While the highlight of this issue is the interview with the current Fedora Project Leader, it also covers topics like: Plone, Packet Spoofing, IPCop, SCTP, GDB, Device Drivers, SystemTap, CodeIgniter, Lisp, Blender, Fedora Scientific, Aadhaar…
Tag: LFY December 2011
The Socket API, Part 5: SCTP
This article on socket programming deals with the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP).
Similar to TCP and UDP, SCTP provides some features of both. It...
Guard Your Network with IPCop, Part 1: Installation Basics
The classic version of IPCop 1.4.20, which was released on July 24, 2008, was immediately upgraded to the 1.4.21 ISO installer. The much awaited...
Setting up a LAMP Server Remotely
It's been said a million times over -- Linux is awesome on servers! With over 60 per cent of the Web's servers gunning away...
Cyber Attacks Explained: Packet Spoofing
Last month, we started this series to cover the important cyber attacks that impact critical IT infrastructure in organisations. The first was the denial-of-service...
Joy of Programming: Fail Fast!
When a problem occurs in the software, it should fail immediately, in an easily noticeable way. This "fail fast" behaviour is desirable, and we'll...
CodeSport
In this month's column, we will continue our discussion of compiler optimisations, and focus on compiler analyses and optimisations that require inter-procedural analysis and...
Exploring Software: Plone with Schemas
Using Dexterity to extend and customise Plone.
Last month, you tried Plone 4 and could create a schema interactively. However, at present, it does not...
Aadhaar: A Testimony to Success of FOSS in India!
It is heartening to see how FOSS is powering one of India's most prestigious and mammoth e-governance initiatives -- the Aadhaar project from the...
An Interview with Fedora Project Leader Jared Smith
John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, once said, "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more,...
Some Myths About Open Source Get Busted by Industry Leaders
If you thought Linux was meant only for the geeks, take a look at what the "real" users have to say about this misconception.
Linux...
