http://www.ethicalhacker.net/content/category/7/40/2/
http://www.ethicalhacker.net/content/view/227/2/
http://www.ethicalhacker.net/content/view/238/2/
http://cygwin.com/
http://www.backtrack-linux.org/
www.austinhackers.org	/austin hackers organization
www.owasp.org		/application security


prevention:
	long & strong passwords (> 14 characters)
	updates & patches
	ips (network intrusion prevention systems)
	firewall
	selinux (on linux, UAC on Windows)
	disable all unnecessary processes
	dmz critical applications

fail2ban	/login monitor
denyhosts	/login monitor

yubikey		/secure login mechanism