 April 2004 • Volume 13 • Number 4
Features
Monitoring and Managing Linux Software RAID •
Ryan Matteson
Matteson provides an overview of the software RAID implementation in the Linux
2.4.x kernel.
Root Disk Mirroring with Linux • Jeff Layton
Layton provides a "best practices" approach to root disk mirroring
using the md driver and LVM drivers in Debian Linux.
Dissecting ATA RAID Options • Bryan J. Smith
Smith analyzes various ATA RAID solutions for different RAID levels and applications.
Integrating the Network Security Monitoring Model • Richard Bejtlich
This article examines intrusion detection through an operational model called
network security monitoring (NSM). Bejtlich explains NSM theory and introduces
several tools to integrate NSM concepts into existing systems.
Content Filtering and Inspection with fwsnort and psad • Michael Rash
Rash discusses two programs, "fwsnort" and "psad", that together can detect and send alerts for more than 75% of Snort's
rules.
Managing Enterprise Alerts • John Spurgeon and Ed Schaefer
Schaefer and Spurgeon describe their Enterprise Alert Process, through which
they control the alerts generated by various shell scripts that monitor the
health of their enterprise servers and databases.
Python in Systems Administration: Part V — Python Networking • Cameron Laird
Laird shows how Python can open up a whole new domain of scripting, particularly for networking problems.
Columns
The Software Express from Sun • Peter Baer Galvin
Questions and Answers • Amy Rich
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