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December 2002 • Volume 11 • Number 12

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Maintaining DNS Sanity with HawkGreg Heim

Heim describes Hawk, GPL software that can help track which hosts in DNS are really on your network as well as which hosts are on your network but not in DNS.

sockspy Knows TCP/IPCameron Laird

Laird explains when to use and not use sockspy and shows how you can quickly try out sockspy for yourself.

db_update — Controlling UNIX Enterprise Database ReleasesEd Schaefer

Schaefer presents a Korn shell template, db_update, for controlling enterprise database changes.

TCP/IP Networking in Gawk 3.1.0Mike Warner

Warner presents two sets of client/server utilities in Gawk a file transfer capability and a remote execution capability.

Remote Machine Monitoring with MarvinAlistair Young

Young describes a remote monitoring application called Marvin (written in Java and object-oriented Perl) that can be used to inform administrators when Web servers and proxy machines are unavailable.

Network Management with Overlapping IP Address RangesScott Kirkwood

Kirkwood explains how to resolve problems caused by overlapping IP address ranges.

Troubleshooting Network Performance with AlpineJeffrey Papen

Papen shares a tool called Alpine that allows administrators to test available networking options without changing router configurations or affecting live network traffic.

qmail SMTP Authentication Using RADIUSBlair Rampling

Rampling shows how to set up a qmail SMTP server to use RADIUS authentication.

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Questions and Answers Amy Rich

File Systems — Understanding the InternalsHenry Newman

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