Somehow I missed this series of files when I was on BBSes in the 1980's, but
they seem legitimate enough, so now you have them too. These are the "Color
Books", books about computer security guidelines purported to be written for
the Department of Defense from the 1980's to the 1990's. They are assigned
arbitrary colors, and each one goes into great detail about a specific
aspect of computer security or, more likely computer security administration.
I've seen these files make a lot of appearences in computer security textfile
archives, so I assume the combination of Department of Defense conspiracy and
seemingly in-depth (if boring) recounting of principles reach out to something
in the archivist's gut. Judge for yourself.
The Aqua Book: A Glossary of Computer Security Acronyms
The Blue Book: The Trusted Product Evaluation Questionnaire (1989)
The Brown Book: The Guide to Understanding Trusted Facility Management
The Burgundy Book: A Guide to Understanding Design Documentation
The Green Book: The Department of Defense Password Management Guideline (April 12, 1985)
The Grey Book: A Rationale for Selecting Access Control List Features for the UNIX System
Order Form for Computer Security Products from the NSA
List of National Security Agency Computer Security Documents
Computer Security - 1983 Orange Book (August 15, 1983)
The Orange Book: The Guide to Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (August 15, 1983)
The Orange Book II: A Guide to Understanding Configuration Management in Trusted Systems
The Pink Book: A Guide to Rating Maintenance Phase
The Purple Book: Guidelines for Formal Verification Systems (April 1, 1991)
The Red Book: Evaluation of Trusted Network Systems and Components (July 31, 1987)
The Red Book II: Trusted Network Interpretation Environments Guideline (August 1, 1990)
The Tan Book: A Guide to Understanding Audit in Trusted Systems
Glossary of Computer Security Acronyms
The Venice Blue Book: Computer Security Subsystems (September 1988)