Martindale's The Reference Desk: Internet & Intranet

MARTINDALE'S

THE REFERENCE DESK

CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE,

CLUSTERS, COMPUTERS, INTERNET,

INTRANET, INTERNETWORKING

& SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER

US/Pacific: Sunday, October 24, 2004
Sydney, Australia: Monday, October 25, 2004

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Computer/Internet Security Alerts, Advisories, Spam, Traffic, etc.

Computer Security Standards

News & Information | Journals & e-prints | Cyberinfrastructure Dictionaries

Cyberspace

Test Internet Connection, Performance & Run Traceroutes

Networking, Clusters, etc. | Network Warfare

Internet Access Providers (ISP's) | Internet Content Rating

Internet Economy & Statistics

Internet Electronic Certification/Credentials | Internet Fraud

Internet Whois (Who does that web site belong to?)

What Type of Software is that Server Using?

Internet Server Software | Internet Statistics Software "Log Analysis Tools"

Internet Web Hosting | Internet Protocol IPv6

Internet Registration & Domain Names

Internet Domain Name Disputes | Internet Config. & Standards

Open Source - Apache, Linux, etc.

Audio

Base Conversion | Quantum Computers & Computation

Computer Graphics | Computer Anti-Virus Software

Digital Cameras, Imaging & Scanning

Encryption & Cryptography

Hardware & Build Your Own PC

HTML, C & C++, CGI & Perl, Programming, Decoders, Web Page Design etc.

Privacy, Security, Spam, Web Bug's,
Remove Spyware, Popups, etc.

Software/Shareware | VRML - X3D | Search Engines

Computer/Internet Security Alerts, Advisories, Spam, Traffic, etc.:

"Internet Traffic Report WW (Opnix)"
"U.S. Internet Health Report (Keynote)"
"Secunia Security Advisories"
"Internet Storm Center (SANS Institute)"
"SANS Top 20 Internet Security Vulnerabilities"
"DShield - Cracker Activity"
"CIAC" "F-Secure" "US-CERT"

"Anti-Phishing Working Group: Phishing Alerts"
"Code Fish Spam Watch: Spam & Phishing Alerts"

"Camino, Firefox, Mozilla & Thunderbird Security Alerts"
"IE Security Alerts" "Opera Security Alerts" "Safari/Apple Security Alerts"
"Cisco Security Advisories"

"Trend Micro - World Computer Virus Map"

"Aladdin - Latest Virus Alerts"
"Kaspersky Labs Virus List - Latest Virus Alerts"
"McAfee - Recently Updated Threats"
"MessageLabs - Email Threats"
"Sophos - Latest Viruses"
"Symantec/Norton - Virus Alerts"

"Spy Audit for PC's"
"Computer Associates Vulnerability Alerts"

Computer Security Standards:

"Common Criteria for IT Security Evaluation (NIST)"
"Security Certification and Accreditation Process (CSRC, NIST)"

"DNSSEC - DNS Security Extensions Securing the Domain Name System"

"Common Operating Environment (DISA, DoD)"
"Computer Security Resource Center (CSRC, NIST)"
"National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) - U.S."

News & Information:

"CNET News" "Compound Semiconductor" "CompTIA" "Crypto-Gram" "DARPA" "DTIC"
"Federal Computer" "Fibers: Optical Communications" "Geek"

"IBM Technical Papaers" "MacFixit" "Nantechnology (IOP)" "Nanotechnology (NSTI)"
"NCO/IT R&D" "Nuclear Threat Initiative" "Optics & Photonics"
"PC Magazine" "Pew Internet Research"

"Qubit" "Rand Corp." "RFID" "Supercomputers" "Technology Review" "The Economist"

Journals & e-prints:

"Computer Science e-Prints"

"Computation & Language e-Prints" "Computational Physics e-Prints" "Data Analysis, Statistic & Probability e-Prints"

"Mathematics e-Prints (arXiv.org)" "Mathematics e-Prints (U.C. Davis arXiv)" "Theory of Cryptography LIbrary" "Quantum Algebra e-Prints "Quantum Physics e-Prints"

"American Mathematical Society Journals" "Computer Graphics Quaterly" "Computing in Science and Engineering" "Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery"

"IEEE Journals" "Intel Technology Journal" "Journal of Cryptology" "Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics" "SIAM Journals" "The Journal of Visualization & Computer Animation"

Internet/Cyberinfrastructure Dictionaries:

