Features

Passive-Aggressive Resistance: OS Fingerprint Evasion  by Rob Beck

Everything you need (including code) to do it.

Taming the Wild Netfilter  by David A. Bandel

iptables, ipchains—what's the difference?

An Introduction to OpenSSL Programming, Part I of II  by Eric Rescorla

Filling in the gaps of the OpenSSL manual pages.

Indepth

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol  by Sander van Vugt

Lighter data retrieval and an alternative to NIS.

Configuring XDM  by Ron Hume

Taking advantage of this vnc alternative.

Toolbox

Take Command   Password's Progress  by Bruce Byfield

Kernel Korner   Loadable Kernel Module Exploits  by William C. Benton

At the Forge   Introducing Enhydra  by Reuven Lerner

Cooking with Linux   Brochettes de Sécurité  by Marcel Gagné

Paranoid Penguin   GPG: The Best Free Crypto You Aren't Using, Part I of II  by Michael D. Bauer

Columns

Focus on Software   Security Applications  by David A. Bandel

Focus on Embedded Systems   Embedded Linux at JavaOne  by Rick Lehrbaum

Linux for Suits   Lessons in Mid-Crash  by Doc Searls

Geek Law A Question of Licenses  by Lawrence Rosen

Reviews

SuSE 7.2 Professional  by Don Marti

Hacking Linux Exposed  by Thomas Osterlie

Jagged Alliance 2 for Linux  by J. Neil Doane

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From the Editor   Security Begins with Me  by Richard Vernon

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