[Pdx-pm] New Books from O'Reilly

[Josh Heumann]

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-Aggressive Network Self-Defense
-IPv6 Network Administration
-Windows XP Hacks, 2nd Edition
-QuickBooks 2005: The Missing Manual
-Outlook 2003 Personal Trainer
-Intrusion Prevention and Active Response
-Python Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition
-Word 2003 Personal Trainer
-Learning Windows Server 2003
-Cyber Spying
-MAKE Magazine

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***Aggressive Network Self-Defense
ISBN: 1931836205
Publisher: Syngress
The name says it all. This is the first book to analyze the technical,
legal, and financial ramifications of revolutionary and controversial
network strike-back and active defense techniques. The authors reveal
tightly guarded secrets to expose your online attackers and provide
valuable information for finding and prosecuting criminal hackers. Learn
how to identify, target, and nullify your adversaries through expert
techniques and real-life examples.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1931836205/


***IPv6 Network Administration
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596009348
This essential guide explains what works, what doesn't, and most of all,
what's practical about IPv6. A must-have for network administrators
looking to fix their network's scalability and management problems, this
book also covers other IPv6 benefits, such as routing, integrated
auto-configuration, quality-of-services, enhanced mobility, and
end-to-end security.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ipv6na/

Chapter 5, "Installation and Configuration," is available online:
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***Windows XP Hacks, 2nd Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596009186
"Windows XP Hacks, 2nd Edition" is an ideal all-in-one resource for XP
beginners as well as experienced power users. Now completely revised and
updated to cover Service Pack 2 (SP2), the second edition of this
bestseller breaks down the new SP2 features, including IE pop-up
blocker, Windows Firewall, and the new wireless client. You'll also find
timesaving hacks for security, file distribution, digital media, web
browsing, and more.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/winxphks2/

Hack 36, "Surf Anonymously Without a Trace," is available online along
with 9 others hacks:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/winxphks2/chapter/index.html


***QuickBooks 2005: The Missing Manual
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596009011
"QuickBooks 2005: The Missing Manual" is a comprehensive guide that
examines everything the QuickBooks Pro Windows edition has to offer,
from invoices and inventory to assets and accounts payable. By covering
details in a friendly and lighthearted way, the book explains when and
why a feature is useful and then offers indispensable, relevant advice.
Each page provides insightful tips and tricks to help readers become
more efficient, sophisticated users no matter what the extent of their
existing knowledge.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/quickbookstmm/


***Outlook 2003 Personal Trainer
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596009356
This fully illustrated book takes a modular approach to learning,
allowing you to start with the fundamentals and then work your way up to
advanced topics--at your own pace. Designed to address both beginners
and experts, this handy reference is written in a non-technical style
that you're bound to find engaging and informative. The companion CD
tutorial guides you through each lesson interactively.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/outlookpt/

Chapter 8, "Advanced E-Mail Features," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/outlookpt/chapter/index.html


***Intrusion Prevention and Active Response
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN: 193226647X
This is the first book-length work that specifically concentrates on the
concept, implementation, and implications of intrusion prevention and
active response. The authors establish a common understanding of the
terminology and then compare the many approaches to intrusion
prevention. In short, this book serves as a reference for
next-generation IDS
technology that provides active response and intrusion prevention
functions both at the network and host levels.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/193226647X/


***Python Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596009402
With its convenient, quick-reference format, this book is the perfect
on-the-job reference that delivers need-to-know information at the flip
of a page. This third edition has been refreshed to cover Python 2.4 and
also includes an easy-lookup index to help developers find answers fast.
The "Python Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition" serves as the perfect
companion to "Learning Python" and "Programming Python."
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonpr3/index.html


***Word 2003 Personal Trainer
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596009364
As the most complete and engaging tutorial available for Word, this
invaluable guide details all of the latest advancements to Word 2003,
featuring sections on templates, WordArt, charts, and drawings, plus
advanced topics like how to perform mail merges and create web pages. To
best guide learning, this Personal Trainer includes detailed diagrams,
dozens of task-oriented lessons, and a fully interactive training
simulation CD--everything you need to become a Word pro.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wordpt/index.html

Chapter 8, "Performing a Mail Merge," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wordpt/chapter/index.html


***Learning Windows Server 2003
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596006241
"Windows Server 2003" is the right server for a world dominated by
enterprise networks and web-based server applications, but getting this
server up and running is a formidable task. Our no-fluff guide gives you
exactly what you need for installing, configuring, securing, and
managing Server 2003, and offers hands-on advice for planning,
implementing, and growing Windows networks without trying to teach you
how to be a system administrator.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lwinsvr2003/index.html

Chapter 10, "Windows Terminal Services," is available online:
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***Cyber Spying
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN: 1931836418
Have you ever wondered about that friend your spouse emails, or who they
spend hours chatting online with? Are you curious about what your
children are doing online, who they meet, and what they talk about? Do
you worry about them finding drugs and other illegal items online, and
wonder what they look at? This book shows you how to monitor and analyze
your family's online behavior.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1931836418/index.html