"Cisco Systems' Internetworking Technology"
"Cisco Systems' Glossary of Optical Networking Terms"
"CMP Media's Tech Encyclopedia"
"Computer Currents' Computer Dictionary"
"Crypto AG's Crypto & Encryption Glossary"

"Geek.com's Technology Glossary"
"Greenberg's Mathematical Programming Glossary"

"Howe's Dictionary of Computing"
"Latronix's Thin Server Glossary"

"Ritter's Crypto Glossary and Dictionary of Technical Cryptography"
"Sematech's Semiconductor Manufacturing Industry Dictionary"

"Townsend & Taphouse's Dictionary of Information Security"

"Webopedia"
"What Is.com's Computer/Internet Dictionary"
"Wired Digital's Encyclopedia of the New Economy"

Cyberspace:

"Dodge's Atlas of Cyberspace" "Internet Society"

Test Internet Connection, Performance & Run Traceroutes:

"Performance Test (TOAST)"
"Performance Test with Graphs (DSLReports)"

"Visual Route" "I.P. Address & Trace from sites World Wide"
"Trace, Tables, Bandwidth etc. via Canada"
"I.P. Address/Trace via Switzerland"

Networking:

"National Coordination Office (NCO/IT R&D)"

"Cisco's Packet Magazine"
"Cisco's Internetwork Design Guide"
"Cisco's Internetwork Troubleshooting Guide"

"Matt Basham's Learning by Doing - CCNA Lab Manual"

"IC & Components" "Lan Times Buyer's Directory"
"DSL Today" "Spurgeon's Ethernet Guide" "IPv6" "6bone"

"Bluetooth" "Wi-Fi Alliance" "Wireless Technology (IBM)"
"Ultra Wideband Working Group" "ZigBee Alliance"

"DOE UltraScience Net" "Defense Information System Agency"

"National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)"
"WebCT-HPC (High-Performance Computing Cluster) Online Courses"

"Cluster Research Lab (LANL)"

"Global Grid Forum" "Grid Computing (IBM)" "Teragrid"
"Enabling Grids for E-science in Europe (EGEE)
"The Globus Project" "The Grid Physics Network"

"CAIDA's Network Measurement, Taxonomy Tools"
"Insecure.org's Network Security Tools"
"John December's Internet Tools Summary"
"Network Measurment Tools (SLAC)"
"Network Security Toolkit"

"Network Time and Frequency Server Software (NIST)"
"Network & Satellite Time Service (U.S. Naval Observatory)"
"Public NTP Time Servers (NTP)"

Network Warfare, Cyberwar, Information War, Network-Centric Warfare:

"Battlefield of the Future (Air & Space Power Chronicles - USAF, DoD)"
"Net-Centric (Networks & Information Integration (NII, CIO, DoD)"
"Networks & Netwars (Rand)"
"Future War (Northrop Gruman)"

"Markus Kuhn's Compromising Emanations: Eavesdropping"

Internet Access Providers:

"Internet Access Providers Meta-List" "Internet Service Providers"

Internet Content Rating:

"Internet Content Rating Association"

Internet Economy & Statistics:

"ClickZ: Today's Internet Usage Statistics"

"How Much Information? - SIMS, UC Berkeley"
"IAB: Internet Advertising"
"ITU's Digital Access Index - Global ICT Rankings"
"Pew Internet & American Life Project"
"State Technology & Science Index - Milken Institute"
"The Economist Intelligence Unit"

Internet Electronic Certification/Credentials:

"GlobalSign" "IPS" "Thawte" "VerSign"

Internet Fraud:

"Internet Fraud Complaint Center - FBI & DOJ"

Internet Whois:

"Domain Dossier" "Uwhois (All Countries)"
"Register.com (Registrant, Admin. Contact etc.)"
"Net Node (Canonical Name, Internet Address, Nameserver etc.)"
"InterNic: Whois" "ARIN: Whois" "APNIC: Whois" "RIPE NCC: Whois"
"IANA: Whois" "Whois.edu (U.S.)" "Whois.org (U.S.)"

Internet - What Type of Software is the Server Using?:

"Netcraft: What's that Site Running?"

"Netcraft: OS, Web Server and Hosting History for ?"

