The desktop reference to SCO UNIX and Open Desktop, this version of UNIX in a Nutshell shows you what's under the hood of your SCO system. It isn't a scaled-down quick reference of common commands, but a complete reference containing all user, programming, administrations, and networking commands.

A primer for C programmers transitioning to C++ and designed to get users up to speed quickly, this book tells users just what they need to learn first. Covering a subset of the features of C++, the user can actually use this subset to get familiar with the basics of the language. The book includes sidebars that give overviews of advanced features not covered.

This is the only book to look at common UNIX system administator problems from the user perspective. It provides troubleshooting tips, a questionnaire on which users can record the spec-specific information they need, and explains the diagnostic process. A quick reference card summarizes what to try first, second, and third for commonly-encountered problems.

A guide to the operating system's commands and options covers the shell, package management, text editing, source code management, and GDB debugger.

Software -- Operating Systems.

This introduction to networking on Linux now covers firewalls, including the use of ipchains and Netfilter, masquerading, and accounting. Other new topics in this second edition include Novell (NCP/IPX) support and INN (news administration).

2 comprehensive SCO reference, 'how-to' and troubleshooting guides, 1 CD-ROM and 1 floppy disk. Everything you need to install, license, configure and get started with SCO OpenServer. Detailed practical coverage of SCO connectivity and Internet services - including a full chapter on Internet security.

Software -- Operating Systems.

This book introduces embedded systems to C and C++ programmers. Topics include testing memory devices, writing and erasing flash memory, verifying nonvolatile memory contents, controlling on-chip peripherals, device driver design and implementation, and more.

Today's hottest Internet technologies, they also explore the important issues regarding precisely what is at stake for a society with greater and growing ties to cyberspace. Topics in this timely collection include privacy and security, property rights, censorship, telecommunications regulation, and the global impact of emerging Internet technologies.