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Publications

Aside from the recent articles on Medium.com, Chris has been an active author since 1992. He has been published in Sys Admin Magazine, the Information Security Management Handbook, and co-authored a number of books.

Here is a list of his publications. Some of these are available for reading on this site.

Sys Admin Magazine

Keeping Data in Sync::rsync — Part I. Article in Sys Admin magazine. CMP Media, San Francisco, CA 2004
Keeping Data in Sync::rsync — Part II. Article in Sys Admin magazine. CMP Media, San Francisco, CA 2004
Revisiting UNIX Password Controls -- Part 1. Article in Sys Admin magazine. CMP Media, San Francisco, CA 2001
Revisiting UNIX Password Controls -- Part 2. Article in Sys Admin magazine. CMP Media, San Francisco, CA 2001
IT Security Coming of Age. Article in Sys Admin magazine. CMP Media, San Francisco, CA 1998
procmon: A Process Monitor. Article in Sys Admin magazine. R&D Publications, Lawrence, KS 1995
Network Construction: Using a Firewall. Article in Sys Admin magazine. R&D Publications, Lawrence, KS 1995
Subnetting -- Networking one piece at a time. Article in Sys Admin magazine. R&D Publications, Lawrence, KS 1995
File Version Numbering. Article in Sys Admin magazine. R&D Publications, Lawrence, KS 1994
Asynchronous Networking: PPP and SLIP. Article in Sys Admin magazine. R∓D Publications, Lawrence, KS 1994
The UNIX Process Management System. Article in Sys Admin magazine. R∓D Publications, Lawrence, KS 1994
C2 Security: Is Big Brother Watching? Article in Sys Admin magazine. R&D Publications, Lawrence, KS 1993
Monitoring Login Activity. Article in Sys Admin magazine. R&D Publications, Lawrence, KS 1993
SCCS: Keeping It under Control. Article in Sys Admin magazine. R&D Publications, Lawrence, KS 1993
More Network Security: Equivalency. Article in Sys Admin magazine. R&D Publications, Lawrence, KS 1993
Configuring UUCP: Version 2. Article in Sys Admin magazine. R&D Publications, Lawrence, KS 1993
UUCP: Administering BNU. Article in Sys Admin magazine. R&D Publications, Lawrence, KS 1993
UUCP -- The User's Perspective. Article in Sys Admin magazine. R&D Publications, Lawrence, KS 1993
Getting the Info -- sar. Article in Sys Admin magazine. R&D Publications, Lawrence, KS 1992
Getting the Info -- u386mon. Article in Sys Admin magazine. R&D Publications, Lawrence, KS 1992
The UNIX File System Debugger -- fsdb. Article in Sys Admin magazine. R&D Publications, Lawrence, KS 1992
How UNIX Password Controls Work. Article in Sys Admin magazine. R&D Publications, Lawrence, KS 1992

