FYI ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, October 24 Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 18:29:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Marsee Henon To: farli@unitywave.com O'Reilly User Group Program Newsletter October 24, 2002 Spread The Word To Your Members... Highlights This Week: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -NetBeans: The Definitive Guide -Building Secure Servers with Linux -Object-Oriented Programming with Visual Basic .NET -Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason -HTTP: The Definitive Guide -Windows XP Annoyances -RADIUS: Securing Public Access to Private Resources -Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition -Oracle SQL*Plus Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -AEleen Frisch in Washington, DC--November 9, 2002 at 2:00 PM ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conference News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference Online Registration Is Open ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Top Ten Digital Photography Tips -Building Online Communities -Lessons from the Internet Bookmobile -Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities -Radiator -Beginning Python for Bioinformatics -Announcing ONDotnet.com -Using .NET Sockets -Beep BEEP! -Learning and Using Jakarta Digester -XML to PDF? Oh, FOP It. -Upgrade My Missing Manual? -Top Ten Mac OS X Tips for Unix Geeks -Digital Killed the Video Star ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcements From Your Peers ---------------------------------------------------------------- -MacFair 2002 on Saturday, November 16, 2002--Southern California: ================================================ Book News ================================================ Review books are available--please email me for a copy. If you need your books by a certain date, please allow at least four weeks for shipping. Send or email me copies of your newsletters and book reviews. Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. Press releases are available on our press page: http://press.oreilly.com/ ***Group purchases with better discounts are available*** Please let me know if you are interested. NetBeans: The Definitive Guide Order Number: 2807 You'll find out how to use this IDE to its fullest, making your Java programming more efficient and productive than ever before in this book. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/netbeans/ Chapter 11, "Working with XML," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/netbeans/chapter/ch11.html ***Building Secure Servers with Linux Order Number: 2173 An all-inclusive resource for Linux users who wish to harden their systems, this book covers general security as well as key services such as DNS, the Apache web server, mail, file transfer, and secure shell. With this book in hand, you'll have everything you need to ensure robust security of your Linux system. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bssrvrlnx/ Chapter 10, "System Log Management and Monitoring," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bssrvrlnx/chapter/index.html ***Object-Oriented Programming with Visual Basic .NET Order Number: 1460 Packed with examples that will guide you through every step, this book is an essential tool to mastering VB.NET. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/objectvbnet/ Chapter 1, "Introduction," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/objectvbnet/chapter/index.html ***Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason Order Number: 2254 "Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason" shows you how to create large, complex, dynamically driven web sites that look good and are a snap to maintain. Written by members of Mason's core development team, the book covers the latest release of Mason 1.12, which has many new features, including line-number reporting based on source files, sub-requests, and easier use as a CGI. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlhtmlmason/ Chapter 5, "Advanced Features," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlhtmlmason/chapter/index.html ***HTTP: The Definitive Guide Order Number: 5092 "HTTP: The Definitive Guide" documents everything technical people need for using HTTP efficiently. Written by experts with years of practical and teaching experience, this book is the definitive resource on HTTP and related core web technologies because it clearly explains the "why" as well as the "how." http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/httptdg/ Chapter 6, "Proxies," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/httptdg/chapter/index.html ***Windows XP Annoyances Order Number: 4168 Windows XP contains dozens of new features designed to make your work easier, but it also introduces numerous quirks and unaccountable behaviors guaranteed to increase your level of frustration. "Windows XP Annoyances" offers solutions, tips, workarounds, and warnings that enable you to both customize and troubleshoot Windows XP. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/winxpannoy/ Chapter 2, "Basic Explorer Coping Skills," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/winxpannoy/chapter/index.html ***RADIUS: Securing Public Access to Private Resources Order Number: 3226 This unique book provides a complete, detailed guide to the underpinnings of the RADIUS protocol, from the history and theory of the architecture, to how the protocol and its ancillaries function on a day-to-day basis, to implementing RADIUS-based security in a variety of environments. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/radius/ Chapter 5, "Getting Started with FreeRADIUS," and excerpts from Chapter 9 "New RADIUS Developments," are available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/radius/chapter/index.html ***Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition Order Number: 4508 New York Times columnist David Pogue has just updated his best-selling "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual," and once again, he reveals which new features work well and which do not. The second edition covers Mac OS X 10.2 and includes new chapters on iChat, Sherlock 3, and the new Finder. The book also delves into features under the hood, such as the networking tools that allow Macs and PCs to swap files on a network. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macosxmm2/ Chapter 2, "Organizing Your Stuff," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macosxmm2/chapter/index.html ***Oracle SQL*Plus Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition Order Number 4419 The new edition of this pocket reference includes many new features for Oracle9i: the COALESCE function, searched CASE expressions, new table join syntax, partition operations, MERGE statement, and syntax changes in existing SQL*Plus statements. It also adds sections on basic SQL (a much-requested feature): INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE, SELECT, and transaction management. