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Historical CERT Documents Although these documents are not current, they may be useful for research purposes. Technical Documents Advisories Incident notes A Brief Tour of the Simple Network Management Protocol (pdf) Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (pdf) Denial of Service Attacks Email Bombing and Spamming Finding Site Contacts Managing the Threat of Denial-of-Service Attacks (pdf) Problems With The FTP PORT Command (or Why You Don't Want Just Any PORT in a Storm) Securing an Internet Name Server (pdf) Spoofed/Forged Email Steps for Recovering from a UNIX or NT System Compromise Trends in Denial of Service Attack Technology (pdf) UNIX Configuration Guidelines Understanding Malicious Content Mitigation for Web Developers Using PGP to Verify Digital Signatures (pdf) W32/Blaster Recovery Tips Reports Results of the Security in ActiveX Workshop (pdf) Results of the Distributed-Systems Intruder Tools Workshop (pdf) Annual reports General Security Information CERT statistics Congressional testimony Report to the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (pdf) Security of the Internet An Analysis of Security Incidents on the Internet: 1989-1995 (pdf) Homeuser Documents Buffer Overflows - What Are They and What Can I Do About Them? Home Computer Security What is a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack and What Can I Do About It?