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 December 2006 • Volume 15 • Number 12
Features
Using DNSBLs to Monitor Network Security • Luis E. Muñoz
Muñoz shows how to use DNS block lists to diagnose and monitor the overall security level of a given network.
Combating Link Spam • Jeffrey Fulmer
Fulmer introduces new tools and techniques to help you build a self-adjusting link spam filter.
Portage • Bill Longman
Longman describes Portage, a set of Python and bash scripts, that provides a mechanism for defining a system's overall configuration, a framework for managing the dependencies of packages, and a way to administer software packages.
Writing Email Auto-Responders • Hal Pomeranz
Pomeranz covers the basics of writing a simple auto-responder program and provides working Perl code that you can use as a template for your own auto-responders.
MySQL 5 Cluster with SolarisTM 10 Zones/ZFS/Resource Control • Derek Crudgington
Crudgington shows how running zones on top of the ZFS filesystem allows each zone to be set up in a matter of minutes and provides other benefits such as compression, snapshots, and self-healing.
Learning DTrace — Part 4: Solving Everyday Problems • Chip Bennett
In part four of his series, Bennett looks at two common uses for DTrace: application profiling and finding system performance problems.
Columns
Questions and Answers • Amy Rich
Korn Shell Nuances • Ed Schaefer and John Spurgeon
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