Building a Strategic Extranet

Bryan Pfaffenberger

Building A Strategic Extranet Increase Your Business Agility with an Extranet Find out how successful companies around the globe are using extranets to gain a strategic advantage. With clear instructions and dozens of real-world examples, award-winning author Bryan Pfaffenberger demonstrates how to use existing intranet and Internet technologies to develop a robust extranet at minimal cost. Filled with sound business and management considerations, Building a Strategic Extranet offers authoritative, up-to-date information on extranet standards and tools, and addresses all of the issues posed by extranets — including content development, architecture, implementation, and security. Your Complete Guide to Planning and Implementing a Successful Extranet Evaluate a prototype extranet Review the fundamentals of enterprise networking Understand the pros and cons of Windows NT and UNIX architectures Master TCP/IP security issues Build secure cryptosystems Implement a virtual private network Choose the right extranet topology Select state-of-the-art applications that are easy to implement Explore the differences between available browsers and servers Master the latest tools for extranet content development Estimate the costs of your extranet http://www.idgbooks.com

Discover the Internet

Bryan Pfaffenberger

Discover the Internet Noted author Bryan Pfaffenberger expertly teaches you the Internet with step-by-step instructions backed by real-world examples. Practice your cyber skills with hands-on tutorials and activities. From choosing a service provider to exploring the World Wide Web, you'll feel like a pro with Discover the Internet! 6-Point Advantage Color Tear-Out Card — Key information and shortcuts that get you up to speed fast Discovery Center — Quick summaries of the chapters' major points collected at the end of the book Real-Life Vignettes — Winning stories on how real people use technology to improve their lives Visual Index — Convenient picture maps directing you to the features you want Web Paths — Handy references to feature- or topic-related Web sites Bonus Sections — End-of-chapter bonuses with useful tips and timesaving techniques CD includes: Two Great Browsers—Create an Internet account using Internet Explorer or EarthLink with Netscape Navigator. Plus try these hot shareware programs: Cyber Patrol—Safeguard your kids from adult Internet sites. Free Agent—Access over 25,000 Usenet newsgroups. FTP Explorer—Download and upload files at remote Internet sites! Plus! Use the Internet's Essential Tools—including e-mail, free phone calls, Internet Relay Chat, and Web publishing! Shareware programs are fully functional, free trial versions of copyrighted programs. If you like particular programs, register with their author for a nominal fee and receive licenses, enhanced versions, and technical support. Freeware programs are free, copyrighted games, applications, and utilities. You can copy them to as many PCs as you like—free—but they have no technical support. http://www.idgbooks.com System Requirements for CD-ROM: Windows 95 and a CD-ROM drive

HTML, XHTML, and CSS Bible

Bryan Pfaffenberger, Steven M. Schafer, Chuck White, Bill Karow

An expanded, updated, and retitled edition of HTML Bible, examining HTML, XHTML-a set of extensions to HTML to make it more like XML-and cascading style sheets (CSS), which provide a simple way to add consistent formatting to HTML Web documents Focusing on reader feedback and changing industry trends, this new edition is a major overhaul that addresses the extensive changes in Web development Shows readers the best, most efficient way to use HTML and examines which peripheral technologies are worth learning for the long run Features "before and after" pictures that show the results of improved Web page coding Offers continued coverage of key topics, including site administration, dynamic data-driven pages, and many others, in addition to new sections on hot new topics such as blogs and content management

Linux Networking Clearly Explained

Bryan Pfaffenberger

Passionately democratic in its advocacy of networking for the masses, this is the first book on Linux networking written especially for the novice user. Because the free, open-source Linux operating system is winning so many converts today, the number of Linux-based networks will grow exponentially over the next few years. Taking up where Linux Clearly Explained left off, Linux Networking Clearly Explained walks the reader through the creation of a TCP/IP-based, Linux-driven local area network, beginning with a "sandbox" installation involving just two or three computers. Readers master the fundamentals of system and network administration-including handling user accounts and setting up security-in this less complex environment. The author then helps them along to the more sophisticated techniques associated with connecting this network to the Internet. * Focuses on the 20% of Linux networking knowledge that satisfies 80% of network needs-including the needs of small businesses, workgroups within enterprises and high-tech homes. * Teaches novices to implement DNS servers, network information services (NIS), network file systems (NFS), and all of the most important TCP/IP services, including email, Web and newsgroup access. * Explains how to set up AppleTalk and Windows NT domain servers for networks that include MacIntosh or Windows systems. * Comes with a CD containing the latest version of Red Hat Linux, as well as additional freeware/shareware Linux tools and network management applications.

