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In this issue * Update: Security vulnerability in mod_rewrite * Apache 1.3.14 Released In this issue * Update: Security vulnerability in mod_rewrite * Apache 1.3.14 Released

It’s a lossless compressed data format. The deflation algorithm used by GZIP (also zip and zlib) is an open-source, patent-free variation of LZ77 (Lempel-Ziv 1977, see reference below). It finds duplicated strings in the input data. The second occurrence of a string is replaced by a pointer to the previous string, in the form of […]

By M.A. Dockter of PCMechanic For purposes of this tutorial we will use Windows 98 Second Edition for two reasons: 1) most people are used to the Windows 98 interface, and 2) Windows 98 SE comes with a utility called ICS, or Internet Connection Sharing for short. What this does is share any Internet connection, […]

By M.A. Dockter of PCMechanic Information about additional Web servers can be found in ServerWatch’s Web server section; server specs can be found on WebServer Compare. Now, here is your chance to see all that I’ve done. You can access my FTP server, if it’s up, by the following link: ftp://mdockter.ods.org As for my set […]

Thomas Shinder We call such an unauthorized DHCP Server a Rogue DHCP Server. Rogue DHCP servers will likely assign inaccurate IP addressing information to DHCP clients, and in the process disrupt network communications for these hapless DHCP clients. Windows 2000 networks running only Windows 2000 DHCP servers can recognize and shut down rogue DHCP servers […]

Thomas Shinder The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is one of the unsung hero’s of the network administrator. Without the help of DHCP and DHCP Servers, we would be thrust into a life of constant battle against entropy of our IP addressing scheme. We would live the listless life of an inventory specialist, continuously having to […]

Thomas Shinder Ever get the feeling that there just aren’t any killer app’s anymore? If you were around during the heyday of the desktop computer and the early Internet, it seemed like a day didn’t go by without some totally awesome application appearing on one of the shareware sites. These days, it feels like all […]

“If you’ve been paying attention, you now know the basics of style sheets – what they are, how to use them, and how to link them to your Web pages – together with some of the important style sheet properties that control typeface and colour….” If you’ve been paying attention, you now know the basics […]

Deb Shinder A new model Perhaps the answer is for the IT world to get itself organized – but not too organized. To put in place mechanisms for standardizing testing and maintaining professional credentials, as companies such as Microsoft, Novell and Cisco have attempted to do with their certification programs. The multi-tiered Cisco program that […]

Deb Shinder The term “networking professional” is tossed around easily in the IT industry, but often even those in human resources, who write the job descriptions for the positions being referred to, don’t have a clear concept of it means. The term ‘networking professional’ is tossed around easily in the IT industry, but often even […]

Thomas Shinder How to Get to the Next Level If you’re having a hard time finding a job, start thinking about the qualities the winners have and compare those to your approach. You might need make some changes. If you have a learning style that’s leaving you in a dead end, try becoming more active. […]

Thomas Shinder Forwarders and Firewalls The Slave Server/Caching-only forwarder combination is very helpful in protecting your intranet zone data. We can use this combination to prevent users on the other side of a firewall from having access to information on our internal DNS Server. For example, at tacteam.net we have an internal DNS server we […]