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<para>
Topics covered in this section include:
<simplelist type="vert" columns="1">
<member><xref linkend="netgeneral"> General</member>
<member><xref linkend="netprotocols"> Protocols</member>
<member><xref linkend="netdialup"> Dial-up</member>
<member><xref linkend="netdns"> DNS</member>
<member><xref linkend="netvpn"> Virtual Private Networks</member>
<member><xref linkend="netbridge"> Bridging</member>
<member><xref linkend="netrouting"> Routing</member>
<member><xref linkend="netsecurity"> Security</member>
<member><xref linkend="nettele"> Telephony / Satellite</member>
<member><xref linkend="netmisc"> Miscellaneous</member>
</simplelist>
</para>
<sect2 id="netgeneral">
<title>General</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Networking-Overview-HOWTO.html">
Networking-Overview-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux Networking Overview HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2000</CiteTitle>.
Overview of the networking capabilities of the Linux Operating System;
provides pointers for further information and implementation details. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Net-HOWTO/index.html">
Net-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Networking HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: December 2000</CiteTitle>.
Information about networking for Linux (relates only to version 4 of
the Linux Networking Kernel or more specifically kernel releases
2.x and 2.2.x). </Para>
<Para>Previously called the Net 3/4 and Net-3 HOWTOs.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../ADSL-Bandwidth-Management-HOWTO/index.html">
ADSL-Bandwidth-Management-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>ADSL Bandwidth Management HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</PARA> <Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: April 2003</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to configure a linux router to more
effectively manage outbound traffic on an ADSL modem. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Bandwidth-Limiting-HOWTO/index.html">
Bandwidth-Limiting-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Bandwidth Limiting HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: November 2001</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to set up your Linux server to limit download bandwidth
or incoming traffic, and how to use your internet link
more efficiently. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Cable-Modem/index.html">
Cable-Modem</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Cable Modem Providers HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: June 2001</CiteTitle>.
Answers basic questions on how to connect your Linux box to cable modem
or cable Internet provider. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/DHCP/index.html">
DHCP</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
DHCP mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: October 2000</CiteTitle>.
Answers basic questions on how to set up your
Linux box to serve as a DHCP server or a DHCP client. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Diskless-root-NFS-HOWTO.html">
Diskless-root-NFS-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Root over nfs clients &amp; server HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: March 1999</CiteTitle>.
How to setup a server and configure clients for diskless operation
from a network. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Diskless-root-NFS-other-HOWTO.html">
Diskless-root-NFS-other-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Root over NFS - Another Approach</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: September 2001</CiteTitle>.
Another approach to
<ULINK URL="../Diskless-root-NFS-HOWTO.html">Diskless-root-NFS-HOWTO</ULink>.
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Diskless-HOWTO.html">
Diskless-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Diskless Nodes HOWTO for Linux</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2002</CiteTitle>.
How to set up a diskless Linux box. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Divert-Sockets-mini-HOWTO.html">
Divert-Sockets-mini-HOWTO</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Divert Sockets mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: February 2000</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to get, compile and use FreeBSD divert sockets under
Linux 2.2.12. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Domain.html">
Domain</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Setting Up Your New Domain Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: October 2000</CiteTitle>.
Outlines the things you will probably have to do when you want to
set up a network of computers under your own domain. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../DSL-HOWTO/index.html">
DSL-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>DSL HOWTO for Linux</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2002</CiteTitle>.
Examines the DSL family of high speed Internet services now
being deployed in various
markets worldwide. Information is included on the technology
behind DSL as well as subscribing,
installing, configuring, and troubleshooting, with an emphasis
on how this impacts Linux users. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/IP-Subnetworking.html">
IP-Subnetworking</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
IP Sub-Networking mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: August 2001</CiteTitle>.
Describes why and how to subnetwork an IP network - that is using
a single A, B or C Class network number to function correctly on
several interconnected networks. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/IP-Alias/index.html">
IP-Alias</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Setting Up IP Aliasing On A Linux Machine Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: January 2001</CiteTitle>.
