Discussion thread for reorganization of "Probably the Best Free Security List in the World"

Tough I endorse that move, please re-consider about the potential disadvantages.

I don't see much issue whether with "Intrusion Protection" or "Intrusion Prevention". Both are fine IMO. As for the proposal, am I right to interpret both the "Continuous" and "Periodic" can also serve as real-time protection? I'm assuming "Continuous" means non-stop protection while "Periodic" means triggered automatic auditing by certain intervals, like WinPatrol Free.

 

What disadvantages?

Right.

 

Definitely there would be some names get removed. Although perhaps not much of a problem considering that there are only very few items with $ tag.

Well okay, from my own point of view I'm still fine with the latest proposal. Looks fine to me.

 

Since I last posted, I've soured on highly hierarchical categorization because:
1. It seems to splinter areas of focus.
2. It could cause too much trouble for the list authors in the future.

 

So... how is it going now?

 

http://www.techsupportalert.com/fre...bly-best-free-security-list-4.html#post103065

I'll try to work on it some more this weekend.

 

Any opinions about using this (see the pdf for the full map) as the basis?

 

This seems very ambitious and challenging. I'm afraid it will be very difficult to built the categories. This map can be used to get ideas but I don't think it can be used without major modifications.

 

Too much hierarchy IMO.

 

Thank you for the feedback .

Here's what I have right now. It's not complete yet, but you can see it's a lot different from the map from post #57. I'll be working on it more this weekend.

Auditing - System Activity
Auditing - System Configuration
Authentication
Availability - Backup
Availability - Rescue
Confidentiality - Encryption
Confidentiality - Other
Integrity - Anti-Fraud
Integrity - Anti-Malware
Integrity - Data Integrity
Integrity - Firewalls
Integrity - Other System Protection
Integrity - Virtualization

 

There are tons of new free security softwares around and I feel probebly the best security list has not been updated that much for a long time. I still see some discontinued and very old softwares still listen while many new softwares are not listen there. I think a house cleaning is needed.

 

You are right. Part of what I'm doing during the reorganization is checking each link for issues. I also have a backlog of over 450 candidates for addition, collected mainly from Wilders browsing. It's too bad there aren't more than 24 hours in a day .

 

can't wait to see the new additions. Best of luck.

 

Latest proposal:

Access Control - Application-Oriented - see https://www.wilderssecurity.com/thr...tions-and-sandboxes-a-survey-of-paper.366712/
Access Control - Device-Oriented
Access Control - User-Oriented
Activity Inspection and Logging
Anti-Malware
Application Security - Alternative Software
Application Security - Application Development Security
Configuration
Data Security - Backup
Data Security - Confidentiality
Data Security - Database Security
Data Security - Integrity
Identity and Authentication
Intrusion Detection and Prevention
Network Security - Firewalls
Network Security - Messaging Security
Network Security - Proxies
Network Security - Remote Access
Network Security - TCP/IP Security
Network Security - Virtual Private Networks
Network Security - Web Security
Network Security - Wireless Security
Recovery and Response
Security Assessment
Virtualization

Feedback welcome.

 

Kind of less interesting compared to my latest personal approval, but I guess it will work well.

 

Are you referring to the one that you made? If not, which post # are you referring to?

 

No, I was referring to post #46, although for the sake of simplicity I slightly prefer post #28.

 

If anyone else has a preference for a certain one, feel free to say so.

 

Latest proposal:

Network Security - Firewalls
Network Security - Email and Other Messaging Security
Network Security - Other
Network Security - Proxies
Network Security - Remote Access
Network Security - TCP/IP Security
Network Security - Virtual Private Networks
Network Security - Web Security
Network Security - Wireless Security
System Security - Anti-Intrusion - Anti-Malware
System Security - Anti-Intrusion - Configuration
System Security - Anti-Intrusion - Other Third-Party Software
System Security - Authenticity
System Security - Availability - Backup
System Security - Availability - Recovery
System Security - Confidentiality
System Security - Cryptography
System Security - Integrity
System Security - Other
System Security - Resources
System Security - Security Assessment
System Security - Software Development Security
System Security - System Information and Activity

 

Looks good, I;m not sure what to add.

 

Thank you .

 

Beautiful.

 

So this would be the final design then?

 

Not necessarily. Also, just like the current list, there will be more categorization within each of the listed categories. I'll post about those as I get to them.

If anyone has suggestions for improvement, I'd love to hear them.

 

Latest proposal:

Network Security - Firewalls
Network Security - Email and Other Messaging Security
Network Security - Other
Network Security - Proxies
Network Security - TCP/IP Security
Network Security - Virtual Private Networks
Network Security - Web Security
Network Security - Wireless Security
System Security - Anti-Intrusion - Anti-Malware
System Security - Anti-Intrusion - Configuration
System Security - Anti-Intrusion - Other Third-Party Software
System Security - Anti-Intrusion - Security Assessment
System Security - Anti-Intrusion - Security Suites
System Security - Authenticity
System Security - Availability - Backup
System Security - Availability - Recovery
System Security - Confidentiality
System Security - Integrity
System Security - Other
System Security - Resources
System Security - Software Development Security
System Security - System Information and Activity

Should I make "Security Assessment" a subset of "Configuration", since it could be considered testing one's configuration?