FOSS Network Infrastructure and Security/Further References

The most useful resource for further reading is the Internet. Here are some useful sites on the Internet.

General reading/references
a. Free Software Foundation 

b. IOSN 

c. Linux Documentation Project , 

d. Internet Standards and RFCs 

e. Internet Society / NSRC Workshop Resources 

f. Network Startup Resource Center 

g. UNESCO Free Software Portal 

h. Networking and Information Technology Observatory  - click on the “open source” theme.

Linux software download and documentation
a. Source Forge 

b. Kernel .org 

c. Freshmeat 

d. RPMFind 

e. DNS/BIND 

f. Sendmail 

g. SSL 

h. SSH <http://www.openssh.org>

Security-related sites
a. Security Focus <http://www.securityfocus.com>

b. CERT <http://www.cert.org>

Forums
a. Slashdot <http://www.slashdot.org>

b. Linux Online <http://www..linux.com>

Events
a. APRICOT <http://www.apricot.net>

b. NANOG <http://www.nanog.org>

c. AfNOG <http://www.afnog.org>

d. SANOG <http://www.sanog.org>

e. O’Reilly Open Source Conference <http://www.oreilly.com>

Useful mailing lists
a. ISP-Linux <http://www.isp-linux.com>

b. NANOG <http://www.nanog.org>

c. AfNOG <http://www.afnog.org>

d. SANOG <http://www.sanog.org>

e. NSP Security Mailing List <http://puck.nether.net/nsp-sec>

List of FOSS most commonly used by ISPs
Operating system

Debian Linux <http://www.debian.org>

FreeBSD <http://www.freebsd.org>

Accounting authorization authentication

Cistron Radius <http://www.radius.cistron.nl>

FreeRadius <http://www.freeradius.org>

Freeside <http://www.sisd.com/freeside>

Domain Name Server

BIND <http://www.isc.org/products/BIND>

MAIL servers and related software

Sendmail <http://www.sendmail.org>

Exim <http://www.exim.org>

CourierImap <http://www.inter7.com/courierimap>

SpamAssassin <http://www.spamassassin.org>

Majordomo <http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo>

Web -related software

Apache <http://www.apache.org>

PHP <http://www.php.net>

Proxy and caching servers

Squid <http://www.squid-cache.org>

Security-related

Iptables <http://www.netfilter.org>

Snort <http://www.snort.org>

OpenSSH <http://www.openssh.org>

OpenSSL <http://www.openssl.org>

Network management system

MRTG <http://www.mrtg.org>

Netsaint <http://www.netsaint.org>

Nmap <http://www.nmap.org>

Ntop <http://www.ntop.org>

Browsers and e-mail clients

Firefox Internet Browser <http://www.firefox.com>

Mozilla <http://www.mozilla.org>

Thunderbird E-mail Client <http://www.firefox.com>

Books
Linux Books tends to get obsolete very quickly. But they are still a handy reference, when your access to the Internet is limited.

O’Reilly Books
Practical Internet and UNIX Security

Linux in a Nut Shell

Building Secure Servers with Linux

DNS and BIND

Essential System Administration

Linux Security Cookbook

Network Troubleshooting Tools

Other O’Reilly books on FOSS are also highly recommended.

Other Books
Unix Unleashed. System Administrator’s Edition. India: Techmedia.

Special Edition - Using Linux. 3rd Edition. India: Prentice Hall of India Ltd.

Tanenbum, A. Computer Networks. Prentice Hall.

Free BSD References
The FreeBSD handbook is a full guide on FreeBSD.

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-communication.html

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking.html