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January 2002

Certification Scope: A First Look at Level-Two Certifications

Emmett Dulaney

For those who've grown beyond the basics, Emmett has the skinny on 2nd-level Linux certification exams from LPI and Sair.

CSS -- The Definitive Guide

Randy Reames

Today's newest browsers support most of CSS1, and the specs for CSS2 are already out. Nonetheless, this book has a lot to offer.

Writing Information Security Policies

Ben Rothke

In many ways, an information security policy is like dietary fiber: we all agree that it is necessary and beneficial, but only a handful of people take action to obtain it. Rothke explains while investigating this title from New Riders.

Shell Corner: Individual Backups with save-version

Ed Schaefer

Congratulations and $100 go to Rodney Sparapani for submitting this month's winning script: an individual backup utility called save-version.

Sun/Cobalt Qube 3 Server

Peter Baer Galvin

Sun made an unusual move last year, with its purchase of Cobalt and their Qube line of all-in-one Linux servers. This was unusual for Sun for two reasons. First, Sun usually prefers to build rather than buy. Second, the device is not SPARC based, and it does not run Solaris. What did Sun see in Cobalt and the Qube that so intrigued it? I decided to test drive a Qube 3 to find out.

Managing IMAP

Jeff W. Durham

Managing IMAP is a collection of useful information for those faced with the tasks of IMAP server administration, troubleshooting, and system design.

Regular Expressions: curl Simplifies Web Retrieval

Cameron Laird and Kathryn Soraiz

Laird and Soraiz explore curl, a portable command-line executable for convenient Web retrieval, along with its associated library, libcurl.

Tool of the Month: TWiki

Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier

Zonker turns the spotlight on TWiki, a tool for creating collaborative online environments where potentially anyone can add or edit material.

T1: A Survival Guide

Jeff W. Durham

Durham checks out a survival guide that's intended to make life easier for T1 systems administrators.

Tridia VNC

Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier

Computer Forensics Roundup

Ben Rothke

Sys Admin Spotlight

CMP DevNet Spotlight

Regular Expressions: Two Easy Steps Better Than One Hard One
Complicated regular expressions and yacc are powerful parsing tools, but they can cause trouble in inexperienced hands. One helpful alternative is "partial evaluation" (PE) or "active data" parsing

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