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 ADMIN - Explore the new world of system administration! ADMIN is a smart, technical magazine for IT pros on heterogeneous networks. Each issue delivers technical solutions to the real-world problems you face every day. Learn the latest techniques for better:

  • network security
  • system management
  • troubleshooting
  • performance tuning
  • virtualization
  • cloud computing

 on Windows, Linux, Solaris, and popular varieties of Unix.

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Cover Theme: Automation

DVD Theme: Ultimate Edition 3.2


Automation tools save time and keep your systems awake.

Cover Stories:

  • Pacemaker: Use the popular Pacemaker high-availability monitoring tool to relaunch failed services.
  • Software Distribution Tools: Roll out software on small and large networks with M23 and Spacewalk.
  • Monitoring Logfiles: Consolidate, check, and respond to logfile warnings with Logcheck and Logsurfer.
  • Automation Tips and Tricks: A few of our regular contributors spell out their automation secrets.

Also in this issue:

  • Table of Contents
  • Comment: David and Goliath
  • On the DVD: Ultimate Edition 3.2
  • DVD Inlay
  • News
  • Tech Tools: MythTV 0.25, Android Emulator Improvements, and Qt 5 Alpha.
  • Remote Launcher: Launch applications on your Linux computer from an Android phone.
  • System Diagnosis Tools: Check the health of your system with vmstat, iostat, netstat, ifstat, and a handy all-in-one tool called dstat.
  • Customizing PortSentry: This helpful sentry watches for port scans and responds.
  • LibreOffice 3.5: The latest LibreOffice lets you import MS Visio diagrams.
  • Ask Klaus! Klaus Knopper answers your Linux questions.
  • LXC: Linux Containers: Check out this fast and easy tool for Linux-on-Linux virtualization.
  • Charly – Pktstat: Simple traffic-monitoring tool.
  • Glogg: Organize and search for information in large logfiles.
  • Security Lessons – Admin Automation: Deploying services with Puppet, Foreman, Pulp, and Candlepin.
  • Perl – Slurping Kindle Highlights: Extract personal clippings and notes from a Kindle ereader.
  • Workspace – First Things First: Keep track of your bookmarks and to-do lists.
  • Ardesia: Draw freehand sketches on the desktop.
  • MindRaider: Organize and visualize your thoughts with this mindmapping tool.
  • 3D on Linux: View 3D movies in Linux with a 3D-capable monitor and the Bino media player.
  • Command Line – Grep: Look for words and patterns in text with this classic textfiltering tool.
  • Doghouse – Spin Distributions: Do you really need to create your own distro? maddog shows why you might do better with a spin.
  • Cloud Behind a Firewall: ownCloud’s new commercial venture makes the cloud more like a corporate network.
  • Kernel News: Load balancing and revamping the KVM API.

Cover Theme: In the Clouds

DVD Theme: Linux Mint 12


Bring it on – the cloud wants to ease your burden. We show you how to measure website performance, how to create virtual appliances, and how to build a cloud game server.

Cover Stories:

  • Load Testing the Cloud: Know which numbers matter when you measure performance.
  • BoxGrinder: A virtual appliance manufactory.
  • Building a Cloud Game Server: Don’t hog the home bandwidth; run your games in the cloud.

Also in this issue:

  • Table of Contents
  • Comment: You say you want a revolution
  • On the DVD: Linux Mint 12
  • DVD Inlay
  • News
  • Tech Tools: TeamDrive 3.0, TeamCity 7.0, AMD GPUs, and more.
  • Mozilla Popcorn: The Popcorn media toolkit uses HTML5 and JavaScript to pull content to your web page from diverse sources.
  • SPDY: Google unveils a new protocol for speeding up the web.
  • Searching ZIPs and TAR s: Look into compressed and archived files with standard Linux tools.
  • Kexi vs. Glom: These lean and easy tools let you into the database game.
  • Ask Klaus! Your Linux questions answered.
  • Environment Modules: Bring order to compiler and library chaos on your cluster with environment modules.
  • Charly – Weather Page: Decode the output from a weather station and create a personal weather web page.
  • Security Lessons – Cloud Security: Audit and secure cloud systems with the OpenSCAP and Aqueduct tools.
  • MultiSystem: Everything tastes better on a stick, including your favorite virtual operating systems.
  • Perl – Evernote and GTD: With Evernote and Perl, you can send reminders from your Getting Things Done tickler file.
  • Command Line – Resources: Tour the top references for command line information.
  • Fork CMS: Don’t sweat the big content management systems; use Fork CMS.
  • Workspace – easybook: Publish your manuscript.
  • Doghouse – Accessibility: maddog looks at some computer accessibility issues.
  • DevOps – Automated Clouds: Develop for and administer distributed computing with Juju and Nodeable.
  • Kernel News: Binary-only modules, kernel.org security, remounting disks, PohmelFS distributed filesystem, and isolated drivers.
  • PyCon 2012: Robots, PyPy, and more.
  • Linux New Media Awards: Recognizing the best.