How to set up and run IP aliasing on a Linux box. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Leased-Line.html">
Leased-Line</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Leased line mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: August 2000</CiteTitle>.
Configuring your modem and pppd to use a 2 wire twisted pair leased line. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Modem-HOWTO.html">
Modem-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Modem HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2003</CiteTitle>.
Help with selecting, connecting, configuring, trouble-shooting, and
understanding modems for a PC. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Modem-Dialup-NT-HOWTO.html">
Modem-Dialup-NT-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Modem-Dialup-NT HOW-TO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: June 2002</CiteTitle>.
Helps you to setup a modem to do Dial-up Networking with
a remote server like Windows NT RAS or Linux RAS (Remote
Access Server). </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Multicast-HOWTO.html">
Multicast-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Multicast over TCP/IP HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: March 1998</CiteTitle>.
Tries to cover most aspects related to multicast over TCP/IP networks. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Netscape+Proxy.html">
Netscape+Proxy</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
HOWTO for inHouse IntraNet</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: August 1997</CiteTitle>.
Describes the procedure to set up a NETWORK (INTRANET) at your
home. Then we shall setup the network such that NETSCAPE Clients
can be used on ANY machine to access the internet. . . </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Network-boot-HOWTO/index.html">
Network-boot-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Network boot and exotic root HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: April 2002</CiteTitle>.
Explains how to quickly setup a linux server
to provide what diskless linux clients require to get up
and running, using an IP network. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Network-Install-HOWTO.html">
Network-Install-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Network Install HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: September 2002</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to install Linux over a Local Area Network (LAN). </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../NIS-HOWTO/index.html">
NIS-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux NIS(YP)/NYS/NIS+ HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: August 2002</CiteTitle>.
How to configure Linux as NIS(YP) or NIS+ client and how to install
as a NIS server. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../NFS-HOWTO/index.html">
NFS-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>NFS HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: August 2002</CiteTitle>.
How to set up NFS clients and servers. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Proxy-ARP-Subnet/index.html">
Proxy-ARP-Subnet</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
ProxyARP Subnetting HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: August 2000</CiteTitle>.
Discusses using Proxy Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) with
subnetting in order to make a small network of machines visible on
another Internet Protocol (IP) subnet. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Remote-Boot.html">
Remote-Boot</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux Remote-Boot mini-HOWTO: Configuring Remote-Boot Workstations
with Linux, DOS, Windows 95/98 and Windows NT</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: February 1999</CiteTitle>.
How to set up a very robust and secure server-based configuration for
a cluster of PCs, allowing each client to choose at boot-time which
operating system to run. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Remote-X-Apps.html">
Remote-X-Apps</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Remote X Apps mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: December 2001</CiteTitle>.
How to run remote X applications. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Token-Ring/index.html">
Token-Ring</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Token-Ring mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: January 2002</CiteTitle>.
Designed to help you get up and running using a Token Ring
adaptor to access the network. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Traffic-Control-tcng-HTB-HOWTO/index.html">
Traffic-Control-tcng-HTB-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Traffic Control using tcng and HTB HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: April 2003</CiteTitle>.
A brief tutorial on using tcng (Traffic Control Next Generation)
with HTB (Hierarchical Token Bucket) to perform traffic shaping on
a Linux machine. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Usenet-News-HOWTO/index.html">
Usenet-News-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Usenet News HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: August 2002</CiteTitle>.
A complete HOWTO on Usenet news. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Windows-LAN-Server-HOWTO.html">
Windows-LAN-Server-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle> Windows LAN server HOW-TO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: March 2003</CiteTitle>.
