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B E S T P R A C T I C E S S E R I E S
Multi-Operating
System
Networking
Living with UNIX, NetWare,
and NT
T H E A U E R B A C H
B E S T P R A C T I C E S S E R I E S
Broadband Networking Internet Management
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Business Continuity Planning
Multi-Operating System
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Networking: Living with UNIX,
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NetWare, and NT
Designing a Total Data
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Solution: Technology,
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Living with UNIX, NetWare,
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Multi-operating system networking : living with Unix, Netware, and NT / edited by Raj Rajagopal.
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ISBN 0-8493-9831-2 (alk. paper)
1. Operating systems (Computers) 2. Computer networks. I. Rajagopal, Raj.
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Contents
Contents
SECTION I INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-1
1 A Brief History of LAN Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Rob Walton and Kenneth W. Kousky
2 Assessing Desktop Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Randall A. Nagy
3 Evaluating Client/Server Operating Systems:
Focus on Windows NT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Gilbert Held
4 Transitioning to Windows NT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Nathan J. Muller
SECTION II PORTING AND DEVELOPING APPLICATIONS
IN A HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-1
5 Porting Issues Due to Operating System
Differences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Raj Rajagopal
6 Porting Applications between Heterogeneous
Environments/Rewriting Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Raj Rajagopal
7 Porting GUI Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Adam Faldalla, Victor Matos, and Paul J. Jalics
8 Visual Basic and Object-Oriented Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
William R. Constable, Jr. and Il-Yeol Song
9 Developing New Applications in a Heterogeneous
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Raj Rajagopal
10 Accessing Windows Applications from UNIX
and Vice Versa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-1
Raj Rajagopal
11 Developing Workstation–Based Client/Server
Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1
Steven Rabin
12 Using Middleware for Interoperable Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-1
Raymond J. Posch
Contents
13 Implementing OLE on Non.Windows Platforms
Using ObjectBroker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
Jeff Tancill and John Parodi
14 Comparing Object.Oriented Development
and Component-Based Development
Using Visual Basic, Powerbuilder, and Visual C++. . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
Steve Krehbiel and Narasimhaiah Gorla
15 Java Application Development Including Database
and Network Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1
Nathan J. Muller
16 Using Java for Application Development
and Comparison with CGI/PERL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-1
Nathan J. Muller
SECTION III DESKTOPS IN A HETEROGENEOUS
ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-1
17 Enterprise Desktops and Emulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-1
Raj Rajagopal
18 Desktop Evolution Driving Connectivity Technologies. . . . . . . . 18-1
Robin L. Zak
19 Considerations for Implementing Corporate Intranets. . . . . . . . 19-1
Nathan J. Muller
20 The Mainframe as Enterprise Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-1
Brian Jeffery
21 Managing Applications on the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-1
Bill Yaman and John Fiske
SECTION IV DATA ACCESS IN A HETEROGENEOUS
ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV-1
22 Equivalent Features of DB2, Oracle, Sybase, and Ingres. . . . . . . 22-1
Noelle Mesick and Il-Yeol Song
23 Distributed Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-1
James A. Larson and Carol L. Larson
24 Publishing Database Information
on the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-1
James A. Larson and Carol L. Larson
25 Heterogeneous Network File and Print Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-1
Raj Rajagopal
26 Using CORBA to Integrate Database Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-1
Bhavani Thuraisingham
27 Accessing Multiple Databases
Using Federated Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-1
James A. Larson and Carol L. Larson
Contents
28 Database Interoperability: From Federated Database
to a Mobile Federation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-1
Antonio Si
29 Database Gateways and Interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-1
Martin D. Solomon
30 Managing Multiple Databases Across Heterogeneous
Hardware and Software Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-1
James Woods
31 Object-Relational DB2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-1
Nelson Mattos, Stefan Dessloch, Linda DeMichiel,
and Michael Carey
32 Legacy Data Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-1