Handbook of Information Security Management

Hacktivism: The Whats, Whys and Wherefores. Book chapter in Information Security Management Handbook, published book. Auerbach Press, Boca Raton, FL 2013
Improving Security Awareness using Adult Education Techniques. Book chapter in Information Security Management Handbook, published book. Auerbach Press, Boca Raton, FL 2010
Predicative Vulnerability Analysis. Book chapter in Information Security Management Handbook, published book. Auerbach Press, Boca Raton, FL 2010
Halon Fire Suppression Systems. Book chapter in Information Security Management Handbook, published book. Auerbach Press, Boca Raton, FL 2008
Potential Cyber-Terrorist Attacks. Book chapter in Information Security Management Handbook, published book. Auerbach Press, Boca Raton, FL 2007
Access Control using RADIUS. Book chapter in Information Security Management Handbook, published book. Auerbach Press, Boca Raton, FL 2005
Putting Security in the Transport: TLS. Book chapter in Information Security Management Handbook, published book. Auerbach Press, Boca Raton, FL 2005
The Reality of Virtual Computing. Book chapter in Information Security Management Handbook, published book. Auerbach Press, Boca Raton, FL 2004
Voice Security. Book chapter in Information Security Management Handbook, published book. Auerbach Press, Boca Raton, FL 2004
What's not so Simple About SNMP. Book chapter in Information Security Management Handbook, published book. Auerbach Press, Boca Raton, FL 2004
Network Technologies for Information Security Practitioners - Part 1. Book chapter in Data Security Management, published book. Auerbach Press, Boca Raton, FL 2004
Network Technologies for Information Security Practitioners - Part 2. Book chapter in Data Security Management, published book. Auerbach Press, Boca Raton, FL 2004
Understanding SSL. Book chapter in Information Security Management Handbook, published book. Auerbach Press, Boca Raton, FL 2004
Cryptography 101. Book chapter in Information Security Management Handbook, published book. Auerbach Press, Boca Raton, FL 2003
It's All about Control. Book chapter in Information Security Management Handbook, published book. Auerbach Press, Boca Raton, FL 2003
Controlling FTP: Providing Secured Data transfers. Book chapter in Information Security Management Handbook, published book. Auerbach Press, Boca Raton, FL 2003
Firewalls: 10 Percent of the solution. Book chapter in Information Security Management Handbook, published book. Auerbach Press, Boca Raton, FL 2002

Auditing the Electronic Commerce Environment. Book chapter in Data Security Management, published book. Auerbach Press, Boca Raton, FL 2002

Information Security Policies, Procedures, and Standards: Establishing an Essential Code of Conduct. Book chapter in Information Security Management Handbook, published book. Auerbach Press, Boca Raton, FL 2001

CIRT: Responding to Attack. Book chapter in Information Security Management Handbook, published book. Auerbach Press, Boca Raton, FL 2001

Improving Network-Level Security through real-time monitoring and Intrusion Detection. Book chapter in Information Security Management Handbook, published book. Auerbach Press, Boca Raton, FL 2001

Encyclopedia of Information Assurance

Principle of Least Privilege (PLP): Implementation. In Encyclopedia of Information Assurance. Taylor and Francis: New York, Published online: 13 Jul 2016; 1-11.

Books

Chris has co-authored a number of books on operating systems, and information security topics. Here is a list of those books.

Official (ISC)² guide to the CISSP exam. Co-Author, published book. Auerbach Press, Boca Raton, FL 2003

Title	Description	Library of Congress Link
Internet Firewalls and Network Security	This book was co-authored with Karanjit Siyan.	1995
Internet Firewalls and Network Security (Second Edition)	This book was co-authored with Karanjit Siyan.	1997
LPI Linux Exam Guide	Co-authored with Emmett Dulaney.	2001
Internet Security Professional Reference	Co-authored with Emmett Dulaney.	1997
Inside UNIX (Second Edition)	Co-authored with Emmett Dulaney.	1996
Inside UNIX	Co-authored with Emmett Dulaney.	1994
Building an Internet Server with Linux	Co-authored with George Eckel.	1995

A Study of Performative Hactivist Subcultures and Threats to Businesses, ,, 22:4, 187-200 (2013 Online, 2014 Print) Michael Workman , Daniel C. Phelps & Robert C. Hare

Improving the Distance Learner’s Experience through Student Centered Advising: An Examination of Learning Assessment Tools in Distance Education Support Services. Master’s Degree Project. Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA 2008

Predictive Vulnerability Analysis. Capstone Project, Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, TX 2006

Self Published eBooks

Title	Link
Blackboard Mobile Learn: A Usability Study	Get it from iBooks
Improving Group Collaboration in the Online Learning Environment	Get it from iBooks
Database Impact on a Learning Management System	Get the ePub here
The Digital Textbook	Get the ePub here

Medium

Articvles which have been published online in Medium or LinkedIn are listed in the page of this site.