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Publications & Articles
The following material is copyrighted and available for distribution (republishing) by permission only. Please contact the author if you are interested in doing so.
Java Articles
My Java articles are located in a dedicated section.
Unix Articles
- Unix Environment Variables
- This issue of TechTalk is about using environment variables, a topic often found confusing by new Unix users -- and now among them, Mac OS X users!
- Scaling Unix to Infinity with SQL
- Integrating a SQL database into your Unix systems gives tremendous benefits in scalability and ease of management.
- Automounting on FreeBSD
- The automounter daemon amd can mount disks and volumes on demand.
- A VPN Solution with FreeBSD
- Configuring FreeBSD as a PPTP server for Virtual Private Networking with Microsoft Windows clients.
- Building a FreeBSD Firewall
- Notes for a presentation I gave on building a FreeBSD firewall.
- Cheaper Broadband with FreeBSD on DSL
- Configuring FreeBSD for DSL networking with PPPoE; also includes detailled analysis of the Path MTU Discovery issue with PPPoE. Published in Daemon News, January 2001.
Others
- A Quick Introduction to Ruby
- Ruby is Perl done right; object-oriented from the ground up, it integrates Perl's best features (regexps and such) in a clean object model. This article is a quick overview of Ruby's features and syntax for programmers already familiar with Perl and Java.
- A Comparative Look At Some Ruby Idioms
- Comparing commong Ruby structures with Perl, Java and C++.
- Case Study: A Distributed Document Server
- Targeted at colleges and universities,
this document server shows a very scalable design,
with emphasis on security (RSA authentication and
encryption) and fault-tolerance. Also complies to X.500.
This case study was completed in 1995 for my Master's in Software Engineering. This document is available in French only.
Mailing-lists
In addition to the articles and publications listed above, I contributed over the years to numerous mailing-lists. A search on my name in the archives of the mailing-lists listed below is guaranteed to come up with multiple hits: help to beginners, tips for difficult operations, patches and fixes, suggestions for future improvements, etc.
- Various Java mailing-lists & Web sites
- The language that sucks less. I frequently post messages to
mailing-lists and Web sites dedicated to Java technologies:
- Jakarta projects: Struts, Log4J, etc.
- jGuru
- The Server Side
- Various FreeBSD mailing-lists
- My operating system of choice. Strongly recommended for any server-type machine or network device (eg. gateways, firewalls, etc.): they will run for years without a hiccup.
- Various Linux mailing-lists
- I use Linux on desktop machines and laptops. It surpasses FreeBSD when it comes to uncommon hardware devices, audio and video extensions.