Intended to assist those who wish to consider Linux
as a server within an office environment which has PC's primarily
running Microsoft Windows 9x. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="netprotocols">
<title>Protocols</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../ATM-Linux-HOWTO/index.html">
ATM-Linux-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>ATM on Linux HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: October 2001</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to install, setup, and configure the necessary
drivers and tools to support ATM networking under Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Compressed-TCP.html">
Compressed-TCP</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Compressed TCP/IP-Sessions using SSH-like tools</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: April 2000</CiteTitle>.
Discusses how to compress data streams. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Ethernet-HOWTO.html">
Ethernet-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Ethernet HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: October 2000</CiteTitle>.
Information about which ethernet devices can be used for Linux, and
how to set them up (focused on the hardware and low level driver
aspect of the ethernet cards; see Network HOWTO for software
configuration information). </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Ethernet-Bridge-netfilter-HOWTO.html">
Ethernet-Bridge-netfilter-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Ethernet Bridge + netfilter Howto</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: October 2002</CiteTitle>.
Information on setting up an ethernet bridge with a
surveying and/or regulating instance into an existing
network topology. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Linux+IPv6-HOWTO/index.html">
Linux+IPv6-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux IPv6 HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: June 2003</CiteTitle>.
The goal of this HOWTO is to answer both basic and
advanced questions about IPv6 on the Linux operating system.
This HOWTO will provide the reader with enough information to
install, configure, and use IPv6 applications on Linux machines.
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../IPX-HOWTO.html">
IPX-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux IPX HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 1998</CiteTitle>.
How to obtain, install and configure various tools available for the
Linux operating system that use the Linux kernel IPX protocol support. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../LDAP-HOWTO/index.html">
LDAP-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>LDAP Linux HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: April 2003</CiteTitle>.
Information about installing, configuring, running and maintaining a
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) Server on a Linux
machine. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../LDAP-Implementation-HOWTO/index.html">
LDAP-Implementation-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>LDAP Implementation HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: March 2001</CiteTitle>.
Describes the technical aspects of storing application data
in a LDAP server. It focuses on the configuration of various
applications to make them LDAP-aware. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/PLIP.html">
PLIP</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
LINUX PLIP mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: March 1998</CiteTitle>.
Will hopefully let you build and use a Parallel Line Interface Protocol. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../PLIP-Install-HOWTO.html">
PLIP-Install-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>PLIP Install HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2002</CiteTitle>.
How to install a Gnu/Linux distribution on a computer without
Ethernet card, nor cdrom, but just a local floppy drive and a remote
nfs server attached by a Null-Modem parallel cable. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../PPP-HOWTO/index.html">
PPP-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux PPP HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2000</CiteTitle>.
How to connect your Linux PC to a PPP server, how to use PPP to link
two LANs together; provides one method of setting up your Linux
computer as a PPP server. The document also provides help in
debugging non-functional PPP connections. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/ppp-ssh/index.html">
ppp-ssh</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
VPN PPP-SSH Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: January 2002</CiteTitle>.
A PPP-SSH VPN is probably the easiest type of VPN to set up.
It uses nothing more than the very common PPP and SSH utilities
to form an encrypted network tunnel between two hosts. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/SLIP-PPP-Emulator/index.html">
SLIP-PPP-Emulator</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
SLIP/PPP Emulator mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: February 2001</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to get your Linux box to connect to a generic site
via a SLIP/PPP emulator, such as SLiRP or TIA. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../SMB-HOWTO.html">
SMB-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>SMB HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: April 2000</CiteTitle>.
How to use the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, also called the
Session Message Block, NetBIOS or LanManager protocol, with Linux
using Samba. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Wireless-HOWTO.html">
Wireless-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Wireless HOWTO for Linux Systems</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2002</CiteTitle>.
Document explains how to setup Wireless in Linux,
compatibility problems, something about geographic requirements
and more. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Wireless-Link-sys-WPC11/index.html">
Wireless-Link-sys-WPC11</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Link-sys WPC11 Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: April 2003</CiteTitle>.
