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From: "Marsee Henon" <marsee at oreilly.com>
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Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 1:41 AM
Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, October 24

> 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
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>
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>
>
> ***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
>

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