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Get the hands-on, step-by-step guide to learning the latest enhancements in ASP.NET code name “Orcas.” ASP.NET continues to be an important application platform that delivers a simplified, high-performance, and powerful Web development experience. Building on your familiarity with the Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft Visual C#®, you can teach yourself the essentials of working with ASP.NET in the Microsoft Visual Studio® environment-one step at a time. With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises. Whether you’re a beginning programmer or new to this version of the technology, you’ll understand the core capabilities and fundamental techniques for ASP.NET-and begin building practical Web applications and Web services. Includes a companion CD with code samples, data sets, and a fully searchable eBook.

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Citrix MetaFrame can deliver Windows-based applications to any user, anywhere regardless of network connection, LAN protocol, or client operating system. Configuring Citrix MetaFrame for Windows 2000 Terminal Services is written for system administrators who are deploying Citrix MetaFrame in a Windows 2000 environment. It examines MetaFrame’s newest features and enhancements, as well as Citrix’s Independent Computing Architecture (ICA). It explores how ICA, in conjunction with MetaFrame, will transform the way in which software is developed, deployed, and maintained in server-based computing environments. Finally, the book shows how to integrate Windows- and Unix-based networks over the Web using MetaFrame.

* New features: Instead of just telling you about how the technology works, new “Bringing Linux In” sections describe how people have implemented Linux in the real world. New sections describe real-life examples, such as how:

* A Small office created an inexpensive Web, print, and file server

* A do-it-yourselfer combined Linux audio and video features to create a home multimedia center

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The essential guide to understanding and using firewalls to protect personal computers and your network

* An easy-to-read introduction to the most commonly deployed network security device
* Understand the threats firewalls are designed to protect against
* Learn basic firewall architectures, practical deployment scenarios, and common management and troubleshooting tasks
* Includes configuration, deployment, and management checklists

As a final exam preparation tool, the CCNA Quick Reference Sheets provide a concise review of all objectives on the new CCNA exam (640-802). This digital Short Cut provides you with detailed, graphic-based information, highlighting only the key topics in cram-style format.

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The only end-to-end guide to securing Apache Web servers and Web applications

Apache can be hacked. As companies have improved perimeter security, hackers have increasingly focused on attacking Apache Web servers and Web applications. Firewalls and SSL won’t protect you: you must systematically harden your Web application environment. Preventing Web Attacks with Apache brings together all the information you’ll need to do that: step-by-step guidance, hands-on examples, and tested configuration files.