Cover Theme: Security

DVD Theme: Knoppix 7.0


Learn how to destroy data so it can never be recovered, study the latest in intrusion detection systems, and take an advanced course in GNU Privacy Guard.

Cover Stories:

  • Data Destruction Techniques
: Simple tools and CLI utilities wipe out files, symbolic links, and entire disks.
  • Suricata
: The Suricata IDS leverages the GPU to protect your fast networks.
  • GPG
: Protect your documents and mail with GNU Privacy Guard. We take an advanced look at GPG security and encryption techniques.

Also in this issue:

  • Table of Contents
  • Comment: Who Owns It?
  • On the DVD: Knoppix 7.0
  • DVD Inlay
  • News
  • Tech Tools
  • Maté and Cinnamon: Backlash against Gnome 3 put these desktops front and center.
  • Synchronizing Browser Settings: Sync settings between all your computers and mobile devices.
  • The State of Gnome 3: Gnome 3 shook up the desktop; see what v3.2 brings to the table.
  • Anonymous: Take a peek at how this hacktivist group uses the Internet for social disobedience.
  • UPnP: Stream music and video on the LAN with these Linux UPnP tools.
  • Ask Klaus! Answers to your Linux questions.
  • Microdata and Microformats: Make your web pages smarter.
  • Charly – w3af: Pen test your website.
  • Security Lessons: – SSL: Beyond trust in CAs.
  • Ggplot2: Create elegant plots with this R add-on.
  • Perl – Cut and Paste: Cut-and-paste isn’t always cut-and-dry; Perl can help.
  • Workspace – Using Git: Flashbake and gitk help you use the Git version control system to manage that next great novel.
  • Recutils: Manage your data the easy way with this handy text file database.
  • Command Line – Scrot: The command line gives you control of screenshots.
  • Doghouse – Open Source Plumbing: The DIYer can thank goodness for open source plumbing!
  • Kernel News: Zack reports on specified PIDs, boot-time speedup, and the 80-character line.

Cover Theme: SSH Tricks

DVD Theme: CentOS 6.2


Linux users and sys admins rely on the SSH secure shell for remote access and management. But SSH can do much more. This month, we explore some advanced techniques for secure communication with SSH.

Cover Story:

  • SSH Tricks: The secure shell comes with many advanced features, including support for compression, dynamic forwarding, and GUI-based remote control.
  • SSH Tunnel Connections: An SSH tunnel is a fast and easy alternative to a conventional VPN. We’ll show you a pair of promising SSH tunneling tools: Sshuttle and PuTTY.
  • Remote Disk Monitoring: Learn about a home-grown solution for monitoring remote disks with SSH and Ruby.
  • Debugging for Admins: Practical tips for troubleshooting and debugging on a real-world network.

Also in this issue:

  • Table of Contents
  • Comment: The Right Stuff
  • On the DVD: CentOS 6.2
  • DVD Inlay
  • News
  • Tech Tools
  • coLinux: Cooperative Linux lets you run a user-mode version of the Linux kernel natively on Windows.
  • Gnome Broadway: Broadway runs Linux applications natively in the browser, with help from HTLM5 and Gtk+.
  • Charly – PortSentry: Port scans are the first step in an attack; PortSentry identifies and logs port scans, then runs commands.
  • Security Lessons – Self-Defense: Spam, the silent attacker, takes up resources better used elsewhere.
  • Privilege Escalation: This practical example shows you how attackers use privilege escalation to get control.
  • FLOW3: This PHP framework supports rapid development of enterprise web applications.
  • Perl – The Middle Way: Intercept unwanted web content directed at your embedded device.
  • Ask Klaus! Klaus helps a reader with an intranet in an isolated locale and looks at sources of segfaults.
  • Command Line – The Z Shell: Discover the versatility of zsh.
  • Workspace – Fotoxx: Process and tweak photos with this lightweight program.
  • TuxGuitar: Score, compose, and play back your songs without reading music.
  • ImageMagick Tricks: Uncover ImageMagick’s advanced functions.
  • Desktop Search with Recoll: Index and manage your files.
  • Doghouse – Independent Means: China’s announcement to limit rare earth production reveals national security weakness.
  • Kernel News: Zack reports on the Android Mainlining Project, a display driver debate, and more.

