Tuesday, January 13, 2009

MCSA MCSE Self Paced Training Kit or UNIX Power Tools

MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-299): Implementing and Administering Security in a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network

Author: Tony Northrup

Announcing an all-new MCSA/MCSE Training Kit designed to help maximize your performance on Exam 70-299, one of two core exams for the MCSE Security specialization and an elective for MCSA and MCSE. This kit packs the tools and features exam candidates want most-including in-depth, self-paced training based on exam content; exam tips from an expert author; and a robust testing suite. It also provides real-world scenarios, case study examples, and troubleshooting labs for the skills and expertise you can apply to the job.



Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
About this book
Pt. ILearn at your own pace
1Planning and configuring an authentication strategy
2Planning and configuring an authorization strategy
3Deploying and troubleshooting security templates
4Hardening computers for specific roles
5Planning an update management infrastructure
6Assessing and deploying a patch management infrastructure
7Installing, configuring, and managing certification services
8Planning and configuring IPSec
9Deploying and troubleshooting IPSec
10Planning and implementing security for wireless networks
11Deploying, configuring, and managing SSL certificates
12Securing remote access
Pt. IIPrepare for the exam
13Implementing, managing, and troubleshooting security policies (1.0)
14Implementing, managing, and troubleshooting patch management infrastructure (2.0)
15Implementing, managing, and troubleshooting security for network communications (3.0)
16Planning, configuring, and troubleshooting authentication, authorization, and PKI (4.0)
Glossary
Index

Interesting textbook: Pressured Parents Stressed out Kids or Exercises for Arthritis

UNIX Power Tools

Author: Shelley Powers

With the growing popularity of Linux and the advent of Darwin, Unix has metamorphosed into something new and exciting. No longer perceived as a difficult operating system, more and more users are discovering the advantages of Unix for the first time. But whether you are a newcomer or a Unix power user, you'll find yourself thumbing through the goldmine of information in the new edition of "Unix Power Tools to add to your store of knowledge. Want to try something new? Check this book first, and you're sure to find a tip or trick that will prevent you from learning things the hard way.

The latest edition of this best-selling favorite is loaded with advice about almost every aspect of Unix, covering all the new technologies that users need to know. In addition to vital information on Linux, Darwin, and BSD, "Unix Power Tools 3rd Edition now offers more coverage of bash, zsh, and other new shells, along with discussions about modern utilities and applications. Several sections focus on security and Internet access. And there is a new chapter on access to Unix from Windows, addressing the heterogeneous nature of systems today. You'll also find expanded coverage of software installation and packaging, as well as basic information on Perl and Python.

"Unix Power Tools 3rd Edition is a browser's book...like a magazine that you don't read from start to finish, but leaf through repeatedly until you realize that you've read it all. Bursting with cross-references, interesting sidebars explore syntax or point out other directions for exploration, including relevant technical details that might not be immediately apparent. The book includes articles abstracted from other O'Reilly books, newinformation that highlights program tricks and gotchas, tips posted to the Net over the years, and other accumulated wisdom.

Affectionately referred to by readers as "the" Unix book, UNIX Power Tools provides access to information every Unix user is going to need to know. It will help you think creatively about UNIX, and will help you get to the point where you can analyze your own problems. Your own solutions won't be far behind.



Painter X for Photographers or Bento Book

Painter X for Photographers: Creating Painterly Images Step by Step

Author: Martin Addison

Whether you are just starting out with Painter, or are a seasoned pro who wants to take your photographs to the next level, you can't go wrong with this essential guide by your side! Covering Painter X, but also applicable to earlier versions and to both PC and Macintosh users, this reader friendly book and DVD package will show you how to get the most out of this powerful program. Uniquely written specifically for photographers, Martin Addison gives a complete overview of the program, showing how to master each exciting tool, including the brand-new RealBristle and Smart Stroke brush libraries. Two all-new portraiture chapters show you how to turn photographs of your family members or professional clients into works of art ideal for framing. You'll be able to give all of your precious photographs the painterly touch in no time!