How to set up a Wireless Link-Sys WPC11 card
using a Link-SYS Wireless Access Point/DSL/Switch on a Debian system. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Wireless-Sync-HOWTO/index.html">
Wireless-Sync-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Wireless Sync HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: December 2001</CiteTitle>.
Explains how to perform a wireless, network sync
between a Handspring Visor and jpilot or jpilot-sync. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="netdialup">
<title>Dial-up</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/BTI-PPP/index.html">
BTI-PPP</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
BTinternet PPPd mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: March 2002</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to setup a modem PPPd link to Btinternet in
the UK. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Call-back.html">
Call-back</ULink>
<CiteTitle>
call-back mini HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: October 2001</CiteTitle>.
How to set up call-back by using the Linux system and modem. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Diald-HOWTO.html">
Diald-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Diald HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: April 2000</CiteTitle>.
Shows some typical scenarios for easy start using Diald.
<CiteTitle>Replaces the Diald mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/ISP-Connectivity.html">
ISP-Connectivity</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
ISP-Connectivity mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<inlinemediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="../images/archived.gif">
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>&lsqb; Archived &rsqb;</phrase>
</textobject>
</inlinemediaobject>
<CiteTitle>
Archived - Last Update: November 2001</CiteTitle>.
How to setup PPP, connect up to your ISP, configure mail and news,
get a permanent IP (if available), get a domain name, and have a
bona fide system running in a little over thirty minutes. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../ISP-Hookup-HOWTO.html">
ISP-Hookup-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>ISP-Hookup HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: March 1998</CiteTitle>.
How to use Linux to connect to an Internet Service Provider via a
dial-up modem TCP/IP connection (basic dial-up procedure and IP
establishment, email and news handling is covered). </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="netdns">
<title>DNS</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Chroot-BIND-HOWTO.html">
Chroot-BIND-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Chroot-BIND HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: December 2001</CiteTitle>.
Describes installing the BIND 9 nameserver to run in a chroot
jail and as a non-root user, to provide added security and minimise the
potential effects of a security compromise. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Chroot-BIND8-HOWTO.html">
Chroot-BIND8-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Chroot-BIND8 HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2001</CiteTitle>.
Describes installing the BIND 8 nameserver to run in a chroot
jail and as a non-root user, to provide added security and minimise the
potential effects of a security compromise. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../DNS-HOWTO.html">
DNS-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>DNS HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: December 2001</CiteTitle>.
How to become a totally "small time" DNS admin. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="netvpn">
<title>Virtual Private Networks</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../VPN-HOWTO/index.html">
VPN-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>VPN HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2002</CiteTitle>.
How to set up a Virtual Private Network with Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../VPN-Masquerade-HOWTO.html">
VPN-Masquerade-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux VPN Masquerade HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: October 2000</CiteTitle>.
How to configure a Linux firewall to masquerade IPsec- and PPTP-based
Virtual Private Network traffic, allowing you to establish a VPN
connection without losing the security and flexibility of your Linux
firewall's internet connection and allowing you to make available a
VPN server that does not have a registered internet IP address. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Cipe+Masq.html">
Cipe+Masq</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
The Linux Cipe+Masquerading mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: April 1999</CiteTitle>.
How to setup a VPN using Cipe on a linux masquerading firewall. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Firewall-Piercing/index.html">
Firewall-Piercing</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Firewall Piercing mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: November 2001</CiteTitle>.
Directions for using ppp over telnet to do network activities
transparently through an Internet firewall. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../IPCHAINS-HOWTO.html">
IPCHAINS-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux IPCHAINS HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2000</CiteTitle>.
How to obtain, install and configure the enhanced IP firewalling
chains software for Linux, and some ideas on how you might use them. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../MindTerm-SSH-HOWTO/index.html">
MindTerm-SSH-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Encrypted Tunnels using SSH and MindTerm HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: June 2001</CiteTitle>.
