Contributed by David Fells
Article Rating: / 5 2004-10-20
As harsh as it seems, experience isn't always enough. Author David Fells covers some of the more prominent vendor-neutral certifications available and shows which you might need to keep your career on track. Discuss(1)
Contributed by O'Reilly Media
Article Rating: / 2 2004-10-19
Gain the full power of SQL to write queries in an Oracle environment with this updated book (new information on Oracle 10g). This chapter focuses on the role of the WHERE clause in SQL statements and the various options available when building a WHERE clause. (Mastering Oracle SQL by Sanjay Mishra and Alan Beaulieu, O'Reilly, ISBN: 596006322.) Discuss(0)
Contributed by Mike Britton
Article Rating: / 7 2004-10-18
Mach-II is a framework for organizing applications using standard OO techniques. This article will cover how to install, set up and configure a Mach-II application, and explore basic coding techniques. Discuss(7)
This article describes the concept of SOA (Service Oriented Architecture), its benefits, SOA with Web Services, choosing a platform to implement SOA and other related topics. The author recommends implementing SOA right now to survive in this competitive world. Discuss(0)
Contributed by Sams Publishing
Article Rating: / 3 2004-10-12
Web services themselves provide a powerful new approach to PKI that prevents each Web service requestor and provider from having to build their own PKI: accessing a trusted PKI as a service. XKMS aims to do just that. This is part 2 of chapter 9 from Securing Web Services with WS-Security, by Rosenberg and Remy (ISBN 0672326515, SAMS, 2004). Discuss(0)
In this article I’m going to present you with a quick overview of the Smart Cards and then move on to exploring the ways they can be integrated to existing services in order to provide value added services or a new range of secure application. Discuss(3)
Today, continue on your path to RHCE certification. Learn about creating a new kernel the easy way, kernel sources, recompiling a kernel, and the cron and at systems. Take notes, because there's a test at the end. This comes from chapter five of Red Hat Certified Engineer Linux Study Guide (Exam RH302), fourth edition, by Michael Jang. (McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2004, ISBN: 0-07-225365-7). Discuss(0)
Contributed by David Fells
Article Rating: / 10 2004-10-05
This article is intended to provide another look at Nathan Rohler's article that was recently published (the link is provided at the end of this article). His article illustrated how to use a database and PHP's image functions based on the GD library to create random security images. This article will demonstrate how to achieve the same goal (albeit with slightly different results) by using ImageMagick. I chose not to use hidden form fields and a database and instead opted for session variables, a much simpler and more efficient approach for our objective. Discuss(0)
Contributed by Sams Publishing
Article Rating: / 5 2004-10-04
Today we cover the basics of Web services and information security and the way Web services security builds on existing security technology. This is chapter 1 from Securing Web Services with WS-Security, by Rosenberg and Remy (ISBN 0672326515, Sams, 2004). Discuss(0)
Contributed by Sams Publishing
Article Rating: / 7 2004-09-29
This appendix from MySQL Administrator's Guide (by MySQL AB, Sams, ISBN: 0672326345) lists some common problems and error messages that you may encounter when running MySQL programs. It describes how to determine the causes of the problems and what to do to solve them. Discuss(0)
Contributed by Marc Delisle
Article Rating: / 7 2004-09-28
This chapter explores editing table definitions and using special column types. When developing Web applications (or any application), requirements often change because of new or modified needs. Developers must accommodate these changes through judicious table-structure editing. This is chapter six of Mastering phpMyAdmin for Effective MySQL Management by Marc Delisle (Packt Publishing, April 2004, ISBN 1904811035). Discuss(0)
Contributed by Clay Dowling
Article Rating: / 6 2004-09-27
The libdbi library provides a feature for C programmers that has long been missing. The interface is clean and the framework for adding new drivers is relatively straightforward. Discuss(0)
Well folks, it's Friday. That means weekend hobbies (and chores) are upon us. Working on that Linux-friendly music studio of yours? Here are some tips... More(0)
Going to space became a reality for all of us when SpaceShipOne became the first commercial flight to space. To date, over 7,000 people have signed up to take the $210,000 flight on Sir Branson's new toy. Kirk is on-board, but no word on whether Piccard, Janeway, or Sisko will join him. More(0)
"Timothy Miller started a discussion on the lkml regarding whether or not it would be viable for a company to release a completely open video card....Timothy summarized his viewpoint saying, "the whole issue comes down to this: This is technically feasible. Should we do it?" More(0)
Mac game developers, here's your chance to make inroads into the Japanese gaming market which has until recently been untouched by Mac-based games. (Thanks to Carlos Camacho for this heads up.) More(0)
Every run into an HTML page with bad code? If you were running IE, you'd still be able to see it. Are other browsers simply inferior, or is IE just that much better at handling faulty HTML? More(9)
"Google says it has patched one security hole in its search engine and will have fixed a second later this week." JavaScript fun for the whole family. More(3)
Intel, recently in the news for canceling plans for its 4GHz P4 just yanked a few more pieces from the puzzle. The first move cans plans the 1066MHz bus on its 3.63GHz chips. The second says "bai f00s" to TV chip plans. More(0)
"Some publishers say the traffic that results is comparable to an hour-long distributed denial of service attack." See why Microsoft is trying to find a better answer. More(0)
Texas Instruments, maker of every high school and college student's favorite graphing calculators, has just announced a mobile phone chip which allows digital TV on mobile phones. More(0)
I know, politics isn't really something we get into here, but having seen this, I figured we could all use a good laugh. If you're tired of the mud-slinging press releases from this cycle's political candidates, then it's time you sing along with the guys at JibJab. More(1)
An Australian company claims it has made the world's first Internet-save PC (SafeIC). "Users could surf the web, shop, bank online, use web-based email, work with Microsoft Office files and graphics applications, use IRC and IM, and play games." (Note: We've seen this before. *cough* Knoppix *cough*) More(4)
For the longest time, I thought my watch WAS wireless. Guess "wireless" means it can offer news, sports, weather, stock quotes, and local entertainment updates. Heck, that doesn't sound half bad. But what's up with the name, "Paparazzi"? More(0)
In what seems to be both a matter of universal coincidence and karma-inspired fate, the new "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" has been found on the Web, a week before its scheduled US release. Maybe this is some kind of sick marketing tactic. More(1)
Feel the need for an alphabetical email address of ridiculously long length? Try this on for size... (Thanks go out to the folks over at TheInquirer.net for this interesting tid-bit) More(0)
'Intel is sticking to its plan to launch 'Sonoma', the second generation of the Centrino mobile platform, in Q1 2005, despite rumors to the contrary." Is this another case of 'we'll get there first and then we'll fix the problems' like with the 1.13GHz chips? More(1)
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