Machining the Vote

The Forgotten Story of the Mechanical Voting Machine, and Why It Matters

Bryan Pfaffenberger

How a hulking machine helped build and sustain American democracy in the mid-twentieth century. For more than a century, the mechanical lever voting machine stood in polling places across the United States. Unwieldy, unloved, and eventually discarded, it rarely attracted admiration. Yet as Bryan Pfaffenberger shows, this "lowly lever" shaped American democracy in profound ways. Machining the Vote traces the lever machine's rise from the contested elections of the late nineteenth century through its dominance in the twentieth century and its eventual demise in the era of digital voting. Pfaffenberger begins with the political crises that prompted inventors such as bank safe maker Jacob Myers to design a new system combining mechanical innovation with new election laws. He follows the fierce patent battles, corporate struggles, and legal fights that turned the lever machine into a near-national infrastructure, closely intertwined with New York election law and urban machine politics. Voting machines, Pfaffenberger argues, are political artifacts: they embody legal assumptions, administrative procedures, and cultural values. Lever machines promised to eliminate fraud, prevent overvoting, and enforce uniform procedures, because the machines were so transparent; technicians and precinct officials could easily recognize tampering. A former designer of bank vaults during the heyday of daring bank robberies, Myers understood the need to develop a security process capable of identifying exploits. Their gradual replacement by electronic systems—often without equivalent legal and procedural safeguards—set the stage for new controversies, culminating in the turmoil of the 2000 presidential election. Bringing together political history and science and technology studies, Machining the Vote offers a cultural analysis of how technologies are selected, stabilized, and abandoned. At a moment when election integrity is fiercely debated, this book provides essential historical perspective on how machines—and the laws surrounding them—shape the practice of democracy.

Que's Computer User's Dictionary

Bryan Pfaffenberger

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The Sri Lankan Tamils

Ethnicity And Identity

Chelvadurai Manogaran, Bryan Pfaffenberger

Within the larger context of bitter ethnic strife in Sri Lanka, this timely volume assembles a multidisciplinary group of scholars to explore the central issue of Tamil identity in this South Asian country. Bringing historical, sociological, political, and geographical perspectives to bear on the subject, the contributors analyze various aspects of

The Sri Lankan Tamils

Ethnicity and Identity

Chelvadurai Manogaran, Bryan Pfaffenberger

Within the larger context of bitter ethnic strife in Sri Lanka, this timely volume assembles a multidisciplinary group of scholars to explore the central issue of Tamil identity in this South Asian country. Bringing historical, sociological, political, and geographical perspectives to bear on the subject, the contributors analyze various aspects of

Computers in Your Future

Bryan Pfaffenberger

You can have your cake and eat it too when it comes to learning computer concepts! Everyone is hungry to learn about computer concepts, and the most exciting way to become literate in computer technologies is through multiple educational tools. With "Computers in Your Future" by Bryan Pfaffenberger you can use the text, the Web site, and the optional Explore Generation IT Labs to get the most out of the world of computers. This integrated book and teaching package gives you everything you need to explore the dynamic and exciting world of information technology. This computer concepts text contains learning tools that entice the reader and reinforce critical material. "www.prenhall.com/pfaffenberger" is a text-specific, intuitive resource that enhances learning by exposing pertinent concepts in computing with video cases, interactive study materials, and Web resources. Prentice Hall's Explore Generation IT Labs interactively reveal key computer concepts not easily covered in lectures. These 12 labs brings challenging topics in computing to life and assess the readers' understanding with a quiz section, which can be emailed, saved to disk, or printed.

Computers in Your Future 2003

Bryan Pfaffenberger

4F-8, 0-13-008846-3, Pfaffenberger, Bryan, Computers in Your Future, Fifth Edition, Introductory Version The introductory version of this introduction to computers is noted for its lucid explanations of computing concepts, practical applications of technology theory, and emphasis on the historical and societal impacts of technological innovations. It features integrated coverage of management information systems, networking, email, and the Internet. Topics which are covered include Becoming Fluent with Computers and the Internet, Storing Data: Electronic Filing Cabinets, Input and Output: Data in, Information Out, System Software: Keeping the Computer Running Smoothly, Application Software: Essentials for Knowledge Workers, Understanding the Internet, Privacy and Encryption, and Computer Crime and Security. For people in the computer technology field.

