 November
2001 Volume 10 Number 11
Features
Ethereal
Matt Lesko
Lesko describes Ethereal, a free packet sniffer that not only decodes network
traffic, but also can filter and analyze it with a GTK-based GUI.
Tales from the Abyss: UNIX File Recovery
Liam Widdowson and John Ferlito
Nothing can replace a proper backup strategy, but this article will outline
how whole or partial files can be restored directly from the UNIX file system.
Dynamic Round Robin
Jonathan D. Leghart
Leghart provides Webwatch.pl, a simple Perl script that can watch over your
Web servers and add or remove servers from a dynamic DNS zone.
Getting on the 6bone Quickly with SolarisTM8
David LaPorte and Kevin Amorin
The authors describe some of the benefits of IPv6 and provide a step-by-step
method to get a workstation on the 6bone, the IPv6 test bed.
Revisiting UNIX Password Controls -- Part 2
Chris Hare
The first part of Hare's series discussed the encryption methods used in
protecting the passwords on a UNIX system. This concluding article describes
using a shadow file to provide further protection for the encrypted passwords
and discusses the validity of password-cracking tools.
Centralize Your Crontabs
Richard Hellier
Hellier describes the use of NIS (Network Information Service) to centralize
the adminstration of cron.
Integrating Macintosh Computers into Your Network
Edward L. Haletky
Haletky shows how to integrate legacy and new Macintosh equipment into an existing
TCP/IP-based network.
Columns
Questions and Answers Amy Rich
Reliable Network with SolarisTM
Peter Baer Galvin
Books: A User's Report Elizabeth
Zinkann
Oracle, Hot Backups, and Redo Logs
W. Curtis Preston
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