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Welcome, readers, to the O'Reilly Network Linux newsletter. This weekly
message goes out to everyone who's signed up for the latest information we
publish on open source use, development, and administration. Here are the
latest articles:
In the Python world, one of the most popular projects is Zope. A new
Zope-related project is Plone, a content-management system. As Brad
Bollenbach describes in Open Source Content Management with Plone, the
Python-based system allows you to set up web sites where users can add and
modify their own content. There are a lot of open source CMSs, but Plone
has a lot of traction--see why.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2004/09/23/plone_features.html
Having the Internet available from almost anywhere is a boon to people who
occasionally need to access their work from outside the office. Doing that
securely is more difficult than it seems, though. One solution is the use
of Virtual Private Networks. Scott Brumbaugh's VPNs and Public Key
Infrastructure explains the cryptographic scheme that helps keep your
secrets secret.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/security/2004/09/23/vpns_and_pki.html
Experienced administrators and trainers often have a toolbox full of
interesting programs and hacks. The sign of a good hacker is applying
these tools appropriately. Dru Lavigne's FreeBSD Bag of Tricks builds a
lightweight webmail system with Usermin and recommends the OpenCD to
introduce people to free and open source software.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/09/24/FreeBSD_Basics.html
Finally, the hardworking Rich Bowen returns in a new A Day in the Life of
#Apache. This week, Modifying the Server header in Apache 2.0 and 1.3. The
default Apache installation reports lots of information about your
configuration. Could changing the response make you safer?
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/apache/2004/09/23/apacheckbk.html
In weblogs this week, Ted Wallingford warns against the mistakes of
Telecom 96[1], Tim O'Reilly solicits questions to ask technology
pioneers[2], Nat Torkington recommends a good piece on editing first
drafts[3], Carla Schroder wonders where are the female O'Reilly
authors[4], Derek Sivers admits to falling for PostgreSQL[5], Preson
Gralla lists his favorite FireFox extensions[6], brian d foy loves
drive-through Internet access[7], Kevin Bedell ponders open source and
closed standards[8], and Glenn Bisignani posts a Perl billing application
success story[9].
[1] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5627
[2] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5630
[3] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5633
[4] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5635
[5] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5637
[6] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5640
[7] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5647
[8] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5651
[9] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5639
This week's Open Source Project of the Week is Firewall Builder, a GUI
application for building firewall rules on various platforms.
That's all for this week. Upcoming articles include a rethinking of the
FROM clause in SQL and building thin clients with FreeBSD 5.2.
Until next time,
chromatic
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Technical Editor
O'Reilly Network
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ONLamp.com and Linux Devcenter Top Five Articles Last Week
1. Open Source Content Management with Plone
Publishing web sites is easy for geeks. When you're tired of your users
asking you to make tiny changes that they could easily handle themselves,
it's time to consider a content management system (CMS). If you're a
Python or Zope fan, you may have heard of Plone, a powerful and
easy-to-use CMS. If not, let Brad Bollenbach convince you to give it a
try.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2004/09/23/plone_features.html
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2. New Apache
Noel Davis look at problems in Apache 2.x, GNU Radius, libXpm, CUPS,
gdk-pixbug, cdrtools, SUS, and Webmin.
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/09/20/insecurities.html
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3. What's New in SpamAssassin 3.0
In the course of writing SpamAssassin for O'Reilly, author Alan Schwartz
tested beta versions for the upcoming SpamAssassin 3.0.0 in order to cover
any differences in the book. Here, Alan presents an overview of some of SA
3's newest, coolest features. Find out why he thinks mail administrators
should strongly consider upgrading to SA 3 when it's released.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/09/09/spamassassin.html
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4. Speeding up Linux Using hdparm
Instantly double the I/O performance of your disks or, in some cases, show
6 to 10 times your existing throughput!
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2000/06/29/hdparm.html
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5. Roll Your Own Series 60 Phone Applications
As cell phones become better computers, they become better platforms for
real applications. In theory, that means hobbyists and home users can
write code for their phones. In practice? John Littler explores the
options to start programming your Series 60 smartphone.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/09/16/symbian_programming.html
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