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HiR5 Informative Resources
by
Asmodian X and Axon
From now on, every issue or two, we'll be throwing in some truly wonderful
resources to get information. Axon and Asmodian X will work on this section.
Our goal is simple: tell you guys what all is out there to get really awesome
info. We'll include book references, internet URL's, and all sorts of other
resources. Some of them can be used to find stuff out about other things
besides computers ad telephones and the like. Here we go!
To find information on books, magazines, etc...
Johnson County (Kansas) Public library resources:
Web Based Stuff:
o Search for books by Subject/Author/Title/Call Number:
http://jclnt2.jcl.lib.ks.us:8088
o Search for magazine articles (Lots of full-text articles online!)
http://www.searchbank.com/searchbank/jcl_cen
1. Click on "Proceed" button.
2. Click on "Gen'l Reference Ctr Gold" link.
3. Use a subject or keyword search.
This will get a lot of info, and get it fast. Sometimes it's
almost as handy as "grepping" a 10-year-old pile of magazines.
Terminal Based Stuff:
o You can get the exact same information above through a telnet
session if you like. I prefer this method. If you use netscape
or IE, type:
telnet://jclnt2.jcl.lib.ks.us:5655
If you use unix, type:
telnet jclnt2.jcl.lib.ks.us 5655
If you use something else, try to get your telnet client to open
up jclnt2.jcl.lib.ks.us on port 5655 instead of port 23. Just
the way it goes. It's vt-100 and menu driven. Supports the
"attached-to-ansi" printing, if your term program does...
Web-Pages that are LOADED with information
Internet Request For Comments (RFC) Archive (And other fun info)
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/
This is THE source of information for those of you who like to
study protocols. All sorts of other stuff is included in the
rfc's (such as certain standards, and technical explainations).
Overall, it's a bunch of information (mostly related to the
Internet) that's been around for ages. There are even a few
rfc's authored by Bob Metcalfe himself! There are tons of
obsolete RFC's (Many RFC's contain a message at the beginning
that states "Obsoletes RFC 822". Sometimes an RFC obsoletes
multiple other RFC's). If you have good bandwidth, check out
the RFC Index (and if you have balls, print it!). It contains
a basic list of what each RFC covers, the author, and the date
of submission. There are many places to find the RFC's, but
the url I gave (At Ohio State University) tends to stay current.
There are plenty of new RFC's each month usually. Visit the
site often.
Mailing Lists
BUGTRAQ
Many hackers, software distributors, programmers, and just plain
psychos are subscribed to bugtraq. In short, subscribing to
bugtraq will let you in on bugs and patches for various programs
and circumstances on almost any platform. To get on:
o Send an e-mail from your account to listserv@netspace.org
Leave the subject of the e-mail blank, and in the message
body, include:
SUBSCRIBE BUGTRAQ <your name>
Rootshell
Rootshell is an entirely unix-focused security group. They have
a website (with quite an archive) as well as a mailing list.
This is THE list to get on if you're into unix security and bugs.
To get on rootshell:
o Go to their website at www.rootshell.com for great files and
info (exploits/patches/texts).
o Get on their mailing list: Send mail from your account to
majordomo@rootshell.com
Leave subject blank, and leave the following text in the body:
subscribe announce
Books, mags, etc.
Books!
UNIX For Dummies
(Unix)
This book is really what you want if you're just trying to get
used to unix. If you look at it as an introduction to unix,
it's a lengthy one. Goes into detail on quite a few things,
but if you're really not much of a unix dummy, take a look at
the next books.
o Author: John R. Levine & Margaret Levine Young
o Pages: 392
o ISBN: 0-7645-0130-5
o Publisher: IDG Books
o Publisher URL: http://www.idg.com (do a search for UNIX)
o Price: About $20
o Level: As long as you know how to get an account on a UNIX
machine, and nothing else, that's all that matters.
Learning the Korn Shell
Learning the BASH Shell
(Unix)
Axon has a lot of interaction with the Korn Shell, since he
spends a large portion of his time telnetted into an AIX box
(which uses Korn for its default shell).
If you want to really learn how to create some of the most
awe-inspiring scripts, this is the only way to go. For you
who prefer linux, I would highly recommend Learning the BASH
shell. Both of these books are published by O'Reilly & Assoc-
iates, which produces some of the best computer-related books
around. These guys don't produce "Dummies" books. They're truly
hardcore, but not difficult to understand. (Their team of tech-
nical writers must be phenomenal)
o Title: Learning the Korn Shell
o Author: Bill Rosenblatt
o Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates.
o Official book web URL: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/korn/
(This page offers online purchase of book for about $30)
o ISBN 1-56592-054-6
o 363 pages.
o Title: Learning the BASH Shell, Second Edition
o Author: Cameron Newham & Bill Rosenblatt
o Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates.
o Official book web URL: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bash2/
(This page offers online purchase of the book for about $30)
o ISBN: 1-56592-374-2
o 336 Pages.
o Recommended: go to O'Reilly's page at www.oreilly.com to see
some of the best computer related books.
o Level: Should have some working knowledge of UNIX first. This
book goes REALLY in-depth about shell scripts and various
commands. If you are less advanced, look at O'Reilly's page under
UNIX. Try "Learning the UNIX operating system".