Computers in Your Future

Testbank

Meyer, Baber, Bryan Pfaffenberger, Ph.D.

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Computers in Your Future

Pfaffenber

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The USENET Book

Finding, Using, and Surviving Newsgroups on the Internet

Bryan Pfaffenberger

Newsgroups cover a wide range of subjects and attract people throughout the world to exchanger opinions and engage in electronic debates. This book focuses on every aspect of USENET discussion groups - finding, subscribing and contributing - and explains how to avoid making netiquette blunders. It also explains how to navigate the newsgroups to find useful information. An encylopaedic section fully describes the focus, mission and character of nearly 800 useful newsgroups.

Caste in Tamil Culture

The Religious Foundations of Sudra Domination in Tamil Sri Lanka

Bryan Pfaffenberger

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HTML 4 Bible

Bryan Pfaffenberger, Alexis D. Gutzman

If HTML 4 can do it, you can do it too… Whether you're an aspiring Web developer or veteran Webmaster, attain absolute mastery of Web document design with HTML 4! Web experts Pfaffenberger and Gutzman take you from concept to finished product — providing step-by-step guidelines for building a Web page from scratch, enhancing your presentations with cascading style sheets, and incorporating interactive multimedia. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of HTML 4 Make your HTML readable and avoid common syntax errors Develop directories to store your pages and graphics Enhance your Web pages with ActiveX Controls, Java applets, and JavaScript Weave cascading style sheets into your documents to control presentation Explore your server options — both Windows NT and UNIX Add excitement to your Web site — animated graphics, audio, and video Integrate "push" technology into your site CD-ROM includes the latest versions of HTML browsers, full-featured HTML editors, site management software, sample Web pages and scripts, and trial versions of: Allaire HomeSite 3.0 Claris Home Page 3.0 Adobe PageMill NetObjects Fusion 3.0 GIF Movie Gear 2.51 Plus Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and Netscape Navigator 4.0 Shareware programs are fully functional, free trial versions of copyrighted programs. If you like particular programs, register with their authors for a nominal fee and receive licenses, enhanced versions, and technical support. Freeware programs are free, copyrighted games, applications, and utilities. You can copy them to as many PCs as you like—free—but they have no technical support. www.idgbooks.com System Requirements: PC running Windows 95/98/NT; Mac running System 7.x

Microcomputer Applications in Qualitative Research

Bryan Pfaffenberger

Microcomputer Applications in Qualitative Research is a timely and innovative volume offering a sophisticated examination of one of the many uses of computers in the social sciences. In this insightful volume Pfaffenberger explores the world of personal computing in social science research, providing both a practical/methodological and critical/theoretical perspective. Pfaffenberger surveys the ways microcomputers and microcomputer programs can be used to further the goals of qualitative social research. He critically analyzes the potential liabilities and benefits of using microcomputer technology for research purposes. This book addresses such issues as: the need for computers in qualitative research, the nature of qualitative analysis, word processing software and field notes, automatic indexing, text oriented data base management programs, and automated data analysis. This comprehensive volume is an asset for qualitative researchers, and an excellent supplementary text for courses in research methodology. "Pfaffenberger . . . is a thoughtful and highly knowledgeable advocate of the process. . . . In a sense, this book is also an exercise in the sociology of technology, since Pfaffenberger is highly sensitive to the ways in which computer software is socially constructed. . . . [It] will provide much useful and thought-provoking advice for researchers and students alike." --Contemporary Sociology "Meets the special problems of microcomputers by attempting a theoretical solution....I thought Pfaffenberger′s proto-theoretical approach held out the most hope for the future." --Journalism Quarterly

Macintosh for College Students

Bryan Pfaffenberger

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Netscape Navigator 3.0

Surfing the Web and Exploring the Internet : Macintosh Version

Bryan Pfaffenberger

capabilities of Netscape Navigator 2.0. From simply sruising the Net to WYSIWYG, both beginners and advanced users will find indispensable tips and tools. The CD contains all the latest helper programs needed to unleash Netscape 2.0's multimedia potential.

Microsoft Word Quick Reference

Bryan Pfaffenberger

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The Scholar's Personal Computing Handbook

A Practical Guide

Bryan Pfaffenberger

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