May
2003 Volume 12 Number 5
Features
Solaris
Failover Keeping Connected at All Times Brian Gollsneider
and Arthur Messenger
The authors show how to configure a system for failover and describe the network
impact of multipath groups.
FireWatch A Firewall Monitoring Tool Will Schroeder
Schroeder describes FireWatch, a tool he developed to allow administrators
to see what is being rejected by the firewall of each host.
Spam-Proofing Your Qmail Server Chris Woodard
Woodard explains how to use Qmail to reduce the amount of incoming spam and
keep spammers from using your mail server as a mail relay.
Using NetWorker and UFS Snapshots to Back Up Oracle Databases
Christopher T. Beers
Beers describes snapshot.sh, which when used in conjunction with Legato NetWorker
provides a solution to back up an Oracle 8.0.5 database.
Integrating Nessus with MySQL
Tony Howlett and Lorell Hathcock
Howlett and Hathcock describe how to create and populate a MySQL database
with Nessus results.
Managing Third-Party Software Installation with pkgsrc
Jan Schaumann
Schaumann describes the use of NetBSD's Packages Collection for efficient
third-party software management.
Putting a Flash Archive on a Bootable CD Liz Frank
Frank shows how to build a bootable Solaris CD to install a clone of a current
system using the JumpStart and Flash Archive tools.
Automating Web Reports with Analog Isaac Sacolick
Sacolick discusses various methods of collecting and analyzing Web traffic data
and describes his company's implementation of Analog, a free logfile analysis
program.
Columns
Variables and Scoping Randal
L. Schwartz
Questions and Answers
Amy Rich
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