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/orsqlpluspr2/ A Sample Excerpt, "Table Joins (Oracle8i)," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/orsqlpluspr2/chapter/ch01.html =============================================== Upcoming Events ================================================ ***AEleen Frisch in Washington, DC--November 9, 2002 at 2:00 PM AEleen is the author of "Essential System Administration, 3rd Edition." She will be giving a presentation and book signing at: Reiter's Professional and Scientific Books 2021 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20006-1003 (800) 537-4314 http://www.reiters.com/ Essential System Administration, 3rd Edition Order Number: 3439 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/esa3/ For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ ================================================ Conference News ================================================ ***Online registration is now open for the O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference This conference takes place at the Westin Horton Plaza in San Diego on February 3-6, 2003. http://conferences.oreilly.com/biocon/ Early Bird Discount-- User Group members who register before December 16th, 2002 get a double discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20% off the "Early Bird" price. To register, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/bio2003/create/ord_bio03 Conference tracks for this year: Toolkits http://conferences.oreilly.com/pub/w/21/track_toolkits.html Techniques http://conferences.oreilly.com/pub/w/21/track_techniques.html Bioinformatics Overview http://conferences.oreilly.com/pub/w/21/track_overview.html End-User Applications http://conferences.oreilly.com/pub/w/21/track_enduser.html System Administration and Infrastructure http://conferences.oreilly.com/pub/w/21/track_sysadmin.html Speakers include Lincoln Stein, Suzanna Lewis, Francis Ouellette, Alvis Brazma, James Gosling, Stephen Wolfram, and Damian Conway For a complete list of speaker information see: http://conferences.oreilly.com/pub/w/21/speakers.html ================================================ News From O'Reilly & Beyond ================================================ --------------------- General News --------------------- ***Top Ten Digital Photography Tips http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/10/22/digi_photo_tips.html ***Building Online Communities It's easy to install and run a web site or a mailing list. It's hard to run it well. The secret lies in understanding and adopting the best characteristics of several online communities. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/10/21/community.html ***Lessons from the Internet Bookmobile Cruising in a high-tech-equipped bus, Richard Koman joined Brewster Kahle on a cross-country crusade in the Internet Bookmobile to provide lessons to school kids in the applications of the public domain. Read their experiences as they stopped at various schools--taking ASCII text versions of public domain works available online and letting the kids turn them into books. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/10/18/bookmobile --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities Noel Davis looks at denial-of-service vulnerabilities in xinetd, syslog-ng, net-snmp, and Sun's lockd; problems with heartbeat, dvips, OpenOffice, and Cisco CatOS embedded HTTP server; and security vulnerabilities in kpf, gnome-gv, ggv, Mozilla, and PAM. http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/10/22/insecurities.html ***Radiator Are you fed up with those who think that commercial applications need to be written in an "enterprise" language like Java or C++? So are we, so we spoke to Mike McCauley at Open System Consultants. http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/10/15/radiator.html ***Beginning Python for Bioinformatics Python might not be the first language that comes to mind for bioinformatics, but Patrick O'Brien demonstrates that it's well suited for the task. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2002/10/17/biopython.html --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***Announcing ONDotnet.com Shawn Wildermuth is very excited to announce the .NET DevCenter is now officially ONDotnet.com; and he is the new editor. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2198 Check it out at: http://ONDotnet.com ***Using .NET Sockets Writing programs that access the network used to be a relatively difficult task. With .NET, this is no longer the case. This article shows how to use the Socket class in a .NET client application. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2002/10/21/sockets.htm --------------------- XML --------------------- ***Beep BEEP! Rich Salz examines BEEP as part of his study of methods for transporting binary data in SOAP. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/10/16/ends.html Get your complete BEEP toolkit from "BEEP: The Definitive Guide." Order Number: 2440 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/beep/ --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Learning and Using Jakarta Digester Turn your XML into Beans. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/10/23/digester.html ***XML to PDF? Oh, FOP It. FOP is an open source Java API for converting XML data to PDF and other formats. This article shows you how it's done. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/10/16/fop.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Upgrade My Missing Manual? David Pogue answers the question, How different is 10.1 from 10.2 and should I get the new Mac OS X book? http://www.missingmanual.com/david/ ***Top Ten Mac OS X Tips for Unix Geeks http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/10/22/macforunix.html ***Digital Killed the Video Star Alan Graham shows how to create videos with just a scanner or digital camera, a $10 shareware app, and an OS X Mac. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/10/18/photo_to_movie.html ================================================ Announcements From Your Peers ================================================ Southern California-- MacFair 2002 Saturday - November 16, 2002 10:00am to 5:00pm Cerritos College - Student Activities Center 11110 Alondra Blvd., Norwalk, CA O'Reilly user group members can register online ahead of time with the discount code ORL-1 to receive $5.00 off the admission price. For more information or to register, go to: www.macfair.org Until next time, Marsee ------------------------------------------------------- -- Jim Freedom is worth protecting