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Self-Service Linux(R): Mastering the Art of Problem Determination (Bruce Perens' Open Source Series) By Mark Wilding Prentice Hall PTR Paperback (456 pages) List Price: $39.99 Lowest New Price: $25.87 Lowest Used Price: $20.78 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 21:09 Pacific 2 Jul 2009 More Info) Click Here Product Description: The biggest factor in a company's decision to go with Linux is overcoming thesupport issues. Adopting Linux successfully means taking on a differentapproach to support. Since Linux is open source, there are different methodsto get the support that companies need. This includes deeper skills on how toinvestigate problems, how to get help from the open source community (i.e.how to ask for help on usenet) and how to resolve problems in-house withoutthe extra cost of a consultant. This book should be an essential part of everycompany's Linux adoption plan to keep the total cost of ownership (TCO)down and improve the ROI of their Linux strategy. It is also a book thatadvanced Linux professionals running their own Linux systems will be able touse to troubleshoot. This book gives the staff the basics they need to diagnose most problems that they will face and will go into the nitty-gritty on the toughest problems. It also points users to the appropriate resources so that they may get help quickly.

Linux(R) Quick Fix Notebook (Bruce Perens' Open Source Series) By Peter Harrison Prentice Hall PTR Paperback (696 pages) List Price: $44.99 Lowest New Price: $21.95 Lowest Used Price: $26.12 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 21:09 Pacific 2 Jul 2009 More Info) Click Here Product Description: In typical Linux "bibles," reserve the last third coverage for advanced topics that sys admins use on a day by day basis. They tend to cover the underlying concepts reasonably well, but fall short on hands-on instructions, forcing admins to buy specialty books. This book sufficiently expands the advanced sections found in these "bibles," providing step-by step instructions on how to configure the most popular Linux back office applications. To avoid confusion between the many flavors of Linux, each with it's own GUI interface, this book exclusively uses the command line to illustrate the tasks needed to be done. It provides all the expected screen output when configuring the most commonly used Linux applications to help assure the reader that they are doing the right thing. The Notebook also includes many of the most commonly encountered errors with explanations of their causes and how to fix them. The book's format is aimed at sys admins who often have to do advanced tasks in which the underlying theory is understood, but the commands to do it are forgotten or at the tips of their tongues. As the line between power users and administrators continues to blur, as computers move from the data center to the desktop, as Linux and Windows gain equal footing in business, it becomes harder to remember and do it all. This is the guide that gives admins the answers they need to common problems and tasks, allowing them time to eat lunch.

User Mode Linux(R) (Bruce Perens' Open Source Series) By Jeff Dike Prentice Hall Paperback (352 pages) List Price: $54.99 Lowest New Price: $37.49 Lowest Used Price: $23.95 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 21:09 Pacific 2 Jul 2009 More Info) Click Here Product Description: With User Mode Linux you can create virtual Linux machines within a Linux computer and use them to safely test and debug applications, network services, and even kernels. You can try out new distributions, experiment with buggy software, and even test security. Now, for the first time, the creator and maintainer of User Mode Linux shows how to put it to work hands-on. Jeff Dike covers everything from getting started through running enterprise-class User Mode Linux servers. You'll find authoritative advice on bootup, compilation, administration, specialized configurations, and much more.Coverage includes *What User Mode Linux is, how it works, and its uses in Linux networks *Key applications, including server consolidation, development, and disaster recovery *Booting and exploration: logins, consoles, swap space, partitioned disks, and more *Copy-On-Write (COW): UML's efficient approach to storing filesystem changes *In-depth discussion of User Mode Linux networking and security *Centrally managing User Mode Linux instances, and controlling their hardware resources *Implementing clusters and other specialized configurations *Setting up User Mode Linux servers, step-by-step: small-scale and large-scale examples *The future of virtualization and User Mode Linux Whether you're a netadmin, sysadmin, teacher, student, or programmer, User Mode Linux(R)--the technology and this book--is indispensable.