How to use SSH and the Java-based program MindTerm to create
quick, secure, and reliable VPN-like tunnels over insecure networks. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/ppp-ssh/index.html">
ppp-ssh</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
VPN PPP-SSH Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: January 2002</CiteTitle>.
A PPP-SSH VPN is probably the easiest type of VPN to set up.
It uses nothing more than the very common PPP and SSH utilities
to form an encrypted network tunnel between two hosts. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="netbridge">
<title>Bridging</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../BRIDGE-STP-HOWTO/index.html">
BRIDGE-STP-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux BRIDGE-STP-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: January 2001</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to setup a bridge with the recent kernel patches and brctl
utility by Lennert Buytenhek. With developer kernel 2.3.47 the new
bridging code is part of the mainstream. On 20.06.2000 there are patches
for stable kernels 2.2.14 and 2.2.15. What happens if a penguin
crosses a bridge? </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Bridge/index.html">
Bridge</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Bridging mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: May 2002</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to setup an ethernet bridge. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Bridge+Firewall.html">
Bridge+Firewall</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux Bridge+Firewall Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: December 1997</CiteTitle>.
A bridge is an intelligent connection wire between two network cards.
A firewall is an intelligent insulator. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Bridge+Firewall+DSL.html">
Bridge+Firewall+DSL</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Bridge + Firewall + DSL Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: November 2000</CiteTitle>.
Configuring a Linux system to act as a firewall and bridge with
a DSL network connection. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Remote-Bridging/index.html">
Remote-Bridging</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Remote Bridging with IP Tunnels mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: May 2002</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to unite two separate ethernet LANs with
an IP tunnel between them. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="netrouting">
<title>Routing</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Adv-Routing-HOWTO/index.html">
Adv-Routing-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Advanced Routing &amp; Traffic Control HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</PARA><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2002</CiteTitle>.
A very hands-on approach to iproute2, traffic shaping and a bit
of netfilter. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Querying-libiptc-HOWTO/index.html">
Querying-libiptc-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Querying libiptc HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: April 2002</CiteTitle>.
Explains how to use the libiptc library included in the
iptables package and how to use programs to query the internal
structures. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/PortSlave/index.html">
PortSlave</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
PortSlave How-To using the Linux Router</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: October 2000</CiteTitle>.
A beginning document for using Portslave with the Linux router. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/index.html">
IP-Masquerade-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux IP Masquerade HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2003</CiteTitle>.
How to enable the Linux IP Masquerade feature on a given Linux host. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Linksys-Blue-Box-Router-HOWTO/index.html">
Linksys-Blue-Box-Router-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linksys Blue Box Router HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: June 2003</CiteTitle>.
Hints and tips for managing Linksys
routers from a Linux system, including the firmware upgrade procedure. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Masquerading-Simple-HOWTO/index.html">
Masquerading-Simple-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Masquerading Made Simple HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2002</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to enable the Linux IP Masquerade feature on a given Linux host.
Should be used as a complement to the
the <ULINK URL="../IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/index.html">IP-Masquerade-HOWTO</ULink>. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="netsecurity">
<title>Security</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Authentication-Gateway-HOWTO/index.html">
Authentication-Gateway-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Authentication Gateway HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: November 2002</CiteTitle>.
Document explains how to setup an authentication gateway. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Bridge+Firewall.html">
Bridge+Firewall</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux Bridge+Firewall Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: December 1997</CiteTitle>.
A bridge is an intelligent connection wire between two network cards.
A firewall is an intelligent insulator. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Bridge+Firewall+DSL.html">
Bridge+Firewall+DSL</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Bridge + Firewall + DSL Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: November 2000</CiteTitle>.
Configuring a Linux system to act as a firewall and bridge with
a DSL network connection. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Domain.html">
Domain</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Setting Up Your New Domain Mini HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: October 2000</CiteTitle>.
