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Firefox vs. IE security: Is Two Greater Than Five?

Submitted by j-s-h 2005-09-18 Internet 70 Comments

A recent blog post on ZDNet contends that Firefox is not as secure as promised by counting exploits. Joseph Huang contends that severity and the number of unpatched vulnerabilites matters, not just the number of exploits discovered.

Web Design and Administration with WordPress

Thom Holwerda 2005-09-13 Internet 6 Comments

"WordPress is a powerful tool, and in many ways exemplifies open source at its best. It gives any user an array of features with minimal technical effort, and its extensibility and versatility are displayed by the large pool of user-designed plugins. This power and versatility extends beyond WordPress's traditional use of blogging."

Localhost: an Internet-Wide Decentralized Filesystem

Submitted by Tom Jacobs 2005-09-03 Internet 16 Comments

"Localhost is a program that lets you access a shared, world-wide file system through your web browser. This file system is maintained in a fully decentralized way by all of the computers running Localhost. The program uses BitTorrent technology, and new distributed hashtable technology called Kademlia. Every user accesses the system from the same root folder. You can change any folder (including the root folder) by adding files and/or folders to it."

An Introduction to Managing LANs with CFEngine

Submitted by skx2 2005-08-28 Internet 3 Comments

The Debian administration website has a nice introduction to using CFEngine for managing a whole LAN in three parts. The first part introduces the engine, the second part explains what you can do using CFEngine, and the final part describes how to setup a client-server setup to allow a whole LAN to be managed centrally.

Discussion: Which is Your Favorite Browser Extension?

Adam Scheinberg 2005-08-23 Internet 150 Comments

The last few years have seen the introduction of the concept of "extensions" in most popular web browsers. While Mozilla natively supports extensions, Opera and Safari come feature-packed and can be easily hacked via config files, and a market has cropped up around the IE engine which supports adding new functionality to your browser. In the interest of sharing a good thing, which are your favorite browser extensions?

Rational ClearCase MultiSite and SAMBA 3.0

Submitted by anonymous 2005-08-23 Internet 1 Comment

This article will show you how to configure and use the new net command in SAMBA 3.0. The command provides group mapping functionality that maps UNIX groups with Windows SIDs, allowing you to improve Rational ClearCase MultiSite functionality by identifying user privileges.

Free mDNS/DNS-SD Framework Released

Submitted by anonymous 2005-08-22 Internet 27 Comments

Linux finally has a free mDNS/DNS-SD implementation (Apple Rendezvous/Bonjour, Zeroconf). Avahi 0.1 has been released yesterday and provides a LGPL'd embeddable mDNS core. See the homepage for more details.

Unattended, Encrypted, Incremental Network Backups

Submitted by Steve Kemp 2005-08-12 Internet 5 Comments

Kellen wrote a nice introduction to incremental encrypted backups which might be useful to Linux users who've never setup anything similar. Often Encryption isn't given a lot of focus when creating remote backups; but if you don't trust the remote host it is essential.

Roll Your Own App Server with Apache GBeans

Submitted by anonymous 2005-08-05 Internet No Comments

Geronimo provides integration with third-party components through its unique GBeans feature. Apache Geronimo team member and committer, Jeff Genender, demonstrates this feature by showing you how to build and configure a third-party open source project with a GBean that integrates the OpenSymphony Quartz scheduler into Geronimo.

Tutorial: Setting up a Server with Fedora Core 4

Submitted by Falko Timme 2005-07-24 Internet 14 Comments

This is a very detailed tutorial about how to use Fedora Core 4 to set up a server, with numerous screenshots to aid you along the way.

Build a Wireless ISP on Linux

Submitted by anonymous 2005-07-23 Internet 6 Comments

Setting up a wireless Internet Service provider (WISP) for your office or neighborhood doesn't have to be a taxing or expensive ordeal. If you build your network from easy-to-buy equipment and use Linux, you can use the power of shell scripts to make network management easy. This article gives you the tips and scripts you need.

Resuscitating Microsoft Exchange 5.5 with Linux

Guest post by Alex Chejlyk 2005-07-18 Internet 51 Comments

Microsoft dropped support for Exchange 5.5 on December 31st, 2004. Exchange 5.5 users can upgrade to Exchange Server 2003, continue to run 5.5 with all accompanied security risks, or switch over to another mail/groupware system.In this article I propose a fourth option that is really options two (run Exchange) and three (run another mail system) combined.

Time to Turn On to Power Over Ethernet?

Thom Holwerda 2005-07-18 Internet 27 Comments

With the uptake of IP telephony continuing apace and the proliferation of IP devices in general, has the time finally arrived for an old concept – power over Ethernet (PoE)? For certain deployments of IP based technology, PoE is not only cost effective but arguably essential.

SVG Support Added To Apple Safari’s WebCore

Submitted by anonymous 2005-07-11 Internet 19 Comments

Over the last few months Eric Seidel ported KDE's new DOM architecture "KDOM" as well as their Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) implementation "KSVG2" and render tree library "KCanvas" to WebCore. Safari has now integrated these changes into the WebCore cvs tree to allow the investigation of further integration of SVG support into Safari.

Writing Linux Firewall Rules With IPTables

Submitted by Martin 2005-07-09 Internet 30 Comments

If you use Linux a good deal, you should know how to set up a firewall to help protect your system and your network. This tutorial will guide you through the steps you should take in order to makes IPTables work for you.

Jetty And The Future Of Browser-Based Applications

Thom Holwerda 2005-07-08 Internet 11 Comments

More and more projects use the browser as a primary means of communicating with the program. The main drawback of this approach is that it requires the user to configure and maintain his own Web server, or else requires the program to come bundled with a Web server. Jetty is simple for both programmers and users, making it a good choice for bundled web server.

Basic Networking: Windows To Linux Fedora

Thom Holwerda 2005-07-07 Internet 33 Comments

Can a Windows system and a Linux system talk together harmoniously? After all, there is a lot of work and personal data left on Windows PCs that many want to keep! So this question of networking the two systems is both reasonable and vital.

Gates: Internet Needs Improvements

Thom Holwerda 2005-07-04 Internet 29 Comments

Web services standards and the emergence of service-oriented architectures are showing us the direction the Internet needs to move in, according to the Microsoft chairman.

Anatomy Of A Hack—The Rise And Fall Of Your Network

Submitted by Eugenia 2005-07-04 Internet 15 Comments

There are myriad ways that a network can be compromised, and an administrator needs to be aware of them all (and anticipate new ways coming around the corner). This chapter will not to show how to attack something, but show how attackers take advantage of your mistakes. This will enable you to protect your network by avoiding the pitfalls attackers use.

10 Gigabit Ethernet On Its Way

David Adams 2005-06-27 Internet 27 Comments

The availability of 10 Gigabit ethernet will likely spell a major change for networking, as it becomes more widespread and cheaper. As one networking company CEO quoted in an eWeek article notes, "the new 10G fabric should allow for a seamless multiuse network incorporating storage, administrative and HPC communication needs, in comparison to having multiple networks as we do today."

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