Embedded Linux basics
Embedded systems may be the next great frontier for our favorite OS -- if it can prove itself. Dicover the strengths and disadvantages of embedded Linux, the needs of the market, and what the future may bring.
Source: Linux World
Cracked! Part 2: Watching and Waiting
In the second article Noel continues the story of when some Unix boxes that he helped admin were cracked. This article talks about watching the cracker with a sniffer and talking to FBI's Computer Crimes Squad.
Source: RootPrompt.org -- Nothing but Unix
Universal Device Networking: the Future is Here
Over the next five years, everything that has anything to do with information, control, or measurement is going to be Internet/Ethernet connected. Electronic devices of all kinds will collaborate to perform tasks with minimal human intervention. Imagine your office printer ordering repair parts, or the vending machine placing a re-stocking order with the warehouse.
Source: LinuxDevices.com
Lightning Firewall for Linux
Lighting Firewall is a full firewalling system. It checks two layers: network(IP), and transport(TCP, UDP, ICMP). This system has been created to protect networks against various attacks.
Source: Security Focus
Linux Office Suites Do Battle
Office suites are like a pair of shoes. If your shoes are comfortable, you'll get where you need to go with nary a thought for your feet. But put on a pair that pinch or bind, and you'll feel it with each step. Similarly, when you install an office suite that fails to meet your needs, crashes, or burdens you with intrusive functions that you don't use, it can turn everyday work tasks into difficult chores.
Source: PC World
Python-URL! for May 9, 2000
"Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language."
Source: Linux Today
Talking Jabber
When I first heard about Jabber, it blew my mind. I've always thought that what we call "instant messaging" is based on notions of real-time communication that are both rudimentary and ill-conceived. They all look like stuff that big, controlling companies foist on zillions of consumers for the purpose of hooking them into a proprietary environment where they can be zapped with advertising.
Source: Linux Journal
Software Development in the New Millennium: Preventing Gales of Derisive Laughter
In my humble opinion, we are watching the titanic convulsions of a great dying beast. Stunned and confused by attacks from hundreds of much smaller, infinitely more nimble aggressors, it lashes out. But enough of the dinosaur stories.
Source: Linux.com
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