LINUX JOURNAL Issue #21 -- January 1996 Table of Contents News & Articles Linux System Administration: Maximizing Linux Security: Part 1 by AEleen Frisch More measures a Sys Ad can take to maximize the security of your data. An Introduction to Python by Jeff Bauer Do you need help in the rapid development of applications? Jeff explains why Python could be the language for you. Using Linux and DOS Together by Marty Leisner Marty walks us through putting Linux on a machine for the first time. CVS: Version Control Beyond RCS by Tom Morse/ Ever have conflicts when more than one person works on the same file? CVS offers a solution. Features: WEBsmith - A Special Supplement to Linux Journal Exposing Yourself to the Web by Larry Gilbert The Web, a camera, and a million people watching. Interactive Programming with CGI by John W Fawcett & Robert W Jepson Sierra On-Line programmers introduce their interactive game in the first of this multipart series. VRML Tech Talk by Bernie Roehl A quick introduction to VRML, Virtual Reality Modeling Language. Chatting on the Web by Bradley Birnbaum The design of a real-time chat forum with CGI and HTML. How to Fix Your Overloaded Server by Jonathan Gross Extremely popular pages can slow even large servers -- Here is a quick fix. Master/Apprentice Questions about the Web? Here's your chance to query the gurus. Diary of a Madman: Setting up an NT Web Server by Hank Mishkoff The first in a series documenting the installation of an NT Web Server. Optimizing Graphics for the WWW by Jonathan Gross Graphics: What to use,when to sue them, and how to streamline them. How Popular is Your Page? by Gene Devereaux Code for a portalbe access counter. Book Review: VMRL: Browsing and Building Cyberspace by Dave Dittrich Columns From the Publisher Letters to the Editor From the Editor New Products Take Command: The chmod Command Kernel Korner: Linux on the Alpha AXP Directories & References What's It? Upcoming Events Advertisers Index Consultants Directory -- Consultants who work with Linux