Linux Journal Issue #89/September 2001

Features

Passive-Aggressive Resistance: OS Fingerprint Evasion  by Rob Beck

Everything you need (including code) to do it.

Taming the Wild Netfilter  by David A. Bandel

iptables, ipchains--what's the difference?

An Introduction to OpenSSL Programming, Part I of II  by Eric Rescorla

Filling in the gaps of the OpenSSL manual pages.

Indepth

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol  by Sander van Vugt

Lighter data retrieval and an alternative to NIS.

Configuring XDM  by Ron Hume

Taking advantage of this vnc alternative.

Toolbox

Take Command  Password's Progress  by Bruce Byfield

Kernel Korner  Loadable Kernel Module Exploits  by William C. Benton

At the Forge  Introducing Enhydra  by Reuven Lerner

Cooking with Linux  Brochettes de Sécurité  by Marcel Gagné

Paranoid Penguin  GPG: The Best Free Crypto You Aren't Using, Part I of II  by Michael D. Bauer

Columns

Focus on Software Security Applications  by David A. Bandel

Focus on Embedded Systems Embedded Linux at JavaOne  by Rick Lehrbaum

Linux for Suits Lessons in Mid-Crash  by Doc Searls

Geek Law A Question of Licenses  by Lawrence Rosen

Reviews

SuSE 7.2 Professional  by Don Marti

Departments

Letters

upFRONT

From the Editor: Security Begins with Me  by Richard Vernon

Best of Technical Support

New Products

Advertisers Index

Strictly On-Line

SNORT: Planning IDS for Your Enterprise by Nalneesh Gaur

Using a Cryptographic Hardware Token with Linux: The OpenSSL Project's New Engine by Paul Friberg

PortSentry by Anthony Cinelli

Applications Over Freenet: A Decentralized, Anonymous Gaming API by Brandon Wiley

The Appeals Court Ruling: What's in it for Linux? by Bryan Pfaffenberger