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Wireless Hacks
Tips & Tools for Building, Extending, and Securing Your Network
by Rob Flickenger and Roger Weeks
Chapter 1 C H A P T E R O N E Bluetooth, Mobile Phones, and GPS Hacks 1–22 There is much talk in the communications industry of providing last-mile connectivity. Think of Bluetooth as providing connectivity for the last 10 feet. Bluetooth excels as a handy cable-replacement technology, helping to eliminate the need for cumbersome wires that you might find on headsets, remote controls, PDAs, and other small devices. Bluetooth aims to end the days of needing to carry a three-foot piece of cable with obscure connectors on either end everywhere you go, just to interface to your laptop. You can use Bluetooth-enabled devices to talk to a laptop or a desktop, or even have them talk to each other to exchange data almost effortlessly. This chapter presents hacks on getting Bluetooth working with a wide range of devices and then doing some very interesting tricks. If you can
(2005)
Linux Server Hacks
100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools
Chapter 1 C H A P T E R O N E Server Basics Hacks #1–22 A running Linux system is a complex interaction of hardware and software where invisible daemons do the user’s bidding, carrying out arcane tasks to the beat of the drum of the uncompromising task master called the Linux kernel. A Linux system can be configured to perform many different kinds of tasks. When running as a desktop machine, the visible portion of Linux spends much of its time controlling a graphical display, painting windows on the screen, and responding to the user’s every gesture and command. It must generally be a very flexible (and entertaining) system, where good respon- siveness and interactivity are the critical goals. On the other hand, a Linux server generally is designed to perform a couple of tasks, nearly always involving the squeezing of information down a net- work connection as
(2008)
