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Features

Performance Monitoring Tools for Linux by David Gavin
Article about writing up a package of tools for performance analysis of Linux systems. It was written to make up for the lack of SAR on Linux--includes data collection tool and two sets of graphing systems

CIDR: A Prescription for Shortness of Address Space by David A. Bandel
This article explains the concept of CIDR and shows you how you can implement it on your network.

User Manager Software by Branden Williams
Mr. Williams presents a tool to handle all of your user-administration tasks.

X Window System Administration by Jay Ts
An introduction to X structure, configuration and customization.


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LJ Interviews Linus Torvalds by Marjorie Richardson
With 2.2 on the horizon, LJ once again talks to the man who started it all--Linus Torvalds.

News & Articles

Building a Web Weather Station by Chris Howard
Mr. Howard tells us how he gathers and outputs weather information to the Web using Linux, Perl and automated FTP.


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Samba's Encrypted Password Support by John Blair
How SMB-encrypted passwords actually works and a walk-through the steps required to enable encrypted passwords in Samba.

X-ISP and Maintaining Multiple Account Records by Chris LeDantec
Even for the experienced administrator, X-ISP provides an easy way to manage multiple accounts, keep track of usage expense and time on-line.

Linux in Banking by Idan Shoham
Mr. Shoham tells us how his company set up an Internet banking system using Linux for a bank in Western Canada.

Preventing Spams and Relays by John Wong
The smtpd package is a useful mail demon for stopping spam, thereby saving money and resources.

Reviews

Columns

Linux Means Business
Wireless Networking in Africa by F. Postogna, C. Fonda, E.Canessa, G. O. Ajayi, S. Radicella
The experiences of the members of an Italian project in establishing wireless networking with Linux in Africa

Linux in Education
Sharing Pedagogy with Java by Robert A. Dalrymple

At the Forge
At the Forge: Embperl and Databases by Reuven M. Lerner


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Linux Apprentice
Linux Security for Beginners by Alex Withers
Mr. Withers takes a look at basic security issues and how to solve them using available tools

Take Command
bc: A Handy Utility by Alasdair McAndrew
Mr. McAndrew shows us how the bc command can be used for prototyping numerical algorithms.

Kernel Korner
The Wonderful World of Linux 2.2 by Joseph Pranevich
Mr. Pranevich gives us a look at the changes and improvements coming out in the new kernel.

Strictly On-line

Linux System Initialization by David A. Bandel


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Departments

Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor

Stop the Presses
Venture Capital Invested in Red Hat by Dwight Johnson

Best of Technical Support
Best of Technical Support

New Products
New Products