Cover Theme: Interoperability

DVD Theme: Linux Mint 12 "Lisa"


Interoperability: If it were just Linux, the world would be a happy place. But you have to play alongside Windows, Macs, and mobile devices – not to mention the cloud. So come on in; diversity’s fine.

Cover Stories:

  • Filesystems: Sharing files doesn’t have to lead to conflict. We show you some filesystem tools for mixed environments.
  • Linux for Macs: Mac brains, brawn, and beauty just waiting to join with the free spirit of Linux.
  • MS Office in Wine: If you want or need to use MS Office, we show you how to have your Office and Linux, too.

Also in this issue:

  • Table of Contents
  • Comment: The Hot Seat
  • On the DVD: Linux Mint 12 "Lisa"
  • DVD Inlay
  • News
  • Tech Tools
  • Ask Klaus! Klaus Knopper answers your Linux questions. This month: Klaus talks about Flash storage myths and facts.
  • Charly: OpenRhineRuhr: A fair for real-world Linux
  • Gnome 3 Fallback: Recover your Gnome 2 comfort zone with Gnome 3 fallback mode and a few tweaks.
  • Free ESB: Use an Enterprise Service Bus to straighten out your spaghetti service architecture.
  • Linux and Laptops: Tailor Linux for the specialized hardware on your laptop with these tuning hints
  • Scribus: Desktop publishing becomes a delight with the Scribus-GIMP-Inkscape combination.
  • Fog: Roll out client software painlessly.
  • Security Lessons: Interop: Cross-platform application development tricks.
  • Perl: Evernote: The Perl Evernote API and Facebook Thrifty library distribute your notes to all your devices.
  • Filesystems: File sharing in a diverse environment means knowing your filesystems.
  • Linux and Laptops: Fine tune Linux to hum on your laptop computers.
  • Scribus: Create smart-looking publications with Scribus and a few supporting apps.
  • Merkaartor: Contribute to the OpenStreetMap project with the Merkaartor mapping editor.
  • Panorama: Stitch your digital photos into lush wide-angle creations.
  • Command Line: GNU Info: If a man page isn’t enough, try the GNU project’s alternative Info documentation format.
  • Workspace: Note Tools: Remember details with boom, Note, Yokadi, Pygmynote, and other command-line note-taking tools.
  • Doghouse: Standards: A standard “look and feel” among Linux distros could help convince the uninitiated to join the open source party.
  • Kernel News: Mercurial repository still MIA after the kernel.org breach. /tmp quotas and /proc security holes. BKL aftermath.

Cover Theme: Data Rescue

DVD Theme: openSUSE 12.1 & Fedora 16


Data Rescue: Malware file corruption, formatting and installation accidents, electrical surges, or just old hardware - your data is vulnerable in many ways.This month, Klaus Knopper steps in to show you that all is not lost: You can still salvage much of your original data from the wreckage of your disk.

Cover Story:

  • Data Rescue: Two tools - TestDisk and PhotoRec - can find and restore damaged files. We show you how to use these tools and introduce you to some of their advanced features.

Also in this issue:

  • Table of Contents
  • News
  • Tech Tools
  • Ask Klaus! Klaus Knopper answers your Linux questions. This month: Klaus helps a user to overcome incompatibilities between graphics card and the Xorg package.
  • Charly – Meter Reader: Read your electric meter and map your usage.
  • Network Monitoring: MRTG and iftop network monitoring tools for SNMP.
  • Security Lessons: Rescue Tools: Tools to assess system damage.
  • Lazarus IDE: X-platform graphical interfaces.
  • Workspace: ownCloud Your own personal cloud server.
  • Tasque: The Tasque task manager keeps you on task.
  • Dooble: This WebKit-based browser comes with some security
    features.
  • Command Line: gPhoto2 Manage your camera and photos from the command line.
  • Nixory: This tool helps you fight the spyware wars.
  • OpenWrt: An aftermarket firmware alternative for customizing WLAN devices.
  • PostgreSQL vs. MySQL: Database performance benchmarked.
  • OfflineIMAP: Sync IMAP accounts locally.
  • Macpup 528: Living large on resource-limited computers.
  • Darwin Server: Personal calendar and contacts synchronization.
  • init Alternatives: Find out how the Upstart and systemd alternatives differ from the legacy init system.
  • Doghouse – Linux in Prague: The maturing of kernel developers, history, and beer at Linux Foundation events.
  • Kernel News: kernel.org security, a suspend daemon, and VirtualBox bugs.
  • Free Software Projects: This month, Rikki looks at personal and smallbusiness finance managers.
 
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