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Linux in the Real World

Issue 20

From Issue #20
December 1995

Dec 01, 1995  By Kevin Pierce
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Some of the tools mentioned in this article may not have been included with your Linux distribution.

  • NIS: Documentation is available from sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/NIS-HOWTO.html and binaries are available via ftp from sunsite.unc.edu in /pub/Linux/system/Network/admin/yp-clients.tar.gz.

  • Orion: This firewall was available for purchase from Zebu Systems, http://www.zebu.com or (206)-781-9566 and is based on the Mazama Packet Filter software, www.mazama.com.

  • smap: smap is part of the Trusted Information System's Firewall Toolkit at ftp://ftp.tis.com/pub/firewalls/toolkit/.

  • ssh: ssh has a home page at www.cs.hut.fi/ssh/.

  • Samba: Samba has a home page at lake.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba/samba.html.

  • Apache: Apache has a home page at www.apache.org.

  • xv: xv is available with some Linux distributions, and is available via ftp from ftp.cis.upenn.edu in /pub/xv/.

LaTeX, groff, sendmail, tar, diff, and other utilities mentioned in this article should be included with your Linux distribution.

Kevin Pierce is a Marketing Assistant at SSC. He grew up in New Hampshire, went to school at Florida State University, and reserves most Saturday afternoons for college football.

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