Qusay H. Mahmoud’s article, “High-Level Network Programming: HTTP-based
Applications” gives an overview of the high-level APIs of the java.net
package, code examples that demonstrate how to use the APIs, and much more.
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Sun has released the Solaris 9 for X86 Early Access product,
available for download at a cost of $20 USD.
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Application server performance depends on a variety of
factors including features, access paths into and out of the
application server, application type, deployment topology
and scalability.
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Internet Security Systems has discovered a buffer overflow
vulnerability in xfs (X Windows Font Service) in Solaris 2.5.1
through Solaris 9 on both SPARC and Intel/X86 platforms. Sun is
working on a patch.
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NextCom has released a powerful new Solaris 8 or Solaris 9 based
mobile server and laptop, the NCM-767PH, which is based on Sun’s
650Mhz UltraSPARCIIi processor and includes a 15″ 1400×1050
resolution LCD display, up to a 60GB hard drive and external SCSI
controller.
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This document details the configuration, hardening, monitoring and
vulnerability assessment of the Solaris operating system. It can also
be used as a configuration standard, providing a baseline to audit
against.
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This NEWS.COM article details Sun’s LX50 Firewall/VPN
appliance, based on the LX50 Linux server and software from
Check Point Software.Link

According to this NEWS.COM article, Sun will finally be
announcing its “Fire Link” (aka “Wildcat”) technology to link up
to eight computers in a cluster.Link

The Linux to Solaris(tm) OE Platform Migration site features
useful resources for migrating from Linux to the Solaris
platform. Discussion threads include C library and compiler
differences, porting issues including architectural topics,
management, system calls, signals, and application
building. Also included is information on compiler
extensions and a section on tools and resources.
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This NEWS.COM article details Sun’s pending acquisition
of Terraspring, a software company whose products automate the
management and control of data centers.Link

This Register article has more details on the upcoming
“Enchilada” (SunFire V210), “Chalupa” (SunFire V240), and
“Taco” (1-CPU) UltraSPARC-III based servers from Sun.Link

In part two of this Q and A, Sun’s Solaris Product Manager, Larry
Wake, fields more questions from Solaris administrators attending
the LISA 2002 conference in Philadelphia. Topics covered run the
gammit from Sun’s philosophy on QFS versus UFS to what Sun is doing
to impove the patching process and reboot times. Wake also explained
why Solaris 9 does not ship with the most current releases of certain
software including Netscape and Perl.
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The LISA 2002 Unix was is in full swing in Philadelphia last week and
administrators got the chance to go one-on-one with Sun executives. In
this interview, Sun’s Solaris Product Manager, Larry Wake, responds to a
flurry of questions at a Solaris “birds of a feather” session.
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The BigAdmin[sm] site for Sys Admins now has enhanced Linux content.
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Sun has announced the “End-Of-Feature” for NIS+, and
that it will not be included in any future releases of
Solaris past Solaris 9. Sun is replacing it with LDAP.
Support, however, will be available for five years past
when it is actually removed from Solaris.Link