Outlines the things you will probably have to do when you want to
setup a network of computers under your own domain. Covers
configuration of network parameters, network services, and security
settings. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Firewall-HOWTO.html">
Firewall-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: February 2000</CiteTitle>.
Designed to describe the basics of firewall systems and give you some
detail on setting up both a filtering and proxy firewall on a Linux
based system. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Firewall-Piercing/index.html">
Firewall-Piercing</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Firewall Piercing mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: November 2001</CiteTitle>.
Directions for using ppp over telnet to do network activities
transparently through an Internet firewall. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../IPCHAINS-HOWTO.html">
IPCHAINS-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux IPCHAINS HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2000</CiteTitle>.
How to obtain, install and configure the enhanced IP firewalling
chains software for Linux, and some ideas on how you might use them. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Samba-Authenticated-Gateway-HOWTO.html">
Samba-Authenticated-Gateway-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Samba Authenticated Gateway HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2003</CiteTitle>.
How to build a Firewall/Gateway with
rules set on user basis having the users authenticated by a Samba
Primary Domain Controller. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Sentry-Firewall-CD-HOWTO.html">
Sentry-Firewall-CD-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Sentry Firewall CD HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: October 2002</CiteTitle>.
An introduction on how the Sentry Firewall CDROM
works and how to get started using the system. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Snort-Statistics-HOWTO/index.html">
Snort-Statistics-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Snort-Setup for Statistics HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: February 2002</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to configure Snort version 1.8.3 to be
used in conjunction with the statistical tools ACID (Analysis Console
for Intrusion Databases) and SnortSnarf. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../SSL-Certificates-HOWTO/index.html">
SSL-Certificates-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>SSL Certificates HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: October 2002</CiteTitle>.
How to manage a certificate authority (CA),
and issue or sign certificates to be used for secure web, secure
e-mail, or signing code and other usages. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../SSL-RedHat-HOWTO.html">
SSL-RedHat-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Building a Secure RedHat Apache Server HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: February 2001</CiteTitle>.
Explains how PKI and SSL work together. It is essential
to understand how the SSL protocol works to successfully
deploy a secure server. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="nettele">
<title>Telephony / Satellite</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Sat-HOWTO.html">
Sat-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Sat (Satellite Technology) HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2002</CiteTitle>.
Investigates &quot;State of Art&quot; Sat connections in a Linux
environment; how to get them faster and how to share them with
many clients. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../VoIP-HOWTO.html">
VoIP-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>VoIP Howto</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: August 2002</CiteTitle>.
Voice Over IP is a new communication means that let you telephone
with Internet at almost null cost. This document covers how this
is done. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="netmisc">
<title>Miscellaneous</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Caudium-HOWTO/index.html">
Caudium-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Caudium HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: September 2002</CiteTitle>.
An overview of the Caudium (web) server. Includes information
on setup, development, and optimization. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Home-Network-mini-HOWTO.html">
Home-Network-mini-HOWTO</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Red Hat Linux 6. X as an Internet Gateway for a Home Network</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: June 2000</CiteTitle>.
Tutorial on configuring Red Hat 6 and related variants to operate
as an internet gateway to a small home or office network.
Topics covered include masquerading, DNS, DHCP, and basic security. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Jabber-Server-Farming-HOWTO/index.html">
Jabber-Server-Farming-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Jabber Server Farming How-To</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: June 2002</CiteTitle>.
Provide Jabber admins a look into the present and future of
Jabber Server Farming. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Pager/index.html">
Pager</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
The Linux Alphanumeric Pager Gateway Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: July 2001</CiteTitle>.
Discusses the compilation and installation of e-mail to Pager
gateway. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../UUCP-HOWTO.html">
UUCP-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux UUCP HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: December 2001</CiteTitle>.
Describes the setup, care &amp; feeding of UUCP under Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../VideoLAN-HOWTO/index.html">
VideoLAN-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>VideoLAN HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: April 2003</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to use the complete VideoLAN streaming solution. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>