Issue #145 / Dec 2012

SERVICE: December 2012: DVD Inlay

Issue #145
The latest Knoppix Live Linux DVD is based on Debian stable (squeeze) with newer desktop packages from Debian/ t......

SERVICE: Welcome

Editorial

I’m looking at another crop of press releases and marveling at the ever-expanding market for products that fall under the ubiquitous heading of Big Data. Big Data is everywhere. (Or is it Big Data are everywhere – to reprise that classic quandary?) Gigantic file storage appliances from vendors like Oracle and HP and software tools like Apache Hadoop continually add new building blocks to the data infrastructure. And the goal of all this? Apart from more conventional uses for scientific modeling and analysis, one of the reasons for this huge interest in accumulating data is a phenomenon known as data mining, which Wikipedia defines as a process that “attempts to discover patterns in large data sets.”

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What's inside the December 2012 issue

Building a botnet doesn’t necessarily make you an outlaw; we show you how one programmer automated a timesensitive business application with a botnet. Next, get ready to hit the ground running with HTML5, and secure your websites with sound PHP programming principles.

SERVICE: On the DVD: Knoppix 7.0.4

This month's DVD

The latest Knoppix Live Linux DVD is based on Debian stable (squeeze) with newer desktop packages from Debian/ testing and Debian/ unstable (wheezy). Current computer hardware is supported by kernel 3.4.9 and Xorg 7.7 (core 1.12.3), and the Apt database now contains all data necessary to install software directly via Synaptic.

NEWS: Linux News

• AMD/OpenJDK/Oracle explore use of GPUs
• Smartphone security
• ASF Airavata
• Slackware 14 release
• Shuttleworth funds Inktank/Ceph
• New Apache toplevel project
• Zentyal 3.0 small business server reveals major release
• Keccak wins NIST
• SHA-3 competition

NEWS: Tech Tools

Citrix Announces XenServer 6.1

Red Hat Updates Enterprise MRG

Xen.org Releases Xen 4.2

COVER STORY: Developing Botnets

Secrets of a botnet developer

Botnets aren’t all bad. We’ll show you how to harness the power of the botnet architecture to solve realworld problems in a business context.

COVER STORY: HTML5 Offline

Offline-capable applications with HTML5

An offline cache in your browser and a bit of HTML5 acrobatics combine for interactive web applications that keep working even when the Internet connection breaks down.

COVER STORY: HTML5 Tools

Tools and resources for HTML5 developers

“HMTL5 rocks” – and Google is not the only one who feels that way. You will find many resources, frameworks, and utilities that will help you get started with the new standard.

COVER STORY: PHP Security Principles

Seven principles for preventing vulnerabilities in PHP programming

Many web attacks are the result of programmer error. Sloppy code testing leaves a door open for the uninvited.