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***From the Labs: ETech 2005
On the opening day of O'Reilly's Emerging Technology Conference,
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***No Starch Titles Included in MIT Review Article
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Open Source
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***Secure Batch Email with UUCP and SSH
Not everyone has reliable, always-on Internet access. For some,
reliability has to come through software, not hardware. Fortunately,
protocols designed to work around slow and unreliable networks still
work. Christophe Prevotaux demonstrates how to set up FreeBSD, Postfix,
and SSH to send and receive email via UUCP.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/03/10/uucpmail.html


***Subversion UI Shootout
As Subversion continues to take over from CVS, more advanced interfaces
have started to appear. How do they compare to each other? How do they
compare to the svn CLI tool? Jeremy Jones puts svn, RapidSVN, and
TortoiseSVN though their paces and draws out UI principles along the
way. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/03/10/svn_uis.html


***Building Connected Embedded Systems
Embedded systems aren't all Linux; microcontrollers still dominate the
scene. Erstwhile hardware hackers, rejoice! The tools for programming
microcontrollers work just fine under Linux. George Belotsky starts a
series on embedded development by demonstrating what you have to do to
make Hello World run.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/03/10/microcontrollers.html


***Closed Source PHP
A look at the many different options PHP Developers have for protecting
their source code from prying eyes when creating commercial PHP
Applications.
http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view.php?id=238739

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***Getting Things Done with Your Mac
Even the most savvy Mac user can have problems staying organized. A
number of tips for using a Mac to help organize your life are available
from 43 Folders and other sources. This article takes a look at them
with the help of Merlin Mann himself.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/03/08/productivity.html


***Exploring the Mac OS X Firewall
Like so many tools built in to Mac OS X, the firewall just works. But
what's really going on inside it? Peter Hickman explains why the
firewall works so well, and then takes you inside and shows you how to
fiddle with things. In the end, he returns you safely to the default
settings. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/03/15/firewall.html


***Inside StYNCies
Stickies is one of the handiest little apps out there. It's been bundled
with Apple's operating systems for ages, but Apple hasn't yet taken
advantage of the new possibilities for it. This first installment of a
two-part series works through building a partial implementation of
StYNCies, a neat little utility that synchronizes your Stickies to your
iPod and/or iDisk.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/03/11/cocoa.html

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***Receive Podcasts Using Your PC
Receiving podcasts using free software, your PC, and a portable music
player is a snap. Jake Ludington shows you how to do it in a few easy
steps.
http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/03/15/podcasting_pc.html


***Enhanced Text Input in Windows Forms 2.0
Visual Studio 2005 provides enhanced controls for managing data input in
Whidbey. In this new column by Jesse Liberty, he discusses the advanced
WinForms Text Input control.
http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2005/03/14/liberty.html


***Go Wireless
Here's an excerpt from "Windows XP Annoyances for Geeks, 2nd Edition,"
that shows you how to set up a simple wireless network, connect that
network to the Internet, connect your wireless devices to other people's
wireless networks, and prevent others from sneaking onto your network.
All without wires, and the most amazing thing is that it actually works.

http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/excerpt/winxpannoy2_ch07_05/index.html

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***Building Modular Applications with Seppia
Isn't object-oriented programming supposed to be about code reuse? The
Seppia framework encourages reuse by allowing you to combine
functionality collected in multiple .jar files, stitching the behavior
together with JavaScript. Lorenzo Puccetti has an introduction to this
interesting framework.
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/03/16/seppia.html


***Reducing Upgrade Risk with Aspect Oriented Programming
Upgrading code in the field is usually frowned upon, if not prohibited
outright, because of the risk and expense of pushing code changes
through a release cycle. But could you just insert the tiny bit of code
you need with AOP? Stephen B. Morris looks at how careful design and
separation of responsibilities can make this less risky.
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/03/16/aop-mgmt.html

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Digital Media
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***High Tech Hybrid: the Casio EX-P505 Digital Camera
The Casio EX-P505 is a smart-looking, 5-megapixel camera that fits in
the palm of your hand. It captures full-frame, full-motion digital
movies with ease, and it's packed with creative features sure to stir
the imagination of fun-loving photographers. Derrick Story helps you
decide if this is a high-tech toy or a real photographic tool.
http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/03/09/casio_p505.html


***Doc Wiley: Master of the 30-Hour Album
Pro Tools wiz Doc Wiley combines studio psychology and cutting-edge
technology to coax the best performances out of artists ranging from U2
to Whitney Houston. Here are some of his favorite approaches.
http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/03/16/doc.html

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***Customizing Gmail with Grease Monkey
Learn about using Firefox Extensions to customize Gmail, or any other
web site you visit, thanks to the power of the Document Object Model and
JavaScript.
http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view.php?id=239170


***Why Consistency is Critical
Consistency is the cornerstone of a positive user experience. But
consistency means more than simply putting your nav at the top left,
your search on the right. Gerry explores consistency, explaining what it
is, why it's important, and the areas where consistency counts.
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/why-consistency-is-critical

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