Linux(R) Patch Management: Keeping Linux(R) Systems Up To Date (Bruce Perens' Open Source Series) By Michael Jang Prentice Hall PTR Paperback (288 pages) List Price: $44.99 Lowest New Price: $26.56 Lowest Used Price: $15.91 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 21:09 Pacific 2 Jul 2009 More Info) Click Here Product Description: *The first start-to-finish guide to patching Linux systems in production environments *For Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE, Debian, and other leading distributions *Comprehensive coverage of apt, yum, Red Hat Network, YaST Online Update, Zenworks Linux Management, and other tools *High-efficiency techniques that minimize impacts on networks, users, and administrators The Start-to-Finish Patch Management Guide for Every Linux(R) Environment To keep your Linux systems secure, reliable, and productive, you must stay current with patches and updates. But, until now, it has been difficult to find usable, trustworthy guidance on managing patches in Linux production environments. Linux Patch Management fills that gap, offering Linux professionals start-to-finish solutions, strategies, and examples for every environment, from single computers to enterprise-class networks. Michael Jang presents patching solutions for Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE, Debian, and other distributions. He systematically covers both distribution-specific tools and widely used community tools, such as apt and yum.This book's streamlined patch management techniques minimize impacts on users, networks, and administrators, and address applications as well as the underlying OS. Whatever your role in managing Linux systems, Linux Patch Management will reduce your costs, enhance the availability of your systems, and dramatically improve your personal efficiency. *Consolidating patches on a Red Hat network, including cached updates, as well as patching systems based on RHEL rebuild distributions *Working with SUSE's update systems, including YaST Online Update and Zenworks Linux Management *Making the most of apt commands and the GUI-based Synaptic Package Manager *Configuring apt for RPM distributions such as Fedora and SUSE Linux *Creating repositories that can manage gigabytes of patches on diverse Linux systems *Updating networks of Linux computers without overloading WAN or Internet connections *Configuring yum clients, including coverage of emerging GUI tools such as Yum Extender Bruce Perens' Open Source Series is a definitive series of Linux and open source books by the world's leading Linux professionals.Bruce Perens is the primary author of The Open Source Definition, the formative document of the open source movement, and the former Debian GNU/Linux Project Leader. Series Editor Bruce Perens is an open source evangelist, developer, and consultant whose software is a major component of most commercial embedded Linux offerings. He founded or cofounded Linux Standard Base, Open Source Initiative, and Software in the Public Interest. As Debian GNU/Linux Project Leader, he was instrumental in getting the system on two U.S. space shuttle flights. A(c) Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.

Intrusion Detection with SNORT: Advanced IDS Techniques Using SNORT, Apache, MySQL, PHP, and ACID (Bruce Perens' Open Source Series) By Rafeeq Ur Rehman Prentice Hall PTR Paperback (288 pages) List Price: $44.99 Lowest New Price: $15.45 Lowest Used Price: $1.49 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 21:09 Pacific 2 Jul 2009 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Network security has become an important part of corporate IT strategy and safeguarding all the nooks and crannies of your network can be timely and expensive. This book provides information about how to use free Open Source tools to build and manage an Intrusion Detection System. Rehman provides detailed information about using SNORT as an IDS and using Apache, MySQL, PHP and ACID to analyze intrusion data. The book contains custom scripts, real-life examples for SNORT, and to-the-point information about installing SNORT IDS so readers can build and run their sophisticated intrusion detection systems.SNORT is your network's packet sniffer that monitors network traffic in real time, scrutinizing each packet closely to detect a dangerous payload or suspicious anomalies.NSS Group, a European network security testing organization, tested SNORT along with intrusion detection system (IDS) products from 15 major vendors including Cisco, Computer Associates, and Symantec. According to NSS, SNORT, which was the sole Open Source freeware product tested, clearly outperformed the proprietary products.Part of the Bruce Perens' Open Source Series

Apache Jakarta Commons: Reusable Java(TM) Components (Bruce Perens' Open Source Series) By Will Iverson Prentice Hall PTR Paperback (360 pages) List Price: $39.99 Lowest New Price: $2.78 Lowest Used Price: $2.78 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 21:09 Pacific 2 Jul 2009 More Info) Click Here Product Description: The Apache Jakarta Commons project is a collection of freely-reusable, opensource Java components. Commons components are used in a wide variety ofprojects, including Apache Tomcat, Hibernate, and many other commercialand open source projects.This book is a Java developer's guide to the Apache Jakarta Commons project.It covers in detail the twelve most important Commons packages, with sampleprogram code provided for each. Included are a number of remarkably usefulideas for working the various Commons packages, such as using HttpClient toaccess web resources, File Upload for handling HTTP file upload, BeanUtilsfor easy form generation, implementations of various protocols such as FTPand NNTP, and building a command line tool to search for the location ofclasses on the class path.Also included are detailed instructions for combining the Commons projectlibraries with the popular Eclipse IDE. Plus, the book includes a handy 75-page Jakarta Commons quick reference Appendix.