Encyclopedia - Bind: Encyclopedia - Bind
BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain, previously: Berkeley Internet Name Daemon) is the most commonly used DNS server on the Internet, esp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daniel J. Bernstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Daniel J. Bernstein - Software Security
In the autumn of 2004, Bernstein began teaching one of the first formal university-level courses about computer software security, titled...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dnsbl: Encyclopedia Ii - Dnsbl - Dnsbl Operation
To operate a DNSBL requires three things: a domain to host it under, a nameserver for that domain, and a list of addresses to publish. It...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington High School San Francisco: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington High School San Francisco - Location
600 32nd Ave, San Francisco, California Washington's campus is located next to Presidio Middle School, a public school. Facilities includ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open-source Software: Encyclopedia Ii - Open-source Software - Terminology
The "open source" label came out of a strategy session held in Palo Alto in reaction to Netscape's January 1998 announcement of a source ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sender Policy Framework: Encyclopedia Ii - Sender Policy Framework - Limitations And Controversies
SPF normally only validates the domain of the envelope sender (listed as "Return-Path: " in e-mail headers). Domains that share mail send...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Registry For Internet Numbers: Encyclopedia Ii - American Registry For Internet Numbers - Services
ARIN provides services related to the technical coordination and management of Internet number resources. The nature of these services is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dnsbl: Encyclopedia Ii - Dnsbl - Terminology
The proprietary term RBL is sometimes erroneously used in place of the generic DNSBL. RBL is a service mark of MAPS LLC. Some pieces of m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open-source Software: Encyclopedia Ii - Open-source Software - Open Source Software Development Tools
There are several types of tools used to aid the activities performed in Open Source Software projects. These tools include the following...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sender Policy Framework: Encyclopedia Ii - Sender Policy Framework - Implementation
Implementing SPF has two parts: Domains must identify the machines authorized to send e-mail on their behalf. Domains do this by adding ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sender Policy Framework: Encyclopedia Ii - Sender Policy Framework - Benefits
Normal SMTP allows any computer to send e-mail claiming to be from anyone. Thus, it's easy for spammers to send e-mail from forged addres...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sender Policy Framework: Encyclopedia Ii - Sender Policy Framework - History
The SPF concept was presented at YAPC and OSCON (O'Reilly Open Source Convention) in 2003, in a short paper titled "Repudiating Mail-From...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open-source Software: Encyclopedia Ii - Open-source Software - Open Source Vs. Free Software
The definition of open source software was written to be almost identical to the free software definition. There are very few cases of so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open-source Software: Encyclopedia Ii - Open-source Software - Open Source Model
In his 1997 essay The Cathedral and the Bazaar[2], open-source evangelist Eric S. Raymond suggests a model for developing OSS known as th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Registry For Internet Numbers: Encyclopedia Ii - American Registry For Internet Numbers - History
The organization was formed in December 1997 to "provide IP registration services as an independent, nonprofit corporation." Until this t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open-source Software: Encyclopedia Ii - Open-source Software - Open Source Vs. Closed Source
The open source vs. closed source (alternatively called proprietary development) debate is sometimes heated. Making money through traditi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open-source Software: Encyclopedia Ii - Open-source Software - Open Source Movement
The open source movement is a large movement of computer scientists, programmers, and other computer users that advocates unrestricted ac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open-source Software: Encyclopedia Ii - Open-source Software - Open-source License
Open-source licenses define the privileges and restrictions a licensor must follow in order to use, modify or redistribute the open sourc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open-source Software: Encyclopedia Ii - Open-source Software - Open Source Model
In his 1997 essay The Cathedral and the Bazaar[1], open-source evangelist Eric S. Raymond suggests a model for developing OSS known as th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open-source Software: Encyclopedia Ii - Open-source Software - Open Source Vs. Free Software
The definition of open source software was written to be almost identical to the free software definition. There are very few cases of so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open-source Software: Encyclopedia Ii - Open-source Software - Participants In Oss Development Projects
Participants in OSS development projects fall broadly into two categories. There are the Core and the Peripheral. The Core or Inner Circl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Registry For Internet Numbers: Encyclopedia Ii - American Registry For Internet Numbers - Structure
ARIN is a nonprofit service organization that is responsive to the needs of the public it serves. Stakeholders in the community drive pol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open-source Software: Encyclopedia Ii - Open-source Software - Advocates
Leading open source advocates include Brian Behlendorf, Tim O'Reilly, Eric Raymond, Linus Torvalds, Mitch Kapor and Paul Vixie. Others th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open-source Software: Encyclopedia Ii - Open-source Software - Open Source Software Development Tools
There are several types of tools used to aid the activities performed in Open Source Software projects. These tools include the following...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dnsbl: Encyclopedia Ii - Dnsbl - History Of Dnsbls
The first DNSBL was the Real-time Blackhole List (RBL), created in 1997 by Paul Vixie as part of his Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS)....   » Read the article