Be sure to visit the accompanying website painterforphotographers.co.uk to view even more images and information to get you started!

Pictures by Martin and Doreen Addison can be seen on their website: martinanddoreen.co.uk.

*Transform your photographs into stunning works of art using Corel's Painter X
*Packed with beautiful color images and precise, step-by-step instructions
*Accompanying DVD contains over TWO HOURS of video tutorials plus all the images from the book for you to work on



Book about: Barbara Jordan or The Global Cold War

Bento Book: Beauty and Simplicity in Digital Organization

Author: Jesse Feiler

Find everything fast... from iCal, Address Book, Apple Mail, even MobileMe and iPhone.

  • Use Bento's stunning templates and themes
  • Master Smart Collections and other advanced features
  • Keep a nature/garden log
  • Manage projects
  • Create storyboards
  • And more... much more

Bento is the best way to organize your life. Your contacts, events, tasks, projects, stuff, everything. This book makes Bento even better. (And even easier.) Learn how to use everything that's built into Bento...and extend Bento to do even more. Quick. Elegant. Smart. And 100% Mac. That's Bento. And that's the Bento Book. Bento 2 adds new features. Find out what's new and how to use hot relations, export and import Bento libraries, and use new view features.



Table of Contents:
Introduction . . . 1


1 Bento: The Database for the Rest of Us . . . 7


2 Using the Bento Window . . . 21


3 Working with Bento Forms . . . 43


4 Building a Bento Library from Your Own Data . . . 53


5 Working with Phone, URL, IM, and Address Fields and Lists in Contacts . . . 65


6 Working with Bento Fields and Calculations . . . 75


7 Expanding the Inventory Library with Related Records and Collections . . . 93


8 Using Built-In Bento Libraries for Address Book . . . 113


9 Using Built-In Bento Libraries for iCal Tasks and iCal Events . . . 127


10 Working with Bento’s Projects Library to Use Related Records from iCal Tasks, iCal Events, and Address Book . . . 139


11 Designing a Projects Library with Related Notes . . . 151


12 Building a Garden/Nature Log . . . 165


13 Organizing a Group Project with Bento . . . 177


14 Creating a Storyboard with Bento . . . 189


15 Importing and Exporting Bento Data and Libraries . . . 199


16 Managing an Email List from Constant Contact or Vertical Response with Bento . . . 207


17 Bento Quickies . . . 225


Index . . . 233

Monday, January 12, 2009

Managing Information Technology or Oracle 10G Programming

Managing Information Technology: What Managers Need to Know

Author: Wainright E Martin

This MIS text gives students and active managers a thorough and practical guide to IT management practices and issues.


This edition covers hardware, software, networks, enterprise systems, e-business systems, and it lays the groundwork for understanding the range of IS leadership roles and current best practices for managing IT assets.


This text is intended to serve as a thorough guide to IT management practices and issues for managers.



See also: The Couple and Family in Managed Care or E Business Technologies

Oracle 10G Programming: A Primer

Author: Rajshekhar Sunderraman

KEY MESSAGE: Oracle 10G Programming is a concise, streamlined guide to Oracle programming. It is ideal for students studying databases, and introduces the Oracle technology students need to know for a first database course.

The Relational Data Model, Oracle SQL, PL/SQL, Web Programming with PL/SQL, Oracle JDBC, SQLJ: Embedded SQL in Java, Oracle Web Programming with Java Servlets, Oracle XML, Projects.
MESSAGE: For all readers interested in Oracle 10G.



