October 2001   Volume 10   Number 10

Features

Multi-Booting Windows 98, Linux, and Solaris^TM
Brian Gollsneider
Gollsneider presents a formula to quickly set a machine to boot Windows 98, Linux, and Intel Solaris.

Implementing IPsec in the Solaris^TM 8 Environment
Kevin Wenchel
Wenchel provides a brief introduction to the architecture of the IPsec protocol, describes the tools used for managing IPSec on Solaris 8, and demonstrates a practical implementation.

Revisiting UNIX Password Controls -- Part 1
Chris Hare
This article discusses UNIX password controls including the encryption systems used, password rules and validation, password shadows, and aging.

Successful Solaris^TM Performance Tuning
Ken Gottry
Gottry presents three real-world performance problems and some solutions.

A Framework for JumpStart Begin/Finish Scripts
Chris Josephes
This article covers one aspect of the JumpStart process, the begin and finish scripts, which can be used to simplify Solaris installations.

Introduction to Solaris^TM Web Start Flash
John S. Howard
Solaris Web Start Flash extends the JumpStart framework by adding the mechanism to create a Flash archive, a system snapshot of the Solaris OE and all installed software, from a master machine. This article will explain how to identify the master machine as well as provide recommendations and examples of creating and administering Flash archives.

Web Exclusives

E-Class Tools
Keith Clay
Clay describes the implementation and use of the Totalnet Access Server (TAS) from Syntax, Inc.

Managing Sun Rays in Technical Environments
Moazam Raja
Raja describes the Sun Ray model of computing.

Columns

Questions and Answers
Amy Rich

Books: A User's Report
Elizabeth Zinkann

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Code Availability

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Call for Papers