>Envelope-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 18:19:58 -0700 (PDT) >From: Marsee Henon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, October 24 > >O'Reilly User Group Program >Newsletter >October 24, 2002 > > >Spread The Word To Your Members... > >Highlights This Week: >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Book News >---------------------------------------------------------------- >-NetBeans: The Definitive Guide >-Building Secure Servers with Linux >-Object-Oriented Programming with Visual Basic .NET >-Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason >-HTTP: The Definitive Guide >-Windows XP Annoyances >-RADIUS: Securing Public Access to Private Resources >-Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition >-Oracle SQL*Plus Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Upcoming Events >---------------------------------------------------------------- >-AEleen Frisch in Washington, DC--November 9, 2002 at 2:00 PM > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Conference News >---------------------------------------------------------------- >-O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference Online >Registration Is Open > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >News >---------------------------------------------------------------- >-Top Ten Digital Photography Tips >-Building Online Communities >-Lessons from the Internet Bookmobile >-Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities >-Radiator >-Beginning Python for Bioinformatics >-Announcing ONDotnet.com >-Using .NET Sockets >-Beep BEEP! >-Learning and Using Jakarta Digester >-XML to PDF? Oh, FOP It. >-Upgrade My Missing Manual? >-Top Ten Mac OS X Tips for Unix Geeks >-Digital Killed the Video Star > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Announcements From Your Peers >---------------------------------------------------------------- >-MacFair 2002 on Saturday, November 16, 2002--Southern California: > >================================================ >Book News >================================================ >Review books are available--please email me for a copy. >If you need your books by a certain date, please allow at least four >weeks for shipping. Send or email me copies of your newsletters and >book reviews. > >Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase >directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. > >Press releases are available on our press page: >http://press.oreilly.com/ > > >***Group purchases with better discounts are available*** >Please let me know if you are interested. > > >NetBeans: The Definitive Guide >Order Number: 2807 >You'll find out how to use this IDE to its fullest, making your Java >programming more efficient and productive than ever before in this >book. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/netbeans/ > >Chapter 11, "Working with XML," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/netbeans/chapter/ch11.html > > >***Building Secure Servers with Linux >Order Number: 2173 >An all-inclusive resource for Linux users who wish to harden their >systems, this book covers general security as well as key services such >as DNS, the Apache web server, mail, file transfer, and secure shell. >With this book in hand, you'll have everything you need to ensure >robust security of your Linux system. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bssrvrlnx/ > >Chapter 10, "System Log Management and Monitoring," is available >online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bssrvrlnx/chapter/index.html > > >***Object-Oriented Programming with Visual Basic .NET >Order Number: 1460 >Packed with examples that will guide you through every step, this book >is an essential tool to mastering VB.NET. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/objectvbnet/ > >Chapter 1, "Introduction," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/objectvbnet/chapter/index.html > > >***Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason >Order Number: 2254 >"Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason" shows you how to create large, >complex, dynamically driven web sites that look good and are a snap to >maintain. Written by members of Mason's core development team, the book >covers the latest release of Mason 1.12, which has many new features, >including line-number reporting based on source files, sub-requests, >and easier use as a CGI. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlhtmlmason/ > >Chapter 5, "Advanced Features," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlhtmlmason/chapter/index.html > > >***HTTP: The Definitive Guide >Order Number: 5092 >"HTTP: The Definitive Guide" documents everything technical people need >for using HTTP efficiently. Written by experts with years of practical >and teaching experience, this book is the definitive resource on HTTP >and related core web technologies because it clearly explains the "why" >as well as the "how." http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/httptdg/ > >Chapter 6, "Proxies," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/httptdg/chapter/index.html > > >***Windows XP Annoyances >Order Number: 4168 >Windows XP contains dozens of new features designed to make your work >easier, but it also introduces numerous quirks and unaccountable >behaviors guaranteed to increase your level of frustration. "Windows XP >Annoyances" offers solutions, tips, workarounds, and warnings that >enable you to both customize and troubleshoot Windows XP. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/winxpannoy/ > >Chapter 2, "Basic Explorer Coping Skills," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/winxpannoy/chapter/index.html > > >***RADIUS: Securing Public Access to Private Resources >Order Number: 3226 >This unique book provides a complete, detailed guide to the >underpinnings of the RADIUS protocol, from the history and theory of >the architecture, to how the protocol and its ancillaries function on a >day-to-day basis, to implementing RADIUS-based security in a variety of >environments. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/radius/ > >Chapter 5, "Getting Started with FreeRADIUS," and excerpts from Chapter >9 "New RADIUS Developments," are available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/radius/chapter/index.html > > >***Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition >Order Number: 4508 >New York Times columnist David Pogue has just updated his best-selling >"Mac OS X: The Missing Manual," and once again, he reveals which new >features work well and which do not. The second edition covers Mac OS X >10.2 and includes new chapters on iChat, Sherlock 3, and the new >Finder. The book also delves into features under the hood, such as the >networking tools that allow Macs and PCs to swap files on a network. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macosxmm2/ > >Chapter 2, "Organizing Your Stuff," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macosxmm2/chapter/index.html > > >***Oracle SQL*Plus Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition >Order Number 4419 >The new edition of this pocket reference includes many new features for >Oracle9i: the COALESCE function, searched CASE expressions, new table >join syntax, partition operations, MERGE statement, and syntax changes >in existing SQL*Plus statements. It also adds sections on basic SQL (a >much-requested feature): INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE, SELECT, and >transaction management. