Originally from Mike Gancarz’s book, here are the 9 primary tenets of Unix. Small is Beautiful Make Each Program Do One Thing Well Build a Prototype as Soon as Possible Choose Portability Over Efficiency Store Data in Flat ASCII Files Use Software Leverage to Your Advantage Use Shell Scripts to Increase Leverage and Portability Avoid Captive User Interfaces…
Archives for January 2005
The Rainbow Book List
Orange DoD Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria Green DoD Password Management Guideline Tan A Guide to Understanding Audit in Trusted Systems Bright Blue Trusted Product Evaluations – A Guide for Vendors Neon Orange A Guide to Understanding Discretionary Access Control in Trusted Systems Teal Green Glossary of Computer Security Terms Red Trusted Network Interpretation of the TCSEC (TNI)…
Academics vs. Wikipedia
It seems many in the academic community are coming out publicly against Wikipedia — which in my opinion is one of the coolest things available on the Internet. The argument seems to be that having information available online, vs. only through higher learning institutions such as universities and libraries, somehow diminishes the education you receive when using the…