Security/Privacy Sites
| Anonymous surfing | |
| Portscan, security-test, exploit-test, and browser-check | |
| Lavasoft's spyware detect program | |
| Anonymous surfing + demo of vulnerability | |
| Text encryption/decryption demo | |
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Online Virus Scan (free) |
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| Personal pure firewall (now dual mode), acquired by ISS | |
| Browser environment detection demo | |
| Privacy Foundation's web bug detection tool | |
| Popular page with embedded invisible web bug | |
| Leading privacy-advocacy site | |
| Optout (online) from leading online profilers | |
| Center for Education & Research in Information Assurance & Security | |
| Reporting center for Internet security problems, from Carnegie Mellon | |
| Computer Incident Advisory Capability (from DOE: Dept. of Energy) | |
| From a federation of consumer privacy orgs, including CDT | |
| Internet privacy site from Consumer Union | |
| Master site for cookie-related info/software | |
| Privacy fight-back site | |
| All about this powerful scriptiing attack / vulnerability | |
| Computer Security Resource Center (from NIST) | |
| Article on security exposure of Google desktop search | |
| Fibonnaci-based naive Denial-of-Service Attack | |
| Computer Security Resource Center, from NIST | |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation privacy group | |
| Over dozen sophisticated email vulnerability tests | |
| e-mail opt-out, from DMA (Direct Marketing Association) | |
| Privacy-advocacy site with public info | |
| Sandbox protection software | |
| Certification org for privacy-compliant sites | |
| ActiveX control forcing shutdown/restart | |
| Complaint center re online merchants | |
| Freedom Security & Privacy Suite | Excellent, from Zero-Knowledge, Zone-Alarm-type firewall |
| FreeProxyServers | Selectable by port, country, anonymity level |
| From a federation of consumer privacy orgs | |
| Safe demo of security hacking | |
| Latest (6/2005) Hotmail hack, from hacker Alex de Vries" ("Eierkoek") | |
| Security megasite | |
| Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (health info privacy). | |
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Online Virus Scan (free) |
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Secure email service |
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| Industry security products certification group | |
| Anonymous Browsing Service | |
| Allows customized / advanced granular control of IE privacy settings | |
| Internet Fraud Complaint Center (from FBI) | |
| Security resources megasite | |
| Caching Personal Proxy Server | |
| Security certification organization | |
| Comprehensive security knowledge base (with career resources) | |
| Java Anonymity Program (free), local anonymizing proxy server | |
| Forced mouseover redirect in a new browser window (from IDZAP) | |
| Demo (Netscape) of risk of Java applets | |
| Test outbound leaks | |
| Demo of a full-function firewall | |
| Token-passed secure online payment | |
| Excellent forum for Windows security info/alerts | |
| Sophisticated free spyware control program (advanced functionality) | |
| Opt-out from Network Advertising Initiative | |
| Personal Sandbox + Firewall Security Suite (Symantec) | |
| National Security Agency | |
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Online Virus Scan (free) |
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| NT vulnerability detect (from Center for Internet Security) | |
| Personal security site + security challenge tests & firewall reviews | |
| Privacy advocacy site | |
| From MailFrontier | |
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Two illustrated examples of PKI in operation (from Digital Hong Kong) |
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Online multipart PKI tutorial (from SignTrust) |
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Prevx Home (not for W2003) |
Blocks malicious apps & hacker attacks bypassing traditional security |
| Privacy advocacy site | |
| Privacy advocacy site | |
| Privacy advocacy site | |
| Privacy advocacy site | |
| Privacy advocacy site | |
| Privacy Net Opt-out Service | Banner ad opt-out service |
| Privacy advocacy site | |
| Privacy advocacy site (EPIC) | |
| Privacy advocacy site | |
| Privacy Reports | Selective privacy ratings |
| Proxy-Web Proxy List | Testable & searchable by country, anonymity level, latency, uptime |
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Online Virus Scan (free) |
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Moderated security digest |
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Detailed demo examples of hacking technology |
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Security training and certification |
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Checks browser vulnerabilities |
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Resources on computer security certification, from Careerplus (C. Kaniklidis) |
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Security megasite |
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Security-testing site for port / firewall protection |
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| Corporate security server demo | |
| Detects SSL-level of browser | |
| Free online email privacy service (also available from ckaneWEB) | |
| SygateTech Security Scan | Port probe + trojan attack + icmp (ping) security test |
| Extensive online battery of security tests | |
| Free anonymous surfing (+ encrypted session) | |
| Free (Onion Routing) Anonymmizer program | |
| Token-passed secure online payment | |
| Top Digital Signatures Certification Authority | |
| Verifies secure browsing support, strong encryption, & digital certificates | |
| Windows security megasite | |
| Caching Personal Proxy Server | |
| Leading security FAQ from W3C (author: Lincoln D. Stein) | |
| Anonymizing / Privacy Site | |
| Free Personal Firewall |