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/orsqlpluspr2/ > >A Sample Excerpt, "Table Joins (Oracle8i)," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/orsqlpluspr2/chapter/ch01.html > >=============================================== >Upcoming Events >================================================ >***AEleen Frisch in Washington, DC--November 9, 2002 at 2:00 PM >AEleen is the author of "Essential System Administration, 3rd Edition." >She will be giving a presentation and book signing at: >Reiter's Professional and Scientific Books >2021 K Street NW, >Washington, DC 20006-1003 >(800) 537-4314 >http://www.reiters.com/ > >Essential System Administration, 3rd Edition >Order Number: 3439 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/esa3/ > >For more events, please see: >http://events.oreilly.com/ > > >================================================ >Conference News >================================================ >***Online registration is now open for the O'Reilly Bioinformatics >Technology Conference This conference takes place at the Westin Horton >Plaza in San Diego on February 3-6, 2003. >http://conferences.oreilly.com/biocon/ > >Early Bird Discount-- >User Group members who register before December 16th, 2002 get a double >discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20% off the >"Early Bird" price. > >To register, go to: >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/bio2003/create/ord_bio03 > >Conference tracks for this year: > >Toolkits >http://conferences.oreilly.com/pub/w/21/track_toolkits.html > >Techniques >http://conferences.oreilly.com/pub/w/21/track_techniques.html > >Bioinformatics Overview >http://conferences.oreilly.com/pub/w/21/track_overview.html > >End-User Applications >http://conferences.oreilly.com/pub/w/21/track_enduser.html > >System Administration and Infrastructure >http://conferences.oreilly.com/pub/w/21/track_sysadmin.html > > >Speakers include Lincoln Stein, Suzanna Lewis, Francis Ouellette, Alvis >Brazma, James Gosling, Stephen Wolfram, and Damian Conway > >For a complete list of speaker information see: >http://conferences.oreilly.com/pub/w/21/speakers.html > > >================================================ >News From O'Reilly & Beyond >================================================ >--------------------- >General News >--------------------- >***Top Ten Digital Photography Tips >http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/10/22/digi_photo_tips.html > >***Building Online Communities >It's easy to install and run a web site or a mailing list. It's hard to >run it well. The secret lies in understanding and adopting the best >characteristics of several online communities. >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/10/21/community.html > >***Lessons from the Internet Bookmobile >Cruising in a high-tech-equipped bus, Richard Koman joined Brewster >Kahle on a cross-country crusade in the Internet Bookmobile to provide >lessons to school kids in the applications of the public domain. Read >their experiences as they stopped at various schools--taking ASCII text >versions of public domain works available online and letting the kids >turn them into books. >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/10/18/bookmobile > >--------------------- >Open Source >--------------------- >***Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities >Noel Davis looks at denial-of-service vulnerabilities in xinetd, >syslog-ng, net-snmp, and Sun's lockd; problems with heartbeat, dvips, >OpenOffice, and Cisco CatOS embedded HTTP server; and security >vulnerabilities in kpf, gnome-gv, ggv, Mozilla, and PAM. >http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/10/22/insecurities.html > > >***Radiator >Are you fed up with those who think that commercial applications need >to be written in an "enterprise" language like Java or C++? So are we, >so we spoke to Mike McCauley at Open System Consultants. >http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/10/15/radiator.html > > >***Beginning Python for Bioinformatics >Python might not be the first language that comes to mind for >bioinformatics, but Patrick O'Brien demonstrates that it's well suited >for the task. >http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2002/10/17/biopython.html > >--------------------- >.NET >--------------------- >***Announcing ONDotnet.com >Shawn Wildermuth is very excited to announce the .NET DevCenter is now >officially ONDotnet.com; and he is the new editor. >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2198 > >Check it out at: >http://ONDotnet.com > > >***Using .NET Sockets >Writing programs that access the network used to be a relatively >difficult task. With .NET, this is no longer the case. This article >shows how to use the Socket class in a .NET client application. >http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2002/10/21/sockets.htm > >--------------------- >XML >--------------------- >***Beep BEEP! >Rich Salz examines BEEP as part of his study of methods for >transporting binary data in SOAP. >http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/10/16/ends.html > >Get your complete BEEP toolkit from "BEEP: The Definitive Guide." >Order Number: 2440 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/beep/ > >--------------------- >Java >--------------------- >***Learning and Using Jakarta Digester >Turn your XML into Beans. >http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/10/23/digester.html > > >***XML to PDF? Oh, FOP It. >FOP is an open source Java API for converting XML data to PDF and other >formats. This article shows you how it's done. >http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/10/16/fop.html > >--------------------- >Mac >--------------------- >***Upgrade My Missing Manual? >David Pogue answers the question, How different is 10.1 from 10.2 and >should I get the new Mac OS X book? >http://www.missingmanual.com/david/ > > >***Top Ten Mac OS X Tips for Unix Geeks >http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/10/22/macforunix.html > > >***Digital Killed the Video Star >Alan Graham shows how to create videos with just a scanner or digital >camera, a $10 shareware app, and an OS X Mac. >http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/10/18/photo_to_movie.html > > >================================================ >Announcements From Your Peers >================================================ >Southern California-- >MacFair 2002 >Saturday - November 16, 2002 >10:00am to 5:00pm >Cerritos College - Student Activities Center >11110 Alondra Blvd., Norwalk, CA > >O'Reilly user group members can register online ahead of time with the >discount code ORL-1 to receive $5.00 off the admission price. > >For more information or to register, go to: >www.macfair.org > > >Until next time, > >Marsee
--- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting http://www.puryear-it.com
