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Networking

• https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/computer-network-tutorials/ - One of the most detailed and thorough open learning tools for computer science topics on the web. Everything you need to know when learning about networking.

• The TCP/IP Guide - The online version of the No Starch Press book published for free. Amazing resource for understanding network connections.

Misc Resources

• Network Design and Topology

  • An Introduction to Computer Networks (HTML, PDF, Kindle)

  • Bits, Signals, and Packets: An Introduction to Digital Communications and Networks

  • Code Connected vol.1 (PDF) (book on ZeroMQ)

  • Computer Networking : Principles, Protocols and Practice (HTML, ePub, PDF, Kindle)

  • Computer Networks: A Systems Approach - Larry Peterson and Bruce Davie (HTML, epub, mobi, PDF)

  • The System Design Primer - learn how to design large-scale systems.

  • Awesome Scalability - best practices in building High Scalability, High Availability, High Stability, and more.

  • Web Architecture 101 - the basic architecture concepts.

• IP Addressing

  • Understanding IP Addressing: Everything you ever wanted to know (PDF)

  • IPv6 for IPv4 Experts - Yar Tikhiy (PDF)

• Network Protocols

  • Introduction to HTTP - Launch School

  • How HTTPS Works - DNSimple

  • HTTP Succinctly, Syncfusion (PDF, Kindle) (email address requested, not required)

  • HTTP2 Explained - Daniel Stenberg

• Distributed Systems

  • Distributed systems for fun and profit

  • High-Performance Browser Networking - Ilya Grigorik

  • Kafka, The definitive Guide - Neha Narkhede (PDF)

• Training

  • https://tryhackme.com/room/introtonetworking

IP Range Reference

• Nessus/Tenable Cloud Scanner IP range

• GCloud IP range JSON

• Azure Cloud IP Range

Operating Systems

Linux

• https://linuxjourney.com/ - The absolutely best resource for starting your journey to understanding linux

• https://nostarch.com/linuxbasicsforhackers - More focused on offensive security, a great book for learning how to use the linux OS.

• https://www.netacad.com/courses/os-it/ndg-linux-unhatched - Great course from Cisco on Linux basics

• https://www.roppers.org/courses/computing-fundamentals - Great and detailed linux beginners class from Roppers

• TrHackMe - Great CTF style training

  • https://tryhackme.com/room/linuxfundamentalspart1

  • https://tryhackme.com/room/linuxfundamentalspart2

  • https://tryhackme.com/room/linuxfundamentalspart3

• Specific Distributions

  • https://kali.training/downloads/Kali-Linux-Revealed-1st-edition.pdf

• Book References

  • Operator Handbook: Linux_Defend - pg. 122

  • Operator Handbook: Linux_Ports- pg. 133

  • Operator Handbook: Linux_Structure - pg. 143

• CLI and Scripting

  • https://nostarch.com/tlcl2 - The book to read for understanding your way around the linux command line. Pairs very well with https://overthewire.org/wargames/bandit/

  • https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html - Advanced Bash scripting Guide.

Bash is the default command line shell for Linux operating systems

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Windows

• WIndows Components - https://tinyurl.com/48vexm6h

  • Operator Handbook: Windows_Structure - pg. 413

  • Operator Handbook: Windows_Ports - pg. 365

• Windows Local File Systems - https://tinyurl.com/35snns2k

• Windows Registry - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/sysinfo/registry

  • https://posts.specterops.io/the-defenders-guide-to-the-windows-registry-febe241abc75?gi=6e7da1428d77

  • Operator Handbook: Windows_Registry- pg. 370

• Windows Administration Tools - https://tinyurl.com/hwmv4cvt

• Microsoft Active Directory

  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/get-started/virtual-dc/active-directory-domain-services-overview

  • Cyber Operations: Active Directory - pg.235

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• Windows Command Line

  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/cmd

  • https://www.tavi.co.uk/os2pages/cmd.html

  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/windows-commands

  • Operator Handbook: Windows_Commands - pg. 328

• Windows Powershell

  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/

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• Misc

  • https://tryhackme.com/room/windowsfundamentals1xbx

  • https://tryhackme.com/room/windowsfundamentals2x0x

  • https://tryhackme.com/room/windowsfundamentals3xzx

  • Operator Handbook: Windows_Defend - pg. 334

  • Operator Handbook: Windows_Event_IDs - pg. 338

MacOS

• https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/macosbasics/all-about-macos/1/ - Mac Basics

• https://macpaw.com/how-to/new-to-mac - Beginners Guide to Mac

• https://theevilbit.github.io/posts/getting_started_in_macos_security/

• Operator Handbook: MacOS_Commands - pg.154

• Operator Handbook: MacOS_Defend - pg.162

• Operator Handbook: MacOS_Ports - pg.181

• Operator Handbook: MacOS_Structure - pg.186

Misc Resources

• General Computer Science

  • Computer Science from the Bottom Up

  • https://www.geeksforgeeks.org

• OS Basics

  • A short introduction to operating systems (2001) - Mark Burgess (PDF)

  • Think OS: A Brief Introduction to Operating Systems - Allen B. Downey (PDF)

  • Operating Systems and Middleware (PDF and LaTeX)

  • Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces (PDF)

• OS Design

  • How to write a simple operating system in assembly language - Mike Saunders (HTML)

  • How to Make a Computer Operating System (🚧 in process)

  • Project Oberon: The Design of an Operating System, a Compiler, and a Computer - Niklaus Wirth & Jürg Gutknecht (PDF)

  • The little book about OS development - Erik Helin, Adam Renberg

  • Writing a Simple Operating System from Scratch - Nick Blundell (PDF)

• FIle Systems

  • Practical File System Design: The Be File System - Dominic Giampaolo (PDF)

• Unix OS Design

  • The Art of Unix Programming - Eric S. Raymond

  • UNIX Application and System Programming, lecture notes - Prof. Stewart Weiss (PDF)

  • Xv6, a simple Unix-like teaching operating system

Cloud

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Logging and Security Architecture

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Infrastructure monitoring

• Netdata is high-fidelity infrastructure monitoring and troubleshooting, real-time monitoring Agent collects thousands of metrics from systems, hardware, containers, and applications with zero configuration. It runs permanently on all your physical/virtual servers, containers, cloud deployments, and edge/IoT devices, and is perfectly safe to install on your systems mid-incident without any preparation.

  • https://www.netdata.cloud/