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Focus

• Networks and Communication [2]  by Marjorie Richardson
  

Features

• The OpenPhone Project—Internet Telephony for Everyone! [3]  by Greg Herlein
  Call your friends and family from your computer—a look at the future or the present? With Linux, the future is now.
  
• World Domination [4]  by Eric Raymond
  Eric takes a serious look at what the world will be like when Linux is the dominant operating system—or is he just kidding.
  
• Advanced Packet Data Testing with Linux [5]  by Wesley Erhart, Joseph Bell, Marc Hammons and Mark Mains
  At Nortel Networks, we have developed a Linux-based system for testing a second-generation packet radio service. During system development we explored the details of packet radio, the IP internals of the Linux operating system and device-driver development.
  
• BIND Version 8 Features [6]  by Eddie Harari
  Wondering about the latest version of BIND? Wonder no more. Mr. Harari is back this month to tell us all about it.
  

Forum

• Using the Red Hat Package Manager [7]  by Kirk Rafferty
  This article will introduce you to RPM by showing you the most common features, namely how to query, install, upgrade and remove packages.
  
• Workings of a Virtual Private Network in Linux—Part 2 [8]  by David Morgan
  More about securing our comminication with the Internet.
  
• 1999 Readers' Choice Awards [9]  by Jason Kroll
  You voted, we counted—here are the results.
  
• Penguin Playoffs Awards [10]  by Peter H. Salus, Marjorie Richardson and Jason Kroll
  And the winners are ...
  

Reviews

• Source-Navigator Version 4.2 [11]  by Daniel Lazenby
  
• PNG: The Definitive Guide [12]  by Michael J. Hammel
  
• The Cathedral and the Bazaar [13]  by Peter Salus
  

Columns

• Linux Apprentice: Simplified IP Addressing   A look at an easy way to figure out what those pesky IP adresses actually mean. [14]  by Gene E. Hector
  
• Linux Means Business   Audio and Video Streaming for the Masses [15]  by Gerald Crimp
  How one company used Linux to provide transmission of live audio and video over the Internet.
  
• Kernel Korner   : The Bullet Points: Linux 2.4 [16]  by Joseph Pranevich
  A look at what's new in the next kernel release.
  
• Cooking with Linux   The PPP Connection [17]  by Marcel Gagné
  
• At the Forge   A Simple Search Engine [18]  by Reuven M. Lerner
  
• Focus on Software   Focus on Software [19]  by David A. Bandel
  

Departments

• Letters [20]  
  More Letters [21]
  
• upFRONT [22]  
  
• From the Publisher   January 2000 [23]  by Phil Hughes
  
• Penguin's Progress: A Look at IPv6 [24]  by Peter Salus
  
• Linux for Suits   Running the Numbers [25]  by Doc Searls
  
• Best of Technical Support [26]  
  
• New Products [27]  
  

Strictly On-Line

• Linux and Banking [28]  by Josip Almasi
  A bank in Croatia is using Linux for its development platform. Here's the story.
  
• Writing an Alphanumeric Pager Server for Linux [29]  by Erik Max Francis
  For those thinking of setting up an alphanumeric paging service or gateway, this article explains the protocols and methods involved.
  
• Perl Annotated Archives [30]  by Paul Dunne
  
• The Collaborative Virtual Workspace [31]  by Stephen Jones
  Attend business meetings and bullsessions without ever leaving home—enter the virtual world.
  
• Core PHP Programming: Using PHP to Build Dynamic Web Sites [32]  by Allen Riddell
  
• AppSwitch: Network Switching with Ada from Linux [33]  by Ann S. Brandon
  Software to automatically sort network communications to your specifications.