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Dustin Puryear

Dustin Puryear provides expertise in identity management, directory services, and Linux interoperability. He is the author of Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers (Windows IT Pro eBooks).

Email: dustin@puryear-it.com

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Windows NT/2000 Network Security

By Dustin Puryear, 10/06/2010

Windows NT/2000 Network Security was written with system and network administrators in mind.

Server Load Balancing

By Dustin Puryear, 10/06/2010

In this book, you will learn more about server load balancing, the benefits of reading the book, and some issues the publisher needs to address for the next edition.

Professional SQL Server 2000 XML

By Dustin Puryear, 10/06/2010

This book includes "hands on" coding text, and written specifically for developers who have experience with SQL Server 2000, and in particular, T-SQL.

The CERT Guide to System and Network Security Practices

By Dustin Puryear, 10/06/2010

This book is structured as a series of largely independent chapters in which Allen has compiled and enhanced many CERT (http://www.cert.org) guidelines and best practices.

Analyze Network Events with OSSIM Toolset

By Dustin Puryear, 12/15/2008

A network security tool set, OSSIM offers a correlation- and risk-assessment engine that sets it apart from other open-source security solutions.

Integrate Active Directory and OpenLDAP

By Dustin Puryear, 04/28/2008

OpenLDAP’s proxy service can help you integrate Active Directory (AD) and OpenLDAP—to authenticate your AD users in LDAP applications that use OpenLDAP or to provide access to ...

Upgrading OpenLDAP on CentOS

By Dustin Puryear, 04/28/2008

To be able to access all AD data, you’ll need to upgrade from OpenLDAP 2.2 to OpenLDAP 2.3. Here’s how to do it on CentOS 4.3.

Talking the Talk: Windows, Linux, and B2B

By Dustin Puryear, 04/30/2007

Make UNIX and Linux Speak AD

By Dustin Puryear, 04/30/2007

Stop Viruses, Trojan Horses, and Spyware

By Dustin Puryear, 08/21/2006

Combine a reactive signature-based antivirus program and a predictive heuristic filter in a layered approach to keeping malware out.

Stop Email Server Attacks

By Dustin Puryear, 07/17/2006

Hardening your email server, installing an email-filtering network appliance in front of it, or using a managed email-filtering service can help mitigate attacks by spammers and ...

Finding Open-Source Solutions for Linux

By Dustin Puryear, 06/28/2006

Use these two Web sites to start your search for open-source solutions to meet your project and system needs.

Linux Software-Installation Basics

By Dustin Puryear, 06/28/2006

If your IT environment includes Linux systems as well as Windows, you need some basic information about Linux software installation. You'll find it here.

A Linux Primer for Windows Administrators

By Dustin Puryear, 10/26/2004

Managing a Linux system is probably in your future—if it hasn't happened already. Here’s the essential information you need to administer Linux in a Windows environment.

Linux's Online Help

By Dustin Puryear, 10/26/2004

Learn about the man command, which you use to access Linux's extensive system of online documentation.

Interoperability Zone Forum

By Dustin Puryear, 10/26/2004

Starting October 26, 2004: Are you managing a mixed environment? Visit the Interoperability Zone forum and explore the challenges of running Windows systems alongside other ...

Powering Databases with MySQL

By Dustin Puryear, 03/30/2004

Lower your licensing and operating costs with this powerful, comprehensive, and free database solution.

Predefined MySQL Accounts

By Dustin Puryear, 03/30/2004

Two of MySQL's predefined user accounts allow anonymous connections and represent a security risk. Read this sidebar to learn how to delete those connections.



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Essential Guides

Is your iSCSI "lossy"? The reality is that most off-the-shelf Ethernet hardware deployed for iSCSI can lose packets, resulting in slow performance or application downtime. Learn how to assess your current iSCSI infrastructure and engineer an advanced iSCSI SAN infrastructure.

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What's the best way to keep your network safe from malware? In this web seminar, security expert Greg Shields suggests an alternative method to the traditional blacklisting approach that is common with anti-virus and anti-malware solutions.

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