James A. Larson and Carol L. Larson
SECTION V SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION
IN A HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V-1
33 NetWare Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-1
Raj Rajagopal
34 Configuring Windows NT clients in a NetWare
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-1
Gilbert Held
35 Comparing Windows NT and UNIX System
Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-1
Raj Rajagopal
36 Managing Distributed Network Systems
Using Single Sign-on, Password Synchronization,
and the Authentication Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-1
Jeffrey Carr
37 Managing Heterogeneous Environments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37-1
Raj Rajagopal
38 Business Continuity in the Distributed Environment . . . . . . . . . 38-1
Steven P. Craig
39 Controlling a Multivendor Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39-1
Thomas Fleishman
Thomas Fleishman
40 The Help Desk in a Distributed Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-1
John L. Connor
41 Job Scheduling in the Open Systems Environment. . . . . . . . . . . 41-1
Randy Keck
42 Multiple Protocols: The Network Manager's
Headache. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-1
Joe Pruskowski
43 Managing Multivendor Networks Using DEC’s
Polycenter Framework. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-1
Nathan J. Muller
44 Managing Multivendor Networks Using
Hewlett-Packard's OpenView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-1
Nathan J. Muller
SECTION VI COMMUNICATIONS IN A HETEROGENEOUS
ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VI-1
45 The Essentials of Enterprise Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-1
Keith G. Knightson
46 High-Speed Services for LAN Interconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-1
Nathan J. Muller
47 Enterprise Network Monitoring and Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47-1
Colin Wynd
48 Multicast Network Infrastructures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-1
C. Kenneth Miller
49 Internetworking at the Physical and Data Link
Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-1
David Koehler
50 Planning, Designing, and Optimization
of Enterprise Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-1
Roshan L. Sharma
51 Distributed Network Support and Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-1
Ira Hertzoff
52 Comparing Popular E-mail Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-1
Gary Cannon
53 E.Mail and Internet in Heterogeneous
Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-1
Raj Rajagopal
54 Managing Coexisting SNA and LAN Internetworks . . . . . . . . . . . 54-1
Anura Guruge
55 SNA-LAN Integration Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-1
Nathan J. Muller
56 SNA Over Frame Relay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56-1
Dick Thunen
57 Operating a Network Manager’s Help Desk
in a Heterogeneous Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57-1
Jeff C. Hafer
58 An Expert Operating System That Manages
Multi-Network Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58-1
Yemm anur Jayachandra, Hal Sanders, Gita Jayachandra
Contents
SECTION VII SECURITY IN A HETEROGENEOUS
ENVIRONMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VII-1
59 Windows NT Server Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59-1
Carol A. Siegel
60 UNIX Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60-1
Allen B. Lum
61 Software Tools for Detecting Misuse on UNIX Systems. . . . . . . .61-1
Stephen E. Smaha and Jessica Winslow
62 Novell NetWare 4.X Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62-1
Jeffrey L. Ott
63 AS/400 Security Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63-1
Wayne O. Evans
64 Implementing Kerberos in Distributed Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . .64-1
Ray Kaplan, Joe Kovara, and Glen Zorn
65 E-Mail Security Using Pretty Good Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65-1
William Stallings
66 An Introduction to Internet Security
and Firewall Policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66-1
William Hugh Murray
67 Applets and Network Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67-1
Al Berg
68 Oracle Database Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68-1
Mary Ann Davidson
69 Relational Database Access Controls Using SQL . . . . . . . . . . . . .69-1
Ravi S. Sandhu
SECTION VIII DISTRIBUTED HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . .VIII-1
70 Developments and Challenges in Distributed Data
Communications Management Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70-1
Bhavani Thuraisingham
71 Distributed Processing for Distributed Databases. . . . . . . . . . . .71-1
Michael D. Krasowski
72 Securing Distributed Data Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72-1
Nathan J. Muller
73 Managing Distributed Computing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73-1
Richard Ross
SECTION IX IMPLEMENTING HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . IX-1
74 Solution Selection Factors and Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74-1
Raj Rajagopal
75 Acquiring Systems for Multivendor Environments . . . . . . . . . . .75-1
Thomas Fleishman