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Why a blog?  Nobody else in the department makes one.  More significant reasons:

 

Updated August 11, 2008

 
  • Many comments make sense when read, but pass listeners by when made orally, in a lecture or otherwise
  • The PowerPoint format is confining, low-density, labor-intensive, and difficult to navigate
  • Material can be left on the blog as asides, or modified when questions arise or as needed
  • The blog text can contain links to background material – impossible with a slide show in class
  • Many students have a language problem similar to mine (a mirror image, actually) – they read English well, but don’t always understand it
  • You can go back and reread anything that gets by you the first time.

Note: this is not true any more – others use a blog through WebCT, and also the package Edublogs

 

 

Information sources

 

Updated August 11, 2008

 

·         Wikipedia

·         Linux Kernel in a Nutshell and other Wikipedia books.  The Kernel book includes much more on booting and the various distributions.

·         Microsoft XP Pro – Resource Kit documentation – the entire book is also on a CD

·         Safari permits (for a price) downloading chapters of O’Reilly and numerous other books – also useful for making excerpts and making presentations.  Remember to give full credit for others’ work.

 

 

The McMafia excerpt

 

Updated August 11, 2008

 

This is a partial chapter of a recent book which primarily describes the worldwide structure of organized crime.  The chapter on cybercrime is quoted here; it describes the shift from casual nuisance viruses to specific attacks with fraudulent intent.  Code Orange chapter map of spammer sources and destinations

Linux Kernel in a Nutshell and other Wikipedia books

Microsoft XP Pro – Resource Kit documentation

 

 

 

Major content revision

 

Updated August 11, 2009

 

The content of this course will be significantly different from previous years.  Reasons:

·         You may need to administer both Linux and the various varieties of Windows

·         The security environment is much more hostile

·         Recent distributions of Linux are easier to install and update – a basic installation of Ubuntu or Suse is an hour’s work and usually works the first time

·         My present laptop will now project Linux – the Viejo wouldn’t.

Expect an updated prontuario to appear in a week or so.