* Review of Gary Kessler’s security Web site
Sometimes I wonder why people bother putting up Web sites at all. Their links are out of date, their pages were updated years ago, the information is sparse and the layout is cluttered and inconsistent.
Contrast these sad efforts with the work of my friend and colleague Professor Gary Kessler:
Gary’s Web site is a treasure trove of valuable, up-to-date information laid out in a clear, usable format with no frills and a visible commitment to helping others.
Gary was a leader in founding the Vermont InfraGard and was the dynamo behind the creation of the Computer Networking, Computer & Digital Forensics, and Information Security programs at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt. You can read about his extensive networking and security experience on his bio page:
https://www.garykessler.net/gck.html
Gary wrote an interesting article for this column in December 2002:
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/2002/01652888.html
And he co-authored the chapters on denial-of-service attacks and LAN security for the Big Blue Book:
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471412589/fusion0e
Readers will be particularly interested in the list of “Information Resources” on his home page. The article library has 102 useful papers and notes by Gary on security, cyberforensics, networking, e-commerce, Windows NT/2000, law and public policy, and tools:
https://www.garykessler.net/library/index.html
His collection of more than 900 security URLs points to overviews, cryptography, legal issues, cybercrime & forensics, operating system security, firewalls/IDS/honeypots, VPNs/tunneling, Web-related security, and hacker/cracker sites and tools. The final section, “Other Security Topics,” would be achievement enough for most people; it includes 147 links for viruses/worms, e-mail/spamming, passwords, denial-of-service, Code Red worm, personalities in security, ethics, e-government/e-voting, VoIP, locks and lockpicking, security-product vendors, HIPAA, security policies, wireless security and biometrics.
For even more links, see his Cybercrime and Cyberforensics-related URLs, which at this writing include more than 200 references:
https://www.garykessler.net/library/forensicsurl.html
I am sure that readers will enjoy visiting his site.