Internet Server Software:

"WebCompare"

Internet Statistics Software "Log Analysis Tools":

"AccessWatch" "Analog" "OpenWebScope" "Website Reporter" "Click Track" "DeepMetrix" "NetTracker" "Surfstats" "Urchin" "WebTrends"

Internet Web Hosting:

"TopHosts" "Web Host Directory" "Web Hosting-CNET"

Internet Protocol IPv6:

Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)

Internet Registration & Domain Names:

"ICANN" "IANA" "Asia Network (APNIC)" "IP Européens (RIPE NCC)"
"Latin American & Caribbean (LACNIC)"
"American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)"
"Protocol Numbers & Assignment Services (PPP Number Assignments etc.)"
Accredited Name Registration for 'COM', 'ORG' & 'NET'

"ICANN - List of Registrars"

Some Examples

"Internet Council of Registrars - CORE"
"Register.com" "Network Solutions/VeriSign"

Eamples of New & Specilized Name Registration

"'.AERO' Registration - SITA"
"'.BIZ' Registration - NeuLevel"
"'.INFO' Registration - Afilias"
"'.INT' Registration - IANA"
"'.MUSEUM' Registration - MuseDoma"
"'.NAME' Registration - Global Name Registry"
"'.US' Registration - VeriSign"

Internet Domain Name Disputes:

"Domain Name Disputes: Cases & Decisions - WIPO"

Internet Config. & Standards:

"Internet Architecture Board (IAB)" "Internet Engineering Taskforce (IETF)"
"Internet Software Consortium (ISC)" "OASIS" "PCI-SIG" "W3C"

Apache, Linux, etc.. - Open Source:

"Open Source Initiative (OSI)"

"Apache" "Mozilla" "OpenBSD" "OpenSSH"
"Apple Open Source" "IBM Open Source"

"Camera/Shy" "Debian"

"Free Standards Group"

"JBoss Java" "Java Community Process"
"JDS Help" "Java, Jini, RMI, J2SE, JXTA, JSLEE, OSS, etc. (SUN)"

"Liberty Alliance Project"

"Linux (IBM)" "Linux (REDHAT)" "Linux Today"
"Linux Standard Base" "Security-Enhanced Linux - SELinux (NSA)"

"Novell's Mono Project" "OWASP" "SendMail"

"SourceForce" "SourceForce Allcommerce" "SpamAssassin" "X.org"

Audio:

"Apple's iTunes" "Classical Archives"
"Net Audio" "RealPlayer" "Shareware Music Machine"

Base Conversion:

"Electrical & Computer Engineering Calculators - Base Conversion"

Computer - Quantum Computers & Computation:

"Quantum Compuation (QUBIT)"
"Quantum Computation: Physics 219, (CALTECH)"

Computer Graphics:

"Electrical & Computer Engineering Calculators - Computer Graphics"

Computer Anti-Virus Software:

"Aladdin" "McAfee" "Sophos" "Symantec/Norton" "Trend Micro"

Digital Cameras, Imaging & Scanning:

"Digital Camera Reveiws & Techniques"
"Kodak Digital Learning Center"

Encryption & Cryptography:

"Crypto AG's Crypto & Encryption Glossary"
"Ritter's Crypto Glossary and Dictionary of Technical Cryptography"

"Qubit - News" "Crypto-Gram - News"
"Quantum Cryptography with Entangled Photons - News"

"International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR)"
"Cryptography Research, Inc." "RSA Labs (RSA Security)"
"ARC Seibersdorf, Austria - Quantum Cryptography for Secure Transactions"

"Cryptography and Security e-Prints" "Quantum Physics e-Prints"

"Theory of Cryptography LIbrary" "Journal of Cryptology"

"Cryptographic & Encryption Standards Testing (CSRC, NIST)"
"Secure Hash Algorithms: SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512."

"Cisco Systems: An Introduction to IP Security Encryption"

"Ciphers by Ritter"
"Johnson's Cryptography & Encryption"
"Savard's An Introduction to Cryptography"
"SSH Communications Security: Cryptography A-Z"

"Johnson's Steganography & Digitial Watermark"
"Petitcolas' Steganography & Digitial Watermark"

"Schneier's The Blowfish Encryption Algorithm"

"Quantum Cryptography: NAVAJO (MagiQ Technologies)"

Hardware & Build Your Own PC:

"Build Your Own PC - Geek"
"Chip Dir" "Chip Docs" "IC & Components" "IC Master"

HTML, C & C++, CGI & Perl, Programming, Decoders, Web Page Design, etc.:

"Programmers Heaven"

"Brokken's C & C++" "Programmers Heaven's C & C++"
"FunctionX's C & C++"

"C#" "CGI & Perl" "Java" "PHP" "PHP-Nuke"
"John December's UNIX" "Freshmeat's UNIX"

"HTML (W3C)" "MATHML (W3C)" "XHTML, XML, SVG, etc. (W3C)"

"Sweeting's Extended HTML Entity Reference Charts"

"Multimedia Authoring" "Web Style Manual" "Web Page Design"
"Media Builder" "ShockZone" "WebMonkey"

"RGB Hex Triplet Color Chart" "Background Color Selector" "Color Chart Pickers" "ColorMaker" "Easy RGB" "Visibone's Color Lab"

"FrameShop" "CoolText" "TableMaker"
"Backgrounds from Julianne" "Backgrounds by Ozone"

IT Certification & Testing Demos:

"SANS Demonstration Tests: C ++, CISCO Engineer, Java, Linux, MS-SQL, etc."

