Contents
April 2001 Volume 10 Number 04 |
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Features
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Quick
Network Redundancy Schemes |
Leo Liberti |
| Liberti describes how simple bash scripting and IP aliasing can be used
to implement a quick and easy host redundancy scheme based either on host
availability or on service availability. |
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Using One Script to Back Up Linux and Solaris |
Clark Cooper |
| Cooper introduces two shell scripts, Backup.sh and Restore.sh, which
can be used to handle cpio backup and restores for those needing a simple
solution. |
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What to Do When the Server Doesn't Serve -- Using
CODA |
Brett Lymn |
| This is the final part of Lymn's failover series. In this article, he
discusses CODA, an experimental file system designed to handle failovers
gracefully. |
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Minimal Backups |
Shawn Bayern |
| Bayern describes his simple, one-script backup program. The script offers
incremental and full backups using a few lines of shell script. |
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Quick and Dirty Server/Workstation Replication
Using ufsdump |
Ben Diamond and Keil Wurl |
| These authors explain how to use ufsdump to perform a full backup and
then a full restore on an identical, unformatted machine. |
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Configuring Red Hat's High-Availability Server
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Rafeeq Ur Rehman |
| Rehman takes a quick look at Red Hat's High-Availability Server, a product
that runs over Red Hat Linux 6.2 and provides a failover clustering and
load balancing solution. |
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Remote Installation of Heterogeneous Linux Clusters
Using LUI |
Richard Ferri |
| The goal of LUI is completely hands-off installation for cluster nodes,
across a variety of platforms, with any distribution of Linux. Ferri explains
how it works. |
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Solaris
Network Hardening: First Steps |
Reg Quinton |
| Quinton discusses some network hardening measures following the priniciple
of disallowing all but absolutely necessary services. |
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Automatically Restart Login Services on a Remote
Host |
Hiu Ho |
| Ho shares a tip for letting the server remotely resuscitate your login
service. |
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Using Freeware
Vulnerability Scanners |
Gary Bahadur and Yen-ming Chen |
| The authors briefly define the methodology of using vulnerability scanners
and discuss some freeware options. Specifically, Nessus, Narrow Security
Scanner, and SAINT are described in the context of performing a security
review. |
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Web Exclusive
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How
to Hack Windows |
Kurt Seifried |
| This is the third article in Seifried's "How to Hack" series.
In this article, he focuses specifically on Windows vulnerabilities. Check
out the Web site for the complete series. |
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Columns
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MIME Is a Terrible Thing to Waste |
Randal L. Schwartz |
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Books:
A User's Report |
Elizabeth Zinkann |
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Questions
and Answers |
Jim McKinstry and Amy Rich |
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Linux Intrusion Detection Poster |
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Editor's Forum |
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