Linux Journal Contents #78, October 2000

Features

• Open-Source Intrusion Detection Tools for Linux  by Bobby S. Wen
  Armed with Linux and Open Source tools, you can even keep an ISP secure.
  
• Securing DNS and BIND  by Michael D. Bauer
  Decreasing the vulnerability of your DNS server is largely a matter of staying current and private.
  
• Using Postfix for Secure SMTP Gateways  by Mick Bauer and Brenno de Winter
  Improve your site's e-mail hygiene and make life difficult for spammers and hackers.
  
• Focus: Security  by Don Marti
  The time for security excuses is over.
  

Indepth

• RTcmix for Linux (Part 1)  by Dave Topper
  In the first part of this three-part series on real-time audio synthesis we take you through the history and basis of RTcmix.
  
• Apache User Authentication  by Ibrahim F. Haddad
  A guide to setting up user authentication for the Apache web server running on Linux, using the plaintext file method.
  
• Distance Education Using Linux and the MBone  by Kelly Davis, Dr. Tom Miller and Charles Price
  There is more to the Internet than sending JPGs. See how Linux and the MBone addresses the nedds of distance learning.
  
• Automated Installation of Large-Scale Linux Networks  by Ali Raza Butt and Jahangir Hasan
  Need to load Linux on 100 workstations? Learn some tricks and techniques that could save you days of tedious work.
  
• Graphics: Pick a Card...Any Card  by Matt Matthews
  With graphics capabilities being so important and new cards appearing all the time, you need a scorecard to pick the right one. Here it is ...
  
• BusyBox: A Swiss Army Knife for Linux  by Nicholas Wells
  Learn how to save disk space with this open source tool for embedded systems.
  

Toolbox

• Kernel Korner   Contributing to the Linux Kernel­The Linux Configuration System  by Joseph Pranevich
  
• At the Forge   Configuring, Tuning, and Debugging Apache  by Reuven M. Lerner
  
• Cooking with Linux   A Few Recipes for Easier Firewalls  by Marcel Gagné
  

Columns

• Linley on Linux Linux Drives Digital Audio Revolution  by Linley Gwennap
  
• Focus on Software  by David A. Bandel
  
• Embedded Systems News  by Rick Lehrbaum
  
• The Last Word  by Stan Kelly-Bootle
  

Reviews

• Comparison of Backup Products  by Charles Curley
  
• Easysoft Data Access Middleware  by Jon Valesh
  
• Magic Enterprises Edition 8.3 for Linux  by Jon Valesh
  
• Omnis Studio RAD  by Nick Wells
  
• Unix Backup and Recovery  by Charles Curley
  
• LaTeX for Linux  by Ben Crowder
  
• The XML Handbook 2nd Edition  by Daniel Lazenby
  
• Securing Linux  by Charles Curley
  
• Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls  by Ralph Krause
  
• Linux Programming Bible  by Ben Crowder
  

Departments

• Letters  
  
• upFRONT  
  
• From the Editor   Goodbye Bandits, Hello Security  by Don Marti
  
• From the Publisher   UnixWare and Linux Get Hitched  by Phil Hughes
  
• Best of Technical Support  
  
• New Products