Contents
May 2001 Volume 10 Number 05 |
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Features
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Using PHP and MySQL as a Weblog |
Anders Østergård Jensen |
| Jensen shows how PHP and the fast MySQL database can work together as
a Weblog. |
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Optimizing Solaris
for Oracle 8.x |
Leonardo Orellano and Timothy Young |
| The authors explain what parameters can be tuned to optimize Solaris
performance for Oracle. |
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Oracle Backup for UNIX Administrators |
Bill Mansfield |
| Mansfield's article shows how to find out whether you're getting
good backups for your database, and if not, how to get them in the future.
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Securing
FreeBSD Using Jail |
Evan Sarmiento |
| Sarmiento describes the OpenRoot project he's implemented using
the Jail feature of FreeBSD. |
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Virtual Hosting, FTP, and LDAP |
Tristan Greaves |
| Greaves describes how his company recently performed a move of all the
domains hosted by their ISP division to a new architecture. |
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Achieving More Flexible File Permissions Using Solaris ACLs |
Ross Oliver |
| Oliver takes a practical look at how to use Access Control Lists to fine
tune access without resorting to multiple groups or set-UID programs. |
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TCP -- Either Fast or Efficient |
Noah Davids |
| TCP uses two strategies to reduce overhead -- the Nagle algorithm and
delayed acknowledgment. Davids describes these two strategies, explains
how they impact performance, and shows how performance can be improved.
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Application Usage Accounting |
Francisco Mancardi |
| Mancardi shares a way to gather application usage data using syslog.
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Host-Based Replication and Oracle |
Jim McKinstry |
| This article describes how McKinstry implemented a 24x7 system using
Veritas Storage Replicator and the snapshot feature of Veritas Volume Manager.
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Web Exclusive
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Preparing for Script-Form Attack
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Gilbert Held |
| The purpose of this article is to acquaint readers with a relatively new type of network-based attack that cost you money. Held describes how a "script-form" attack can occur and offers some prevention methods. |
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Communicating with Intermec and Zebra Bar Code Printers
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Ed Schaefer |
| This article demonstrates a UNIX "C" tool kit for communicating with Intermec and Zebra bar code printers, both serial and TCP/IP network connected. |
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Building and Using a SAN: Part I |
W. Curtis Preston |
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A Look at ngrep |
Ron McCarty |
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Books: A User's Report
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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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Code Availability |
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Editor's Forum |
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Advertiser Index |
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Career Opportunities |
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Call for Papers |
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