"Apple Certification"
"Cisco Career Certification"
"Dell Certification"
"DRI International Certification"
"IBM Professional Certification Program"
"Linux Professional Institute Certification Program"
"Microsoft Certification"
"NSA Information Security (INFOSEC) Certification via EDS"
"Oracle Certification Program"
"Red Hat Certified Engineer"
"SAP Certification Program"
"Sun Education Services & Certification"

Java:

"Java Calculators, Simulations, etc."
"Java (SUN)" "Java (IBM)" "Java (JBOSS)" "Java World"

Live TV Broadcast:

"Like Television" "C-SPAN-TV"

"Net Audio: TV, Radio, etc."

"TV Stations Online WW (Lyngemark)"

"TV Stations Online WW (TVRadioWorld)"

Some Examples

"Arabic TV" "Brazil" "China" "France" "Georgia"
"Germany" "Hong Kong" "Iceland" "Italy" "Japan" "Mexico" "Quatar"
"Russia" "Saudi Arabia" "Spain" "Switzerland" "Turkey"
"U.K. - BBC" "U.K. - ITN"

Radio Stations Online:

"Radio-Locator (MIT - Radio Stations on the Internet)"

Live Video:

"Earthcam" "Live-Free Webcams" "Railroad Cams WW"
"Ski Cams WW" "VolcanoCams" "Webcam List"

Multimedia Movie Trailers:

"Trailers & Movies - Columbia Tristar" "Trailers & Movies - Apple"

Multimedia Games:

"EA Games" "Games Domain" "Games (Happypuppy)"

Privacy, Security, Spam, Web Bug's, Remove Spyware, Popups, etc.:

"CDT" "CIS" "EFF" "EPIC" "FTC" "Privacy Foundation" "SANS"

"Cryptome" "Def Con" "@Stake" "Publius" "Wired"
"The Search for International Terrorist Entities (SITE) Institute"

"Attrition" "Azreal" "CD Freaks" "MacSecurity" "New Order"
"SecurityFocus" "Security Geeks" "SlashDot" "Source Forge" "VX Heavens"

"Anonymizer" "Cryptobox" "Freenet" "Junkbusters"

"BotSpot" "WebRobots"

"Spy Audit: Scan your PC for Spyware"

"Spy Sweeper - Anti-Spyware: Detecting, Removing and Blocking Spyware"

"Where does spam come from? - Spamhous"

"The Spamdemic Map - Clueless Mailers"

"AdAware" "iHateSpam & iHatePopups"

"Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse (DCC)"

"Phishing attacks - Anti-Phishing.org"

"Cookies" "GUIDs" "DS_STORE (Cocktail)"

"Web Bug's, clear GIFs, 1-by-1 GIFs, invisible GIFs..."

Software/Shareware:

"CWSApps List" "Download.com" "Galt Shareware" "ShareWare" "TuCows" "VersionTracker" "ZDNet"

Virtual Reality (VRML), Extensible 3D (X3D), XMSF, etc.:

"Web3D - X3D, VRML, "

FOR A "SEARCH" ON

THE WW ON ANY SUBJECT

"Search Engine Watch: Ratings, Reviews, Resources, etc."

"Search Engines World Wide"

"A9.com" "All The Web" "Alta Vista" "AOL" "Ask Jeeves" "Beaucoup" "BotSpot" "Business.com" "Energy Citations" "Fast" "Galaxy" "Go2Net" "GoTo (Overture)" "Google" "Hotbot"

"Infotrieve" "LookSmart" "Lycos" "Mamma" "MSN" "MultiCrawl" "Netscape" "Opinion Pages WW" "Overture" "ProFusion" "Search.com - CNET" "Scirus" "Teoma" "WWW Virtual Library" "Wisenut" "Vivisimo" or "Yahoo"

"Searchable Public Record Databases - U.S."
"Searchable Public Record Databases - Canada"
"Searchable Public Record Databases - Australia"
"Searchable Public Record Databases - World Wide"

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