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"Managing Internet Information Services", Liu et al, 1994, 1-56592-062-7,
U$29.95
%A   Cricket Liu cricket@nsr.hp.com
%A   Jerry Peek jerry@ora.com
%A   Russ Jones
%A   Bryan Buus buus@cs.bu.edu buus@csn.org buus@news.coop.net
%A   Adrian Nye adrian@ora.com
%C   103 Morris Street, Suite A, Sebastopol, CA   95472
%D   1994
%G   1-56592-062-7
%I   O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
%O   U$29.95 800-998-9938 707-829-0515 fax: 707-829-0104 nuts@ora.com
%P   630
%S   Nutshell
%T   "Managing Internet Information Services"
 
For companies interested in gaining an Internet "presence", most of the current
crop of "business on the Internet" books recommend becoming an information
provider.  None of them are really good at telling you how.  Here, then, is the
first "all-in-one" compilation of Internet server tools.
 
The book covers everything from simple finger responses, to mail servers, to
ftp, to WAIS, to Gopher and World Wide Web servers.  "Firewall" security, legal
issues and intellectual property are touched on.  While technical details
predominate, there are practical suggestions for design as well.
 
Unfortunately, this book is not really for managers.  The material is demanding
and requires a knowledge of UNIX.  The authors note this in the preface, and it
is fair to say that Internet server management is a technical task.  At the
same time, it would have been possible to have started with simpler items and
more basic explanations.  As it stands, the book is more appropriate for either
the technical staff in a large company or those involved with setting up a UNIX
Internet access provider.  Perhaps a companion volume aimed at the more general
user would be a future project.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1994   BKMININS.RVW

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