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1. What should I know or read before asking a question on this list ?
   
2. I want to get into the security field what should I do ?
   
3. What other FAQs should I read ?
   
4. What books should I read ?
   
5. What Web sites should I visit ?
   
6. What security trade shows are available ?
   
7. Is the term hacker, cracker or slacker ?
   
8. What other Security mailing lists are out there?
   
9. How do I unsubscribe from the Security Focus IDS list?
   
10. Where are the archives for the Security Focus IDS list?
    
11. Who contributes to this list ?
    
12. What do I do if I have a question that isn't answered here?
    

General Questions

1:   What should I know or read before asking a question on this list ? 

To get the most out of this list, we think you should:

 Understand the basics of how TCP/IP starts a connection, transfers data, and finishes that connection.
 Understand what the Flags in TCP/IP do. 
 Understand the basics of running a packet sniffer. 
 Know the difference between a packet sniffer and a Network Instrusion Detection System. 
 Know the difference between a Host Based Intrusion Detection System and a Network intrusion detection System. 
 Know the basics about Firewall rules 
 Run some of the following tools on this list:
Some of the tools you should try are NMAP, TCPDUMP or Ethereal, Nessus, TripWire, SNORT and Fragrouter 


2:   I want to get into the security field what should I do ? 



 Read and understand the recommended FAQs below. 
 Read and understand what is on the recommended book list. 
 Daily read one or more of the infosecurity web sites below. 
 Get a Security Certification from SANS or ISC2 
 Get involved with open source security project (Even if you can't program they still need people to test 
and document the project. Many Open Source projects could use help in making FAQs, How-Tos, Etc.) 
 



3:   What other FAQs should I read ? 

SANS ID FAQ
Robert Graham FAQs
Firewall FAQ
WWW Security FAQ
Firewall-1 FAQ
Crypto FAQ
comp.os.linux.security FAQ


4:   What books should I read ? 

Start with the books on this list. 


5:   What Web sites should I visit ? 


securityfocus.com 
linuxsecurity.com 
Microsoft Security 
SANS Reading Room
eWeek has a list of Security Web Sites


6:   What security trade shows are available ? 

SANS Security training 
RSA

7:   Is the term hacker, cracker or slacker ? 

Hacker 
Cracker 
Slacker 


8:   What other Security mailing lists are out there? 

Focus-IDS
Incidents
Snort-Users
IDS
SANS lists
Attrition.org Lists
SecurityPortal Lists
Firewall-Wizards



9:   How do I unsubscribe from the Security Focus IDS list? 

http://www.securityfocus.com/focus/ids/list/focus_idsfaq.html#0.3.2


10:  Where are the archives for the Security Focus IDS list? 

http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=96


11:  Who contributes to this list ? 

Normally people from the SF IDS list.
The main contributors have been:
Jason Lewis
Alan Ridgeway

12:  What do I do if I have a question that isn't answered here?

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