Table of Contents:
1. The Relational Data Model.
The Relational Database.
Integrity Constraints.
Tabular View of a Relation.
Sample Databases.
Relational Algebra.
2. Oracle SQL.
Oracle SQL*Plus.
Creating, Dropping and Altering Tables.
Inserting Rows.
Querying the Database.
Views.
Modifying the Database.
Sequences.
Oracle Data Dictionary.
Oracle9i Object Features.
Exercises.
3. PL/SQL.
What is PL/SQL?
Data Types and Variables.
Program Control Statements.
Program Structure.
Triggers.
Database Access Using Cursors.
Records.
PL/SQL Tables.
Built-in Packages.
Error Handling.
PL/SQL Access to Oracle9i Objects.
Exercises.
4. Web Programming with PL/SQL.
HTTP.
A Simple Example.
Printing HTML Tables.
Passing Parameters.
Processing HTML Forms.
Multi-Valued Parameters.
PL/SQL Web Toolkit.
PL/SQL Server Pages (PSP).
Exercises.
5. Oracle JDBC.
What is JDBC?
A Simple Example.
Developing JDBC Applications.
Non-Query SQL Statements.
Executing SQL Queries.
Grade Book Application.
Database Metadata.
Errors and Warnings.
Scrollable ResultSets.
Exercises.
6. SQLJ: Embedded SQL in Java.
What is SQLJ?
Simple Example.
Compiling SQLJ Programs.
Multiple Connections.
Host Variables and Expressions.
SQLJ Iterators.
Dynamic SQL using JDBC.
Calling PL/SQL from within SQLJ.
Investment Portfolio Database Application.
Exercises.
7. Oracle Web Programming with Java Servlets.
A Simple Servlet.
HTTP Servlet API Basics.
Web Shopping Application.
HTML Form Processing in Servlets.
Search Parts and Add to Cart.
Oracle's Dynamic HTML Generation Package.
Java Server Pages.
Exercises.
8. Oracle XML.
Basic Syntax.
Document Type Definitions (DTDs).
XML Parsing in Java.
Oracle XML-SQL Utility (XSU).
XMLType.
Exercises.
9. Projects.
Airline Flight Information System.
Library Database Application.
University Student Database.
Video Chain Database.
Banking Database.
BiBTeX Database.
Music Store Database.
Online Auctions Database.
Oracle Data Dictionary Browser.
Oracle Data Browser on the Web.
QBE Interface on the Web.
A Web Survey Management System.

VBScript WMI and ADSI Unleashed or Telecom for Dummies

VBScript, WMI, and ADSI Unleashed

Author: Don Jones

If you’re a Windows administrator, scripting expertise can liberate you from boring, repetitive work–so you can take on the sophisticated, high-value projects you really want. Top scripting guru Don Jones has written the definitive administrator’s guide to getting results with Microsoft’s key scripting technologies: VBScript, WMI, and ADSI.

 

Jones draws on his unsurpassed experience training Windows administrators in conferences, classes, and from his enormously popular site, ScriptingAnswers.com.

 

You’ll learn how to use VBScript, WMI, and ADSI to gain administrative control over nearly every aspect of every recent Windows server or client, including Windows Server 2003, Vista, XP, 2000, and NT. As you gain experience, Jones introduces more advanced techniques, ranging from modular scripting and script encryption to integrating VBScript with HTML code.

 

Jones concludes with a full section of ready-to-run, real-world examples–from logon/logoff scripts to automated domain and network administration, from querying WMI to creating Active Directory groups. Every script is explained line-by-line, with challenging techniques described in even greater detail.

 

Detailed information on how to…

 

  • Decide what you can script: a framework for getting started fast
  • Understand howscripts are designed, assembled, and run
  • Master VBScript from start to finish: functions, I/O, data manipulation, program flow, and much more
  • Use scripting objects for tasks ranging from retrieving network information to mapping drives
  • Utilize FileSystemObject to manipulate the Windows filesystem
  • Write ADSI scripts to manipulate any directory service your company uses, from Active Directory to Novell NDS
  • Modify domain information, users, groups, and policies
  • Query WMI information–from basic to advanced
  • Plan for errors, and test and debug your scripts
  • Build your own “resource kit” of reusable script components

 

ON THE WEB:

Download all examples and source code presented in this book from ScriptingAnswers.com, where you’ll also be able to post follow-up questions directly to the author in a moderated, active community.

