Shell Corner: Littera Delenda Est (Part Two)
Ed Schaefer
In this month's Shell Corner, Royce Williams provides part two of his attack on removing unusual characters in filenames.
Wed, 30 May 2007

Regular Expressions: Python's Mechanization
Cameron Laird
In this month's Regular Expressions column, Cameron and Kathryn look at using the dynamic language Python to handle specific automation needs.
Wed, 30 May 2007

Elements of Efficient and Secure Service Provisioning with Solaris
Kristy Westphal
Westphal looks at the elements involved in building a server in Solaris 10 that will take advantage of all the available features.
Wed, 30 May 2007

Test Your Knowledge of Users and Groups
Emmett Dulaney
Emmett offers some questions to test what you know about user and group fundamentals.
Wed, 30 May 2007

Certification Changes and Updates
Emmett Dulaney
Emmett takes a look at the latest changes made to some of the more popular certification exams and what you need to know.
Wed, 30 May 2007

Examining SlickEdit 2007: Code Quick | Think Slick
Emmett Dulaney
Emmett takes a look at the latest release of one of his "favorite" utilities -- Visual SlickEdit 2007.
Sun, 29 Apr 2007

Regular Expressions: Good Works with Real Databases
Cameron Laird
Cameron and Kathryn discuss how sanitizing databases while learning a new software technology can be a rewarding experience.
Sun, 29 Apr 2007

Shell Corner: Littera Delenda Est
Ed Schaefer
Reader Royce Williams describes his experiences removing files with tricky characters in their filenames in part one of his article.
Sun, 29 Apr 2007

More Forensic Tools
Kristy Westphal
Westphal takes a look at some old and new tools for forensic processing of hard drives.
Sun, 29 Apr 2007

Book Review: Beginning C: From Novice to Professional
Ed Schaefer
Ed looks at the latest edition of Beginning C. He explains why novices who want to learn "C" on a C99 compiler should read this book.
Sun, 29 Apr 2007

From the Archives

Book Review: TCP/IP Foundations
Emmett Dulaney
One of the most common reasons why many people don’t look up the answer to a question is that they don’t want to have to wade through ream upon ream of text to find something miniscule. Rather than pulling a giant tome on networking off the shelf to find out why problems with a particular protocol may be occurring, they will turn to what is perceived to be an easier solution – asking someone else, posting a query, etc. Truth be told, the other solutions they turn to are rarely as reliable as the book they could have pulled from the shelf. TCP/IP Foundations , like others in the “Foundations” series from Sybex, is based on the belief that readers can benefit from very small books that are concentrated on one particular topic. Many of the titles in the series, including this one, came from the JumpStart series of a few years back. I mention this because I was disappointed to find that the content had not been changed at all for this title since it was known by the other name.
Sat, 30 Oct 2004

New Year, More Security Challenges
Kristy Westphal
Find out what amendments to federal rules occurred to civil procedures in 2006.
Sat, 30 Dec 2006

Book Review: SELinux by Example
Emmett Dulaney
SELinux (Security Enhanced Linux) has been talked about for quite a while and been written about for almost as long. What is surprising is that there has never really been a book written that functions as a hands-on guide for its implementation in the real world. This despite the fact that it is supported in Red Hat, Debian, Gentoo, and others. SELinux by Example fills that void and does so admirably.
Thu, 21 Sep 2006

The Open Road: Network Troubleshooting Tools — Part 2
Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier
Last month, I started discussing network troubleshooting tools. This month, I'll discuss sniff and ngrep.
Tue, 29 Jun 2004

Book Review: Networks, Security and Complexity
Peter Salus
This book is not an easy read. It bears many traces of having been a dissertation. But this does not lessen its importance.
Tue, 15 Nov 2005

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Regular Expressions: Two Easy Steps Better Than One Hard One
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