 June
2003 • Volume 12 • Number 6
Features
Improving Sendmail Security by Turning It Off
• Hal Pomeranz
Pomeranz explains how to safely disable Sendmail daemons to protect your network.
Port Knocking — Network Authentication Across Closed Ports •
Martin Krzywinski
Krzywinski describes the use of port knocking, a stealthy network authentication
system that uses closed ports to carry out identification of trusted users.
Freeware Forensics Tools • Kristy Westphal
Westphal examines three popular UNIX freeware tools: The Coroner’s Toolkit
(TCT), The @stake Sleuth Kit (TASK), and Autopsy Forensic Browser.
Lppbuild — AIX Package Creation • Charles Ritter
Ritter describes lppbuild, a useful tool for creating binary installation
packages in AIX’s LPP package format.
CFS — The Cryptographic File System • Keith McDuffee
McDuffee describes the implementation of Matt Blaze’s Cryptographic File
System to encrypt product source code on laptops.
Integrating SpamAssassin into Qmail and Sendmail • Jason Camp
Camp explains how to integrate SpamAssassin into Qmail to help combat spam.
Using the xargs Command • Ed Schaefer
One of the most under-utilized UNIX utilities is the xargs, construct
argument lists, command. In this article, Schaefer describes xargs and
presents eight xargs “one-liners”.
Protecting Your UNIX Systems — An Overview • Eric Cole
Cole provides a general introduction to some basic but critical tools for
protecting your data.
Stress Testing Jabber with the Jabber Test Suite • Dustin Puryear
Puryear describes how the Jabber Test Suite can be used to evaluate how well your
Jabber service is working under a given load.
Columns
Questions and Answers • Amy
Rich
Solaris™ Resource Management —
The Fair Share Scheduler • Peter Baer Galvin
Introduction to RAID • Henry
Newman
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