Sunday, December 6, 2009

Military Cryptanalysis Part III or Issues in Internet Law

Military Cryptanalysis, Part III

Author: William F Friedman

This book, until very recently classified CONFIDENTIAL by the U.S. Government, provides heretofore unpublished methods for the solution of ciphertext and plaintext auto-key systems. In addition, the text contains general principles for the solution of cipher systems employing long or continuous keys. Text contains information concerning the coincidence test, cross-product test, and the monoalphabeticity or phi test.



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Issues in Internet Law: Society, Technology, and the Law

Author: Keith B Darrell

About Issues In Internet Law:Just about anyone who comes in contact with the Internet can benefit from an understanding of the legal issues related to the Internet. And that contact may come through surfing the World Wide Web, participating in a Usenet newsgroup or List Serv, or in a chat room or online forum, or by sending or receiving e-mail. It may involve issues of commerce and contract law, or sexual harassment in the workplace, or freedom of speech, or invasion of privacy. · Suppose you buy something online; was that online contract you clicked on really enforceable, even if you just scrolled down and did not read it? · Does receiving pornography in the office e-mail from other employees constitute sexual harassment? · Can someone insult you online and get away with it? · Can they find information online to stalk you? · What can you legally place on your website? · And what are you not legally allowed to put on your website? · Do you own your domain name? · Can a public library censor your use of its Internet-linked computers? · Can someone else read your e-mail? · Is it legal to gamble online? · How "private" is your private information after you disclose it to a website? · Is a student exercising his First Amendment rights when he creates a hate website on a public school's Internet server? · Do other countries address these issues differently from the U.S.? · Which country's laws apply on the Internet? These are just some of the issues addressed in this book. About the format of Issues in Internet Law: Several years into my web design business, I decided to promote my business by teaching at local colleges and adult education programs. I scoured high and low searching for a suitable textbook on Internet Law that I could assign to my students. Surprisingly, I found very few dealing with the subject and those that were available were geared toward law schools, i.e., very expensive and extremely technical. Since my audience were probably not going to be lawyers and were unlikely to spend more than $100 on a textbook, my search came up empty-handed. The need for a straight-forward and affordable book on Internet Law for the average person was apparent. This book can be read by the average person to develop an awareness of issues in Internet Law. It can also be used as a textbook. In the latter capacity, each chapter contains a quiz with answers in the Appendix. Concept of Issues in Internet Law: There is a reason that this book is titled "Issues in Internet Law." This book is designed to serve as a red flag for issues in Internet law. A good lawyer does not know the law; he only knows where to find it. That is because the law is constantly changing and varies from jurisdiction. Even more so, in an area where a new technology is involved, such as the Internet, the law can change daily. This book cannot and does not attempt to state what "the law" is; it merely seeks to make the reader aware of legal issues surrounding the Internet; it is the responsibility of the reader to ascertain, on his own or through use of legal counsel, what the exact nature of the law is in his jurisdiction and how it may apply to his unique circumstances. This book is sold with the understanding that neither the publisher nor the author is engaged in rendering legal services; if legal or other expertise is required, the reader is advised to seek the services of a competent attorney. About Dr. Keith B. Darrell Having been a journalist, web designer, and attorney, Dr. Darrell brings a unique perspective to the subject of Internet Law, as the courts and Congress struggle to adapt the 18th Century First Amendment to the 21st Century technology of the Internet. Dr. Darrell earned his A.A. from Broward Community College, his B.S. in Journalism from the University of Florida, his M.B.A. from Emory University, and his J.D. from the Emory School of Law.



Friday, December 4, 2009

Oracle Privacy Security Auditing or Multivariable Control Systems

Oracle Privacy Security Auditing: Includes Federal Law Compliance with HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley & The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act GLB

Author: Arup Nanda

Sharing secrets for the effective creation of auditing mechanisms for Health/Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) compliant Oracle systems, this book demonstrates how the HIPAA framework provides complete security access and auditing for Oracle database information. Complete details for using Oracle auditing features, including auditing from Oracle redo logs, using system-level triggers, and using Oracle9i fine-grained auditing (FGA) for auditing of the retrieval of sensitive information, are provided. Examples from all areas of auditing are covered and include working scripts and code snippets. Also discussed are the use of the Oracle9i LogMiner to retrieve audits of database updates and how to implement all Oracle system-level triggers for auditing, including DDL triggers, server error triggers, and login and logoff triggers.



