Anti-Hacking Links

Protection comes from knowledge - know how a hacker tries to get in, and then you can stop them.

Lucent hacking whitepaper [PDF]
Top ten security steps
Advice on Good and bad password choices
Commonly used passwords
SANS Reading Room - Security white papers
How to prevent Windows from storing a LAN manager hash of your password in Active Directory and local SAM databases
Why NT & 2000 are bad for passwords and what you can do about it.
How to Disable LM Authentication on Windows NT
Password checker - enter your password and get a score!
Notepad popups
Totse list of common BIOS passwords
Top 75 network tools
Windows Security
Code Lifter - takes Javascript etc. from a site
Why Firewalls are the new Maginot line
Rohitab

Lan Port Scan (from GFI)
El-Hacker (beware popups) downloads
Hacked files
John the Ripper password cracker
L0phtcrack 5
Cain & Abel password cracker
Patchwork system scanner (GRC.com)
COTSE resource, with NetBIOS tools
Password removal tool for Excel
Print/edit protection removal tool for Acrobat
LostPassword.com - password removal tolls, but the demos give you the first two characters of your password, which helps if you have forgotten it!