Hack Proofing Linux – Your Guide to Open Source Security

The Linux operating system continues to gain market share based largely on its reputation as being the most secure operating system available. The challenge faced by system administrators installing Linux is that it is secure only if installed and configured properly, constantly and meticulously updated, and carefully integrated with a wide variety of Open Source security tools. The fact that Linux source code is readily available to every hacker means that system administrators must continually learn security and anti-hacker techniques.Hack Proofing Linux will provide system administrators with all of the techniques necessary to properly configure and maintain Linux systems and counter malicious attacks.

Upgrading and Repairing PCs 17th Edition

Be a part of the best-selling Upgrading and Repairing series with the latest edition of the flagship book, Upgrading and Repairing PCs. Author Scott Mueller has taught thousands in his seminars and millions through his books, videos and articles. Since 1988, everyon from PC technicians and students to hobbyists, have turned to Scott Mueller’s Upgrading and Repairing PCs books for help with computer problems. Upgrading and Repairing PCs, 17th Edition includes new and updated content covering the latest processors, motherboards, memory, and more, including a fully-loaded DVD with new video and reference material.

Upgrading and Repairing Laptops 2nd Edition

Scott Mueller has gone where no computer book author has gone before right past all the warranty stickers, the hidden screws, and the fear factor to produce a real owner’s manual that every laptop owner should have on his desk. Upgrading and Repairing Laptops, Second Edition shows the upgrades users can perform, the ones that are better left to the manufacturer, and how to use add-on peripherals to make the most of a laptop. This second edition has been updated to include:

• The latest processors and motherboards

• Complete assembly and disassembly information

• Updated memory standards

• Upgrading your hard drive to increase performance

• Changes in networking and firewalls.

Upgrading and Repairing Servers 2nd

As the price of servers comes down to the level of desktop PCs, many small- and medium-sized businesses are forced to provide their own server setup, maintenance and support, without the high-dollar training enjoyed by their big corporation counterparts. Upgrading and Repairing Servers is the first line of defense for small- and medium-sized businesses, and an excellent go-to reference for the experienced administrators who have been asking for a reference guide like this one for a long time! It’s all here in one, incredibly useful tome that you will refer to again and again.

The Unusually Useful Web Book

The Unusually Useful Web Book is the only book you need to find out everything you need to know about web sites. In fact, it’s 2 books in 1. You can skim the sidebars and checklists for tips and techniques you can use right away. Or you can follow along with the main text for a detailed discussion of planning, designing, building, and maintaining your web site.
The Unusually Useful Web Book is jam-packed with do-it-yourself worksheets, lessons from the trenches, advice from experts, and jargon-free explanations. But don’t just take our word for it. Read what others are saying about The Unusually Useful Web Book:

Excel Programming Weekend Crash Course

- Thirty clearly defined lessons take the reader from understanding the parts of an Excel application into building applications to work with data, formulas, charts, and the enhanced XML capabilities of the new Excel “X”
- Book is designed to teach the core concepts of Excel over a weekend or in just fifteen hours, with each session being thirty minutes
- Applicable to Excel 2000, Excel 2002, and the latest release, Excel “X”
- Helps Excel power users in fields such as accounting, finance, operations management, and market research to begin automating data manipulation in Excel quickly, so they can handle real-world projects
- A how-to guide to using Excel’s programmability to create custom data-processing and analysis solutions
- Covers security, debugging, and error handling
- Companion Web site includes sample files, projects, and test enginewith self-assessment exam

The Little Book That Beats the Market

Contrary to efficient-market naysayers, this engaging investment primer contends that ordinary stock-market investors can indeed get better-than-market returns over the long haul. Greenblatt (You Can Be a Stock Market Genius), a Columbia Business School adjunct professor, touts a “value-oriented” approach that looks for bargain stocks whose share price is cheap relative to the company’s profitability. His version is a “magic formula” that ranks stocks on the basis of two variables—the earnings yield and the business’s return on capital. His Web site, magicformulainvesting.com, virtually automates the procedure for novices. Greenblatt offers lots of statistical proof of the formula’s success, but emphasizes the importance of faith in seeing the investor through inevitable short-term downturns: “It will be your belief in the overwhelming logic of the magic formula that will make the formula work for you in the long run.” He conveys his ideas through a lucid if rudimentary and rather corny explanation of basic investment concepts about risk, return, interest and business valuation. Although the fabulous returns he touts seem too good to be true, Greenblatt’s formula is a reasonable variant of mainstream value-investing methods. Investors seeking a little more hands-on excitement than the average mutual fund offers won’t go too far wrong following his advice.