Interesting textbook: Peas or Cooking the Vietnamese Way

Multivariable Control Systems: An Engineering Approach

Author: Pedro Albertos

Multivariable control techniques solve issues of complex specification and modelling errors elegantly but the complexity of the underlying mathematics is much higher than presented in traditional single-input, single-output control courses. Multivariable Control Systems focuses on control design with continual references to the practical aspects of implementation. While the concepts of multivariable control are justified, the book emphasises the need to maintain student interest and motivation over exhaustively rigorous mathematical proof. Tools of analysis and representation are always developed as methods for achieving a final control system design and evaluation. Features:- design implementation clearly laid out using extensive reference to Matlab(r); - combined consideration of systems (plant) and signals (mainly disturbances) in a fluent but simple presentation; - step-by-step approach from the objectives of multivariable control to the solution of complete design problems. Multivariable Control Systems is an ideal text for masters students, students beginning their Ph.D. or for final-year undergraduates looking for more depth than provided by introductory textbooks. It will also interest the control engineer practising in industry and seeking to implement robust or multivariable control solutions to plant problems in as straightforward a manner as possible.



Thursday, December 3, 2009

Web Wizards Guide to PHP or Electronic Tribes

Web Wizard's Guide to PHP

Author: David A Lash

This book is a brief introduction to PHP that shows readers with little or no previous Web programming experience how to empower their Web sites with PHP This book requires no previous programming experience. It provides realistic full-color screen shots and code examples. Demonstrates all the basic PHP language features. Shows how to create surveys and order processing systems. Shows how to write PHP scripts that can save data into files on a Web server. This book is designed for readers with limited programming skills who want to learn to use PHP; as well as students taking a Web design course where PHP is used.



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Electronic Tribes: The Virtual Worlds of Geeks, Gamers, Shamans, and Scammers

Author: Tyrone L Adams

Whether people want to play games and download music, engage in social networking and professional collaboration, or view pornography and incite terror, the Internet provides myriad opportunities for people who share common interests to find each other. The contributors to this book argue that these self-selected online groups are best understood as tribes, with many of the same ramifications, both positive and negative, that tribalism has in the non-cyber world.

In Electronic Tribes, the authors of sixteen competitively selected essays provide an up-to-the-minute look at the social uses and occasional abuses of online communication in the new media era. They explore many current Internet subcultures, including MySpace, craftster, massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, music downloading, white supremacist and other counterculture groups, and Nigerian e-mail scams. Their research raises compelling questions and some remarkable answers about the real-life social consequences of participating in electronic tribes. Collectively, the contributors to this book capture a profound shift in the way people connect, as communities formed by geographical proximity are giving way to communities—both online and offline—formed around ideas.



Table of Contents:

Foreword Ronald E. Rice Rice, Ronald E.

Introduction: Where Is the Shaman? Jim Parker Parker, Jim

Pt. I Conceptualizing Electronic Tribes

Ch. 1 "A Tribe by Any Other Name...," Tyrone L. Adams Adams, Tyrone L. Stephen A. Smith Smith, Stephen A.

Ch. 2 Mimetic Kinship: Theorizing Online "Tribalism," Veronica M. Davidov Davidov, Veronica M. Barbara Andersen Andersen, Barbara

Ch. 3 Electronic Tribes (E-Tribes): Some Theoretical Perspectives and Implications Bolanle Olaniran Olaniran, Bolanle

Ch. 4 Revisiting the Impact of Tribalism on Civil Society: An Investigation of the Potential Benefits of Membership in an E-Tribe on Public Discourse Christina Standerfer Standerfer, Christina

Pt. II Social Consequences of Electronic Tribalism

Ch. 5 Theorizing the E-Tribe on MySpace.com David R. Dewberry Dewberry, David R.

