Practical UNIX and Internet Security, 3rd Edition

Appendix C. Paper Sources

There have been a great many books, magazines, and papers published on the topic of computer security in the last few years, reflecting the growing concern with the topic. Trying to keep up with even a subset of this information can be quite a chore, regardless of whether you wish to stay current as a researcher or as a practitioner. In this appendix, we have collected information about a variety of useful references that you can use as a starting point for more information, further depth, and additional assistance.

We should note that in the first edition, this appendix was comprehensive and included nearly everything worth reading on Unix security. For the third edition, the appendix is about the same size, but it now covers only a small fraction of the field! We have tried to confine the list to a small set of accessible and especially valuable references that you will not have difficulty finding.^[375] A few of the older references have been preserved for historical reference as much as for any other reason. We’ve provided annotation where we think it will be helpful.

This appendix is the first of three resources appendixes, all of which contain helpful suggestions for further reading. In Appendix D, we list some online resources in which you can find other publications and discussions on security. In Appendix E, we give pointers to a number of professional organizations (including ACM, Usenix, and the IEEE Computer Society) that sponsor periodic conferences ...