 

Introduction 1

 

Part I: Introduction to Windows Administrative Scripting 11

Chapter 1: Scripting Concepts and Terminology 13

Chapter 2: Running Scripts 21

Chapter 3: The Components of a Script 39

Chapter 4: Designing a Script 55

 

Part II: VBScript Tutorial 73

Chapter 5: Functions, Objects, Variables, and More 75

Chapter 6: Input and Output 101

Chapter 7: Manipulating Numbers 115

Chapter 8: Manipulating Strings 129

Chapter 9: Manipulating Other Types of Data 145

Chapter 10: Controlling the Flow of Execution 155

Chapter 11: Built-In Scripting Objects 173

Chapter 12: Working with the File System 193

Chapter 13: Putting It All Together: Creating Your First Script from Scratch 219

 

Part III: Windows Management Instrumentation and Active Directory Services Interface 245

Chapter 14: Working with ADSI Providers 247

Chapter 15: Manipulating Domains 257

Chapter 16: Manipulating Users and Groups 271

Chapter 17: Understanding WMI 283

Chapter 18: Querying Basic WMI Information 299

Chapter 19: Querying Complex WMI Information 317

Chapter 20: Putting It All Together: Your First WMI/ADSI Script 335

Chapter 21: Testing and Debugging WMI and ADSI Queries 357

 

Part IV: Advanced Scripting Techniques 371

Chapter 22: Modular Script Programming 373

Chapter 23: Scripts Packaging and Protection 389

Chapter 24: Scripting Security 399

Chapter 25: Introduction to HTML Applications 409

Chapter 26: Debugging Tips, Tools, and Techniques 421

 

Part V: Ready-to-Run Examples 437

Chapter 27: Logon and Logoff Scripts 439

Chapter 28: Windows and Domain Administration Scripts 455

Chapter 29: Network Administration Scripts 481

Chapter 30: WMI and ADSI Scripts 497

 

Appendix 509

Index 523

.



Table of Contents:

Introduction 1

 

Part I: Introduction to Windows Administrative Scripting 11

Chapter 1: Scripting Concepts and Terminology 13

Chapter 2: Running Scripts 21

Chapter 3: The Components of a Script 39

Chapter 4: Designing a Script 55

 

Part II: VBScript Tutorial 73

Chapter 5: Functions, Objects, Variables, and More 75

Chapter 6: Input and Output 101

Chapter 7: Manipulating Numbers 115

Chapter 8: Manipulating Strings 129

Chapter 9: Manipulating Other Types of Data 145

Chapter 10: Controlling the Flow of Execution 155

Chapter 11: Built-In Scripting Objects 173

Chapter 12: Working with the File System 193

Chapter 13: Putting It All Together: Creating Your First Script from Scratch 219

 

Part III: Windows Management Instrumentation and Active Directory Services Interface 245

Chapter 14: Working with ADSI Providers 247

Chapter 15: Manipulating Domains 257

Chapter16: Manipulating Users and Groups 271

Chapter 17: Understanding WMI 283

Chapter 18: Querying Basic WMI Information 299

Chapter 19: Querying Complex WMI Information 317

Chapter 20: Putting It All Together: Your First WMI/ADSI Script 335

Chapter 21: Testing and Debugging WMI and ADSI Queries 357

 

Part IV: Advanced Scripting Techniques 371

Chapter 22: Modular Script Programming 373

Chapter 23: Scripts Packaging and Protection 389

Chapter 24: Scripting Security 399

Chapter 25: Introduction to HTML Applications 409

Chapter 26: Debugging Tips, Tools, and Techniques 421

 