Ch. 6 Don't Date, Craftsterbate: Dialogue and Resistance on craftster.org Terri L. Russ Russ, Terri L.

Ch. 7 Guild Life in the World of Warcraft: Online Gaming Tribalism Thomas Brignall III Brignall, Thomas, III

Ch. 8 At the Electronic Evergreen: A Computer-Mediated Ethnography of Tribalism in a Newsgroup from Montserrat and Afar, Jonathan Skinner

Pt. III Emerging Electronic Tribal Cultures

Ch. 9 "Like a neighborhood of sisters": Can Culture Be Formed Electronically? Deborah Clark Vance

Ch. 10 Gerald M. Phillips as Electronic Tribal Chief: Socioforming Cyberspace, Ann Rosenthal

Ch. 11 Digital Dreamtime, Sonic Talismans: Music Downloading and the Tribal Landscape, Michael C. Zalot

Ch. 12 Magic, Myth, and Mayhem: Tribalization in the Digital Age, Leonie Naughton

Pt. IV Cybercrime and Counterculture amongElectronic Tribes

Ch. 13 Mundanes at the Gate ... and Perverts Within: Managing Internal and External Threats to Community Online Steve Abrams Abrams, Steve Smaragd Grun Grun, Smaragd

Ch. 14 Brotherhood of Blood: Aryan Tribalism and Skinhead Cybercrews Jody M. Roy Roy, Jody M.

Ch. 15 Radical Tribes at Warre: Primitivists on the Net Mathieu O'Neil O'Neil, Mathieu

Ch. 16 A "Tribe" Migrates Crime to Cyberspace: Nigerian Igbos in 419 E-Mail Scams Farooq A. Kperogi Kperogi, Farooq A. Sandra Duhe Duhe, Sandra

About the Contributors

Index

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Visual BasicNET All in One Desk Reference For Dummies or CNET Do It Yourself Laptop Projects

Visual Basic.NET All in One Desk Reference For Dummies

Author: Richard Mansfield

* Covers all aspects of VB .NET programming in seven self-contained minibooks: Visual Basic .NET Programming Fundamentals, Advanced Visual Basic .NET Programming, The .NET Editor, Object-Oriented Programming, Programming for the Web, Database Programming, and Graphics and Games
* Visual Basic is the primary tool of more than fifty percent of all professional developers, so the upgrade to VB .NET represents a major paradigm shift; this handy all-in-one guide gives them easy access to valuable information
* Guides the reader through getting integrated with the rest of Visual Studio .NET, covers programmatic encryption and other .NET security capabilities, and shows how to program for Web services with VB .NET and ASP.NET
* Companion Web site includes a must-have bonus appendix that provides parallel VB 6 and VB .NET sample code to help VB programmers make the somewhat difficult transition to .NET



Table of Contents:
Introduction: Welcome to .NET1
Bk. 1The Fundamentals of Visual Basic .NET Programming11
Ch. 1Getting With the Program13
Ch. 2Common Tasks21
Ch. 3Managing Files and Directories49
Ch. 4Old Concepts in New Clothes57
Bk. IITapping the Power of .NET Editor73
Ch. 1Organizing Your Projects75
Ch. 2Viewing Your Work85
Ch. 3Investigating the Toolbox97
Ch. 4Windows, Windows Everywhere113
Ch. 5Customization - Doing It Your Way125
Bk. IIIAdvanced Visual Basic .NET Programming133
Ch. 1Understanding Variable Types135
Ch. 2Working with Arrays157
Ch. 3Serious Serialization and Streams171
Ch. 4Creating Runtime Controls191
Ch. 5Overloaded Functions and Parameters207
Ch. 6Smashing Bugs217
Ch. 7No More Paranoia - Programmatic Encryption233
Bk. IVProgramming for the Web259
Ch. 1Introduction to ASP.NET261
Ch. 2Everything's Eventual277
Ch. 3Using ASP.NET Controls291
Ch. 4Making Database Connections on WebForms303
Ch. 5Creating a Web Service317
Ch. 6Bugs in the Web335
Bk. VVisual Basic .NET Database Programming351
Ch. 1The Basics of Databases353
Ch. 2User Interface Techniques377
Ch. 3Managing DataSets403
Ch. 4Migrating to ADO.NET429
Ch. 5Deeper into ADO.NET449
Ch. 6Querying Data463
Bk. VIFun and Games with Graphics489
Ch. 1You Be Picasso491
Ch. 2The Creative Photographer517
Ch. 3Mastering .NET Printing (It's Complicated Until You Know How)527
Ch. 4Constructing Wolfram Diagrams541
Bk. VIIVisual Basic .NET Object-Oriented Programming559
Ch. 1Introduction to OOP561
Ch. 2Creating Classes571
Ch. 3Inheritance579
Ch. 4Your First OOP Project589
Ch. 5Exploiting the .NET Framework605
AppDictionary of VB.NET623
Index753

