Features

• Passive-Aggressive Resistance: OS Fingerprint Evasion  by Rob Beck
  Everything you need (including code) to do it.
  
• Taming the Wild Netfilter  by David A. Bandel
  iptables, ipchains—what's the difference?
  
• An Introduction to OpenSSL Programming, Part I of II  by Eric Rescorla
  Filling in the gaps of the OpenSSL manual pages.
  

Indepth

• The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol  by Sander van Vugt
  Lighter data retrieval and an alternative to NIS.
  
• Configuring XDM  by Ron Hume
  Taking advantage of this vnc alternative.
  

Toolbox

• Take Command   Password's Progress  by Bruce Byfield
  
• Kernel Korner   Loadable Kernel Module Exploits  by William C. Benton
  
• At the Forge   Introducing Enhydra  by Reuven Lerner
  
• Cooking with Linux   Brochettes de Sécurité  by Marcel Gagné
  
• Paranoid Penguin   GPG: The Best Free Crypto You Aren't Using, Part I of II  by Michael D. Bauer
  

Columns

• Focus on Software   Security Applications  by David A. Bandel
  
• Focus on Embedded Systems   Embedded Linux at JavaOne  by Rick Lehrbaum
  
• Linux for Suits   Lessons in Mid-Crash  by Doc Searls
  
• Geek Law A Question of Licenses  by Lawrence Rosen
  

Reviews

• SuSE 7.2 Professional  by Don Marti
  
• Hacking Linux Exposed  by Thomas Osterlie
  
• Jagged Alliance 2 for Linux  by J. Neil Doane
  

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• From the Editor   Security Begins with Me  by Richard Vernon
  
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