Firewall Fundamentals

Microsoft's Security at Home, http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/default.mspx

Intrusion Detection FAQ, http://www.sans.org/resources/idfaq/

Intrusion Detection Systems FAQ, http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Intrusion-Detection-Systems-FAQ.html

What You Need to Know About Intrusion Detection Systems, http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/What_You_Need_to_Know_About_Intrusion_Detection_Systems.html

Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) Part 1, http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Intrusion_Detection_Systems_IDS_Part_I__network_intrusions_attack_symptoms_IDS_tasks_and_IDS_architecture.html

Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) Part 2, http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/IDS-Part2-Classification-methods-techniques.html

Host-Based IDS vs. Network-Based IDS (Part 1), http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Hids_vs_Nids_Part1.html

Host-Based IDS vs. Network-Based IDS (Part 2), http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Hids_vs_Nids_Part2.html

Log Analysis, http://www.loganalysis.org/

SecurityFocus, http://www.securityfocus.com/

SANS InfoSec Reading Room, http://www.sans.org/rr/

Windows Security Portal, http://searchwindowssecurity.techtarget.com/

Slashdot Technical News and Information, http://slashdot.org/

NSA Security Configuration Guides, http://www.nsa.gov/snac/

Insecure.org Security Portal, http://www.insecure.org/

Team Cymru, http://www.cymru.com/

Center for Internet Security, http://www.cisecurity.org/

Networking Portal, http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/

Microsoft Security Home Page, http://www.microsoft.com/security/default.mspx

United States Computer Emergency Response Team, http://www.us-cert.gov/

Windows Security Exploit Mailing List, http://www.ntbugtraq.com/

The Register News Portal, http://www.theregister.co.uk/

IP Authentication Header, http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2402.html

IP Encapsulating Security Payload, http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2406.html