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CNET Do-It-Yourself Laptop Projects: 24 Cool Things You Didn't Know You Could Do!

Author: Justin Jaff

Trick out your laptop

Take your laptop to the limit with the fun and practical projects packed inside this easy-to-use guide. Produced in conjunction with CNET.com, the place you go for the latest in tech and consumer electronics, this book shows you how to do all sorts of resourceful things with your laptop, like use it as a car stereo, broadcast a podcast, navigate a road trip, and more.

Inside, you'll find 24 self-contained projects, step-by-step instructions, a list of tools needed at the beginning of each project, and hundreds of clear photos and screenshots. With CNET Do-It-Yourself Laptop Projects, you'll discover that you can get more out of your laptop than ever before.  

  • Build a wireless network
  • Transfer vinyl or cassette tapes to CD
  • Make free phone calls at home and on the road
  • Watch TV on your laptop and record your favorite shows
  • Set up a centralized home security system
  • Squeeze more life out of your battery
  • Upgrade your memory, hard drive, and processor
  • And much more

Justin Jaffe is a former senior editor at CNET where he managed the laptop reviews program.

Brian Nadel is the former editor-in-chief of Mobile Computing & Communications magazine.



Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Learning to Program with Alice or Next

Learning to Program with Alice

Author: Wanda P Dann

This updated guide supports an innovative approach to fundamental programming concepts. The authors use program visualization to create an easy relationship between program construct and the animation action in a 3D world.  For consistency with Java, C++, and other commonly used languages, "questions" are now "functions." Save and reload bugs have been fixed. Fonts can be scaled larger or smaller. High contrast mode is available for projection in the classroom.  A useful how-to guide for programmers interested in learning Alice.



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Next: The Future Just Happened

Author: Michael Lewis

A mordantly funny exploration of the brave new world spawned by the Internet.

In Liar's Poker the barbarians seized control of the bond markets. In The New New Thing some guys from Silicon Valley redefined the American economy. Now, with his knowing eye and wicked pen, Michael Lewis reveals how the Internet boom has encouraged great changes in the way we live, work, and think. He finds that we are in the midst of one of the greatest status revolutions in the history of the world, and the Internet is a weapon in the hands of revolutionaries. The old priesthoods - lawyers, investment gurus, professionals in general - have been toppled. The amateur, or individual, is king: fourteen-year-old children manipulate the stock market; nineteen-year-olds take down the music industry; and wrestlers get elected to public office. Deep, unseen forces seek to undermine all forms of collectivism, from the mass market to the family. Where does it all lead? And will we like where we end up?

Next does not come too late to the crash-and-burn Internet book fest. It comes just in time—at the speed of a falling safe.

Entertainment Weekly

A thoughtful and entertaining look at the rise and fall of our new Internet-driven economy.

Wall Street Journal - Jon Katz

[P]rovocative and entertaining....Lewis is a gifted journalist and a smart observer.

Newsweek

[Lewis] has a natural talent for spinning hilarious scenes and uncovering wicked details.

