Administering Usenet News Servers: A Comprehensive Guide to Planning, Building, and Managing Internet and Intranet News Services [Paperback]

James McDermott (Author), John Phillips (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1997

Aimed at IT professionals who wish to provide access to Usenet news groups or use a news server as part of a corporate Intranet, this book details the installation, configuration, optimization and ongoing management of a news server on a Unix platform. It is divided into three sections, covering planning, constructing and administration. The CD contains all the server software, utilities and scripts needed to set up a news server.

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From the Back Cover

Administering Usenet News Servers is an indispensable guide to planning, building and administering a robust UNIX news server. The netnews applications INN and DNEWS are thoroughly explained from both an installation and maintenance standpoint. This book also contains useful background information to help educate USENET newcomers and to demystify a topic that has, to date, been shrouded in Internet folklore. With their years of experience in information transfer, Jim McDermott and John Phillips offer a hands-on approach to administering USENET News Servers that covers:

* Planning you platform, connectivity and budget
* Constructing your server, and installation and configuration of software
* Administering your server--including Intranet access and use, security issues, and legalities
* Regulation of employee postings to newsgroups
* Using PERL scripts to prevent leakage of Intranet newsgroups to the internet

The accompanying CD-ROM includes all application software, utilities, and scripts necessary to implement and INN or DNEWS server and keep it running smoothly.

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About the Author

James McDermott is a freelance writer and electrical engineer with Alermax Entertainment Inc., an Ottawa-based consulting firm. Formerly, he was Director of Project Management at Newbridge Networks Corp. and technical editor for Newbridge MainStreet International News, a quarterly publication with world-wide distribution.

John Phillips is a senior network architect with Phillips Consulting Group Inc., a network consulting firm specializing in LAN/WAN network design and security. John has been involved with the Internet since the 1980s and has help implement global networks for both corporate and government clients.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company (May 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 020141967X
• ISBN-13: 978-0201419672
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,359,250 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of Time and Paper, July 25, 1998

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This review is from: Administering Usenet News Servers: A Comprehensive Guide to Planning, Building, and Managing Internet and Intranet News Services (Paperback)

Having never specified hardware for or managed a Usenet news server I was looking for high-quality technical guidance. Within minutes of buying this book I knew I wouldn't find it in these pages. The content is simplistic and slow paced. Each time it seems you will get to some meaty discussion the section ends leaving you still feeling hungry and not even providing an interesting taste. Many pages are wasted on instructions for installing Solaris and an overview of the topology of the Internet. The included CD might be useful for signaling passing aircraft but lacks anything more useful. You will be sorry you bought this book. Luckily this isn't the only choice. Take a look at "Managing Usenet". It is the book this one could have been.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars poor is a good begining, August 8, 1997

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This review is from: Administering Usenet News Servers: A Comprehensive Guide to Planning, Building, and Managing Internet and Intranet News Services (Paperback)

This book was almost a rehash of the various FAQ's -- just with less information. If you want to install and run on a Solaris machine it is a little more helpful. The index is horrible. There is more filler about good corporate policy than anything else. The only redeeming value (and the reason I gave it a three0 is that it does give step-by-step instructions on compiling innd. That's about it. Not what the directory hierarchy is for, no trouble shooting, nothing

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing book, May 6, 2000

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Bernard Higonnet (Boston, MA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Administering Usenet News Servers: A Comprehensive Guide to Planning, Building, and Managing Internet and Intranet News Services (Paperback)

I agree with the other negative reviews.

The index is really very bad - I hardly ever find anything I'm looking for.

I can only describe it as a curious mix of sometimes very arcane information which may be useful for usenet gurus and absence of information for a novice user