zillion Faceless-master ... /me leeches leeches leech....

wow...i don't think there is much to add after that post by Faceless Master...but i do have an irc channel to refer you to:

server: irc.bookwarez.net
chan: #bw-tech

lots of ebooks there

http://books.mccp.com
http://books.dimka.ee/

-lifofifo

Faceless Master, I don't think here, I mean GSO forum, be a approperiate place to share kinda warez or ebookz.

Here, a good guiding is enough, isn't it.
There are many places on the net for finding such stuff, sharing and leeching and etc.
So let's concentrate on our interest here, and for sure it's not sharing such stuff.

what is your idea?!

jesus f christ censorship is gay nuff with that lol

use edonkey to download most of them

hey faceless help me..
You know rootkit variety detail info?

Faceless master... This is too much man.. Got mad.. All I was looking for a good Linux Adminsitration book... Anyway, thanks a lot...

Manu

I was happy with the rute manual.

) thx for really big list, i'm looking on it

Anyway, I bought two books..

1. Mastering REDHAT Linux 9... Sybex
2. Linux for Windows Administrators..

Both from Amazon.

Manu

my list ...

CISCO:
http://www.yaxoo.com/Books/Certification/Cisco

ftp://ftp.runnet.ru/BOOKS/

ftp://130.133.1.100/doc/

ftp://book:book@195.5.0.199/

ftp://193.231.20.1/pub/books

ftp://194.85.35.67/books

ftp://194.204.41.234/

ftp://137.204.212.13/

http://argos.observatorio.unal.edu.co/virtual/books/

http://www.waneesoft.net/jspwiki/Wiki.jsp

http://books.malonus.com/ebooks/computer_science/

ftp://ftp2.trainingtools.com/

http://www.itebooks.net

ftp://ftp.netz.ru/Books/

http://www.linuxfusion.net/brando/Ebooks/Programming/

http://www.yov408.com/html/tutorials.php

http://rahmat.zikri.com/books.html

http://books.dimka.ee/

http://freebooks.by.ru/

http://www.cgisecurity.com/books.shtml

http://www.intelinfo.com/free_computer_books.html

http://www.tcfb.com/freetechbooks/

http://plexus.shacknet.nu/plexus.php?section=ebookz

http://www.khayma.com/arabbooks

http://www.goldsands.com/gold//modu...ame=BooksCenter

http://www.maththinking.com/boat/booksIndex.html

http://books.dimka.ee/

http://bookshelf.sleepnet.net/files/

http://mr-virus.4t.com/books.htm

http://www.fiseb.com/br/index/

http://www.waneesoft.net/
http://rtfm.rdslink.ro/Books/

http://biotux.ifc.unam.mx/~srojas/d.../LibrosOreilly/

http://www.ebookcn.net/

http://it-heroes.com/Binzy/category/3.aspx

http://zikri.indoglobal.com/books.html


http://www.ebookcn.net/search.php?t...key=programming


http://www.balcom.ufcg.edu.br/~rodr...load/doc/books/

http://lietus.com/books/

http://podgoretsky.com/ftp/Docs

http://www.mmg.vmei.acad.bg/mmgebooks.html

http://kia.etel.ru/books/index.ntm

http://secinf.net/

http://burks.bton.ac.uk/burks/docs.htm

http://members.lycos.co.uk/olvasoterem/ebook/


http://stud.wsi.edu.pl/~webber/czarny/?link=ebooks

than uuuuuuuuuu alot