Part V: Ready-to-Run Examples 437

Chapter 27: Logon and Logoff Scripts 439

Chapter 28: Windows and Domain Administration Scripts 455

Chapter 29: Network Administration Scripts 481

Chapter 30: WMI and ADSI Scripts 497

 

Appendix 509

Index 523

Interesting textbook: Kundalini or Gemstone Reflexology

Telecom for Dummies

Author: Stephen P Olejniczak



• Worldwide telecom spending was over $4 trillion in 2004, and virtually all 12 million businesses in the U.S. buy phone and other telecom services

• Our book shows people at small and medium-sized businesses how to make sense of telecom lingo and get the best deals

• Includes an overview of the major players in the telecom industry and an easy-to-understand explanation of the existing telecom infrastructure

• Helps people pinpoint the telecom services best suited to their business needs, understand billing, and troubleshoot problems

• Covers emerging industry trends, such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and how they can help businesses cut costs




Sunday, January 11, 2009

Easier Simpler Faster or Software Security

Easier, Simpler, Faster: Systems Strategies For Lean IT

Author: Jean Cunningham

To enhance and sustain its lean journey, a company must implement information systems that fully support and enhance the lean initiative. In this book, Jean Cunningham and Duane Jones introduce a case study of an actual lean implementation involving an IT system of a mid-size manufacturer, highlighting the IT issues faced during lean transformation. The book suggests changes that will be required in an information system to make it a partner with, rather than a barrier to, a company becoming a lean manufacturer and ultimately a lean enterprise. It showcases opportunities that will arise for the information systems team to eliminate waste and apply lean principles in its own operations.



Go to: I principi fondamentali di tracciato trattato

Software Security: Building Security In

Author: Gary McGraw

"When it comes to software security, the devil is in the details. This book tackles the details."
--Bruce Schneier, CTO and founder, Counterpane, and author of Beyond Fear and Secrets and Lies

"McGraw's book shows you how to make the 'culture of security' part of your development lifecycle."
--Howard A. Schmidt, Former White House Cyber Security Advisor

"McGraw is leading the charge in software security. His advice is as straightforward as it is actionable. If your business relies on software (and whose doesn't), buy this book and post it up on the lunchroom wall."
--Avi Rubin, Director of the NSF ACCURATE Center; Professor, Johns Hopkins University; and coauthor of Firewalls and Internet Security

Beginning where the best-selling book Building Secure Software left off, Software Security teaches you how to put software security into practice.The software security best practices, or touchpoints, described in this book have their basis in good software engineering and involve explicitly pondering security throughout the software development lifecycle. This means knowing and understanding common risks (including implementation bugsand architectural flaws), designing for security, and subjecting all software artifacts to thorough, objective risk analyses and testing.

Software Security is about putting the touchpoints to work for you. Because you can apply these touchpoints to the software artifacts you already produce as you develop software, you can adopt this book's methods without radically changing the way you work. Inside you'll find detailedexplanations of

  • Risk management frameworks and processes
  • Code review using static analysis tools
  • Architectural risk analysis
  • Penetration testing
  • Security testing
  • Abuse case development

In addition to the touchpoints, Software Security covers knowledge management, training and awareness, and enterprise-level software security programs.

Now that the world agrees that software security is central to computer security, it is time to put philosophy into practice. Create your own secure development lifecycle by enhancing your existing software development lifecycle with the touchpoints described in this book. Let this expert author show you how to build more secure software by building security in.



Table of Contents:
1Defining a discipline3
2A risk management framework39
3Introduction to software security touchpoints83
4Code review with a tool105
5Architectural risk analysis139
6Software penetration testing171
7Risk-based security testing187
8Abuse cases205
9Software security meets security operations223
10An enterprise software security program239
11Knowledge for software security259
12A taxonomy of coding errors277
13Annotated bibliography and references299
App. AFortify source code analysis suite tutorial323
App. BITS4 rules345
App. CAn exercise in risk analysis : Smurfware385