People

Lewis is a master of the far from obvious, giving a jargonectomy to big concepts.

BusinessWeek

A wake-up call at a time when many believe the net was a flash in the pan.

USA Today

Next does not come too late to the crash-and-burn Internet book fest. It comes just in time—at the speed of a falling safe.

Boston Herald - Rob Mitchell

[U]nderstated humor and keen-edged sociological observations...

New York - Boris Kachka

Don't miss his last chapter: "The Unabomber Had a Point.

New York Observer - Christopher Caldwell

[C]onsistently smart, and its highpoints are among the high points in Lewis's writing life.

New York Observer

[C]onsistently smart, and its highpoints are among the high points of Lewis' writing life.

BusinessWeek - Robert D. Hof

His book is a wake-up call at a time when many believe the net was a flash in the pan.

Fast Company - Polly Labarre

Michael Lewis has a knack for tapping the business zeitgeist.

Miami Herald - Richard Pachter

A fascinating view of the future of global commerce, which, clearly, is well underway.

New Orleans Times-Picayune - William C. Gibson

Lewis has many good and useful things to say in this book, and he says them in an easy and witty way.

BookPage - Alden Mudge

[S]wift, sharp, often-funny narratives...compelling.

Book Magazine

The Internet, Lewis argues, has remade America into an immigrant culture. It has thrust families into a strange, fast-changing world that only kids seem able to navigate. The Web's anonymity allows teenagers to become financial and cultural experts. Outsiders become insiders with astonishing ease, and insiders hysterically fight to preserve the status quo. Lewis's most vivid example is Jonathan Lebed, who was groundlessly harassed by the SEC for making $800,000 on the stock market— at age fourteen, from his bedroom in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. "The people who used the Internet to violate some social norm," the author points out, "invariably lived in some wasteland." Lewis' fieldwork confirms much of what's been said about the Internet revolution—that youth and speed have combined to raise the stakes of capitalism, making it hard to think beyond the immediate present. But it's Lewis' examination of what these changes have meant to families like the Lebeds that distinguishes this book from the usual future-is-now, change-or-die clichйs of much business writing. Lewis' observations about the growing elitism (and obsolescence anxiety) in the writings of Silicon Valley's aging tech prophets is refreshing. This is a fascinating read, full of frank wit and keen sociological insight.
—Eric Wargo

Publishers Weekly

Putting an engaging and irreverent spin on yesterday's news, Lewis (Liar's Poker; The New, New Thing) declares that power and prestige are up for grabs in this look at how the Internet has changed the way we live and work. Probing how Web-enabled players have exploited the fuzzy boundary between reality and perception, he visits three teenagers who have assumed startling roles: Jonathan Lebed, the 15-year-old New Jersey high school student who made headlines when he netted $800,000 as a day trader and became the youngest person ever accused of stock-market fraud by the SEC; Markus Arnold, the 15-year-old son of immigrants from Belize who edged out numerous seasoned lawyers to become the number three legal expert on AskMe.com; and Daniel Sheldon, a British 14-year-old ringleader in the music-file-sharing movement. Putting himself on the line, Lewis is freshest in his reportage, though he doesn't pierce the deeper cultural questions raised by the kids' behavior. As a financial reporter tracing the development of innovative industries like black box interactive television and interactive political polling from their beginnings as Internet brainstorms, Lewis reminds readers that the twin American instincts to democratize and commercialize intertwine on the Internet, and can only lead to new business. In the past, Lewis implies, industry insiders would simply have shut out eager upstarts, yet today insiders, like AOL Time Warner, allow themselves "to be attacked in order to later co-opt their most ferocious attackers and their best ideas." (July 30) Forecast: Lewis's track record, a major media campaign and a 12-city author tour through techie outposts will make this hard to ignore. As abreezy summer read, it's fun enough, but those looking for profound business insights will be disappointed. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.



Table of Contents:
Introduction: The Invisible Revolution13
1The Financial Revolt25
2Pyramids and Pancakes85
3The Revolt of the Masses151
4The Unabomber Had a Point211
Afterword: 2002237