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Business Philosophy
William Stone and Associates is a libertarian, anarcho-capitalist business. We are committed to the advancement of individual liberty, in accordance with the Zero Agression Principle.

Technical Documentation
William Stone and Associates provides technical documentation services for a wide variety of projects and paltforms.

Internet Research
William Stone and Associates provides Internet research in any subject and on any topic.  We will produce as deliverables a comprehensive, easy-to-read, structured document on any subject of your choosing.

Applications
William Stone and Associates offers the following software for download. No warrantee is implied -- use at your own risk! Thes are, however, the applications that we use on a daily basis.
Name URL Description
OpenOffice http://www.openoffice.org An Open Source office suite. A direct competitor to Microsoft Office, but without Microsoft's licensing fees.
Red Hat Linux http://www.redhat.com The leading Open Source Linux operating system distribution in the USA.
Kevin's Redhat Uber-Distribution http://www.tummy.com/krud Monthly subscription version of Red Hat Linux, tailored to additional security and high-end utilities.
The Gimp http://www.gimp.org An Open Source software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
PuTTY SSH Client http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk
/~sgtatham/putty/
The premiere SSH, SCP, and Telnet client for Microsoft Windows.
AOLPress http://www.wrstone.com
/services/apps/aolp20_32.exe
A discontinued, unsupported Web Site authoring tool.  Still better than 90% of what's on the market, and it's free .
GNU Privacy Guard http://www.gnupg.org A free PGP encryption implementation.
LyX -- The Document Processor http://www.lyx.org An advanced, open source document processor running on many UNIX platforms.
Nessus Remote Security Scanner http://www.nessus.org A Remote Security Scanner client/server application.
Snort http://www.snort.org A Network-based Intrusion Detection System.
AVG Anti-Virus http://www.grisoft.com Free (not open source) anti-virus software for the Windows platform.
Multi-Router Traffic Grapher http://www.mrtg.org A tool to monitor the traffic load on network links.
William Stone and Associates Business Cards http://www.wrstone.com/services
apps/wrstone.exe
Flash animation that appears on all William Stone and Associates business card CDs.

Links
The following are useful sourced of Security and Engineering information.  No warrantee or guarantee of accurate is implied -- use at your own risk! Thes are, however, the sites that we frequent on a daily basis.
Name URL Description
Open Source Initiative http://www.opensource.org A non-profit corporation dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source Definition for the good of the community.
CERT/CC http://www.cert.org The Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center
TrueSecure Hype or Hot http://www.truesecure.com/html/
tspub/hypeorhot/
Information on the status of various real and imaginary security threats.
Open Source Initiative http://www.opensource.org A non-profit organization devoted to promoting the Open Source Definition.
International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc. http://www.isc2.org A non-profit organization that provides industry-standard, cross-platform IS security certification.
ZDNet Webopedia http://www.zdwebopedia.com An online encyclopedia of terms and acronyms.
Google Search Engine http://www.google.com The premiere Internet search engine for both the Web and Usenet.
The Bastard Operator From Hell http://bofh.ntk.net/Bastard.html A hilarious archive of technical humor from the perspective of a systems administrator.
The Zero Aggression Institute http://www.0ap.org A non-profit organization devoted to the advancement of the Zero Aggression Principle.

Company Contact Information: Revised: Tuesday, 5 March 2002 10:25 CST
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