Linux Administration Handbook is the first guide for Linux system administrators that examines how Linux behaves in real-world production evironments. Replete with war stories and hard-won insights, it describes difficult tasks in all their complexity, with detailed, true-life examples for three leading distributions: Red Hat, SuSE, and Debian. Coverage includes OS configuration, networking, sendmail, security management, kernel building, performance analysis, routing, and more. Includes a foreword by Linus Torvalds.

Computer Networks, Fourth Edition is the ideal introduction to computer networks. Renowned author, educator, and researcher Andrew S. Tanenbaum has updated his classic best seller to reflect the newest technologies, including 802.11, broadband wireless, ADSL, Bluetooth, gigabit Ethernet, the Web, the wireless Web, streaming audio, IPsec, AES, quantum cryptography, and more. Using real-world examples, Tanenbaum explains how networks work on the inside, from underlying physical layer hardware up through today's most popular network applications.

The classic guide to network and Internet security has been thoroughly updated for today's latest security threats. In the second edition of Network Security, this most distinguished of author teams draws on hard-won experience to explain every facet of information security, from the basics to advanced cryptography and authentication; secure Web and email services; and emerging security standards. Highlights of the book's extensive new coverage include Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), IPsec, SSL, PKI Standards, and Web security.

LEGO Mindstorms robots can do more than you ever imagined! The secret: go beyond the built-in tools and leverage the power of Java. In Core LEGO Mindstorms, author Brian Bagnall shows you how, step by step. Working from beautifully rendered 3-D plans and photographs, you'll construct five unique robots. You'll master advanced proximity and compass sensors, even master MIT's new breakthrough in robotics: behavior control programming.

Windows .NET Server Security Handbook is your practical, step-by-step guide to maximizing Windows .NET security. Take advantage of every important new Windows .NET and XP security feature, secure new features such as raw sockets and Remote Desktop, and use the latest tools to lock down any Windows .NET system - from the largest enterprise to the smallest home network. Coverage includes firewalls, Web services, policies, VPNs, encryption, 802.1x wireless security, and Smart Cards. The included CD-ROM contains outstanding third-party security tools.