Miscellaneous Security Items

This page is a subsection of the Crypto link farm. Links to further crypto and security-related information can be found there.

Anonymity and Privacy

Aixs Net Privacy
Web access anonymiser.
Anonymizer
Web access anonymizer.
IRC4ALL Public Proxy Page
Links to public WWW/FTP anonymising proxies.
Lucent Personalised Web Assistant
Proxy which hides personal details from intrusive web pages and blocks spam.
Onion Routing
Routing mechanism which resists traffic analysis.
Steganography
A paper on steganography.

Random Numbers

/dev/random Support Page
Home page of the Unix /dev/random randomness driver.
Atom-Age Products
Thermal-noise-based hardware RNG.
Aware Electronics Corp.
PC Geiger counters (great random data sources).
Crypt-X '98 Home Page
Crypto randomness test suite (not freely available).
DIEHARD
George Marsaglia's RNG test suite.
Efficient Generation of Cryptographic Confusion Sequences
A survey of PRNG's for crypto applicatoins.
FreeBSD Notes
Various notes on /dev/random and randomness gathering.
HotBits: Genuine Random Numbers
Build-it-yourself radioactive-decay based random number generator (perfect for Chernobyl residents).
Intel Random Number Generator (RNG)
Intel hardware RNG information and documentation.
Land Of Random
Papers and reports on RNG's and randomness.
Lavarand!
Random number generation using lava lamps.
News on Random Number Generators
Links to papers and web pages on random numbers.
Numerical Recipes Code CDROM
CDROM contains ~1/4GB of random numbers.
ORION RNG
Serial-port hardware RNG.
Radiation Monitors for PCs
Various random number sources.
Random Noise Sources
Designs and analyses of various zener-based generators.
Random Number Generation, Taygeta Scientific Inc.
Papers and software for PRNG's.
Random number generators -- The pLab Project Home Page
Theory and practice of random number generation.
Random number generators
Analyses of hardware and software randomg number generators.
Random Number Generators (RNGs)
Web sites and references for RNG information, information on various PRNG's.
Randomness Resources
Resources on secure random-number generation and the problems of insecure random number generation.
rng0
NIST RNG test suite.
SG100
Hardware random number generator.
Using and Creating Cryptographic-Quality Random Numbers
Randomness-gathering techniques.
Wayne's Random Noise Generator
PN-junction based hardware RNG sampled using a sound card.
Z5000 - True Random Number Generator
Incredibly expensive hardware RNG.

Algorithm benchmarks
Relative speeds of a number of encryption and hash algorithms.
Bletchley Park Home Page
Visitors guide to Bletchley Park.
Bob Tinsley's Steganography Pages
Steganography papers and ideas.
Building a Windows NT bastion host in practice
Presumably the idea is that attackers crash this first, cutting of the rest of your network and leaving it secure.
Cipher machines
Information on various historical cipher machines, include a for sale/trade section.
Crypto Machine Menu Page
Information on historial crypto hardware.
Data Security Incorporated Products
Heavy-duty tape and hard drive degaussers.
DigiCrime, Inc.
Online links to digital crime, blackmail services, encryption key cracking, airline rerouting, internet shoplifting, e-cash laundering, alien mind control, etc etc.
GeodSoft How-To: Good and Bad Passwords
Tutorial and tools for good password usage.
GISUM. Information Security
University of Malaga infosec group.
GSM Wizard
GSM-related technical information and secret features of phones. NB: This page repeats the official GSM security info rather than the actual details.
Harmless Little Project
Project for a freely-available voice crypto board (moribund).
Information on VideoCrypt Hard/Software
JANUS
Anonymity for WWW content providers.
KL7/KWR37 Crypto Units
Descriptions and photos of the KL7 and KWR37.
KuesterLaw Technology Law Resource
Technology and IP law resources.
Mac OS Security and Crypto
Apple security and crypto information page for the Mac.
Matt's Unix Security Page
Unix and Internet security papers, security software, links and miscellaneous items.
Microsoft Security Advisor Program
Microsoft's interpretation of security (see many other links on this page for everyone elses interpretation of Microsoft's security).
NSA Crypto Museum Photos
Paper Shredders
Review of a shredder designed for home use.
Payment, Security & Internet References, Lynn Wheeler
X9.59 electronic payment-related references.
Personal Computer Security
DIY physical securitry measures for your PC.
PGP Interactions: Index and Quick Reference
PGP interoperability/compatibility info.
Prime number verification via ECPP
Bignum prime number verification via a CGI script.
Proactive Security Home Page
Distributed security measures which resist attack.
Quantum Computation/Cryptography at Los Alamos
Information on quantum computation and cryptography.
RADIOPHONE Top Level
Information on cellular telephony, PCS, and wireless data transfer.
S & P Calendar
Calendar of security and crypto conferences.
Securing NIS
Security on LGG
Security tools, password recovery and cracks, security information.
Sirene Home Page
Various research projects in computer security.
SourceKey - The Global Source for Key Recovery
GAK/key escrow/trusted third party/whatever centre.
SSL Browser Information
Information on the SSL implementation used by your browser.
The Square Page
The Square block cipher and links to implementations.
Toby's Cryptopage
Information and links to historical cryptosystems and encryption machines.
USDS Homepage
Yet another new (and patented) PKC.
Word lists
Large collection of multilingual word lists and dictionaries.