O Reilly Media imprint: 1651 books
Packet Guide to Voice over IP
A system administrator's guide to VoIP technologies
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Go under the hood of an operating Voice over IP network, and build your knowledge of the protocols and architectures used by this Internet telephony technology. With this concise guide, you’ll learn about services involved in VoIP and get a first-hand view of network data packets from the time the...
Ethernet Switches
An Introduction to Network Design with Switches
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
If you’re ready to build a large network system, this handy excerpt from Ethernet: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition gets you up to speed on a basic building block: Ethernet switches. Whether you’re working on an enterprise or campus network, data center, or Internet service provider network,...
The Internet of Risky Things
Trusting the Devices That Surround Us
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
By 2020, the Internet of Things (IoT) will consist of millions of computational devices intimately connected to real-world aspects of human life. In this insightful book, Professor Sean Smith, who worked in information security long before the web appeared, explains that if we build the IoT the way...
Linux Pocket Guide
Essential Commands
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
If you use Linux in your day-to-day work, this popular pocket guide is the perfect on-the-job reference. The third edition features new commands for processing image files and audio files, running and killing programs, reading and modifying the system clipboard, and manipulating PDF files, as well...
Macintosh Terminal Pocket Guide
Take Command of Your Mac
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
Unlock the secrets of the Terminal and discover how this powerful tool solves problems the Finder can’t handle. With this handy guide, you’ll learn commands for a variety of tasks, such as killing programs that refuse to quit, renaming a large batch of files in seconds, or running jobs in the...
Learning the Unix Operating System
A Concise Guide for the New User
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2001
If you are new to Unix, this concise book will tell you just what you need to get started and no more. Unix was one of the first operating systems written in C, a high-level programming language, and its natural portability and low price made it a popular choice among universities. Initially, two...
by Andy Flesner
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2007
AutoIt is becoming increasingly popularin the system administration field as atool for automating administrative tasks.Although this is one of its more popularuses, you can use AutoIt to automateanything in a Windows environment.This powerful scripting language can runany program and manipulate keyboardand...
Mac OS X Leopard Pocket Guide
The Ultimate Mac OS X Quick Reference Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2007
No matter how much Mac experience you have, Mac OS X Leopard requires that you get reacquainted. This little guide is packed with more than 300 tips and techniques to help you do just that. You get all details you need to learn Leopard's new features, configure your system, and get the most out of...
Fixing Windows XP Annoyances
How to Fix the Most Annoying Things About the Windows OS
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2006
Windows XP is the most popular operating system on the planet--and the most annoying. From incomprehensible error messages to inexplicable crashes, from wonky wireless setups to just finding a file, Windows can make your computing life a nightmare. But thanks to Fixing Windows XP Annoyances, you can...
Mac OS X Snow Leopard Pocket Guide
The Ultimate Quick Guide to Mac OS X
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2009
Whether you're new to the Mac or a longtime user, this handy book is the quickest way to get up to speed on Snow Leopard. Packed with concise information in an easy-to-read format, Mac OS X Snow Leopard Pocket Guide covers what you need to know and is an ideal resource for problem-solving on the fly.
This...
802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide
The Definitive Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2005
As we all know by now, wireless networks offer many advantages over fixed (or wired) networks. Foremost on that list is mobility, since going wireless frees you from the tether of an Ethernet cable at a desk. But that's just the tip of the cable-free iceberg. Wireless networks are also more flexible,...
JUNOS Enterprise Switching
A Practical Guide to JUNOS Switches and Certification
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
JUNOS Enterprise Switching is the only detailed technical book on Juniper Networks' new Ethernet-switching EX product platform. With this book, you'll learn all about the hardware and ASIC design prowess of the EX platform, as well as the JUNOS Software that powers it. Not only is this extremely practical...
eCommerce in the Cloud
Bringing Elasticity to eCommerce
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
Is your eCommerce solution ready for the cloud? This practical guide shows experienced and aspiring web architects alike how to adopt cloud computing incrementally, using public Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service. You will learn how to marshal as much capacity as you need to handle...
Defensive Security Handbook
Best Practices for Securing Infrastructure
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Despite the increase of high-profile hacks, record-breaking data leaks, and ransomware attacks, many organizations don’t have the budget to establish or outsource an information security (InfoSec) program, forcing them to learn on the job. For companies obliged to improvise, this pragmatic guide...