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A Guest Editorial from Eric Raymond discusses what the phrase ``world
domination'' means to the Linux community and what the world might look like
when Linux dominates. An insightful look at what we can expect to
happen as Linux growth expands worldwide.
by Eric Raymond
The OpenPhone Project wants to phone-enable every computer on earth
by fostering the development of the necessary software. Voice-over IP has
changed a great deal in the last few years, and this article is an
introduction to the technology and standards,
including hardware, voice compression and the real-time protocol. Also
discussed are the session-initiation protocol, the
media-gateway-control protocol and the OpenPhone application itself.
by Greg Herlein
The authors provide a look at packet radio service, the Linux IP
internals and device-driver development, in order to provide a testing
system for high-quality integrated voice and data solutions.
This is a real-world example used at Nortel Networks. Included is a
discussion of the kernel modifications they made: why the mods were necessary,
why they chose the implementation method, and how they implemented the
changes.
by Wesley Erhart, Joseph Bell, Marc Hammons and Mark Mains
BIND 8 is out now and contains many new features, as well as bug
fixes to make it more secure. Mr. Harari tells us all about these new
options
and how they will benefit us. Configuration, file locations and security
are all covered with examples to show us just how it is used. Upgrading to
version 8 is necessary for everyone because of security problems in earlier
releases, so this article is a must-read for those interested in a secure
network.
by Eddie Harari