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Robert Bernier presents several recipes for implementing authentication and encryption in your email. http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/09/04/email_pki.html?CMP=NLC-JW3252563703 ***FreeBSD Jails A common security breach involves exploiting one application to gain access to another. Keeping separate applications separate can limit the potential damage. Mike DeGraw-Bertsch explains how FreeBSD's jails can help secure necessary applications. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/09/04/jails.html?CMP=NLC-3MD222003293 --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Code-Generation Techniques for Java J2EE is powerful, but it can lead to a lot of repetitive code. You could hand this code off to junior developers, or you could generate it automatically. Jack Herrington explores this higher level of abstraction and how it can improve your productivity. by Jack Herrington http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/09/03/generation.html?CMP=NLC-X43Q60625248 --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***Debugging Windows Services Debugging Windows services is not as trivial as debugging Windows applications because they do not run directly within Visual Studio .NET. Hence, more elaborate techniques must be deployed to effectively develop and debug Windows services. In this article, Wei-Meng Lee will discuss two techniques that you can use to debug and test your Windows services. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/09/02/debuggingsvcs.html?CMP=NLC-27N1Z9943120 --------------------- ORACLE --------------------- Installing Oracle 9iR2 on Red Hat 9 While Oracle's understandably proud of their Linux support, Oracle 9i is unsupported on the latest and greatest Red Hat. 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Programs feature demonstrations of ACCESS systems and ACCESS-related products and are designed to address beginning, intermediate, and advanced topics. Meetings are free and open to the public. For more information go to: http://www.CtAUG.org Or you can contact Frank Butash: FrankButash at msn.com 860-232-7173 Until next time-- Marsee