OpenLDAP, Part 3: Understanding the LDAP Schema
In this article, we will explore LDAP concepts such as schema, ObjectClasses and attributes — these will help us build an LDAP server capable of authenticating Linux users. To understand ACLs and LDAP…
Website Vulnerabilities and Nikto
Nikto is an open source Web server vulnerability scanner that performs comprehensive tests for over 6,100 potentially dangerous files/CGIs, checks for outdated versions of over 950 servers, and for version-specific problems on over…
Exploring Software: PackageKit — Overcoming Prejudice
My first reaction to the PackageKit UI, after its initial release on Fedora, was negative. It was prejudice at first sight. I did not see any advantage in reinventing the wheel. The only…
Joy of Programming: Questions and Answers on C
Let’s look at some of the queries received from readers relating to programming in C. Q. Where are enum members stored in memory? How does the compiler generate code for enumerations? – Ashwin…





