Editorial
[author : Jonathan Erickson] #Edito
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
A Conversation with Avi Rubin
[author : Jack J. Woehr]
DDJ contributing editor Jack Woehr talks to Avi Rubin, the world's leading authority on electronic voting and software engineering.
Secure Web Forms & Struts Extensions
[author : Hari Gopal]
Web forms with digital signatures provide a secure way to meet the authentication requirements of e-commerce apps.
The SecureScout Wi-Fi Security & Monitoring Framework
[author : Michael Larson]
The SecureScout framework lets you monitor attacks on Wi-Fi (802.11) wireless networks.
ZigBee Wireless Sensor Networks
[author : Drew Gislason and Tim Gillman]
ZigBee is an emerging wireless protocol designed for low-cost, high-reliability sensor networks.
Wireless USB
[author : Rahman Ismail, John Keys, and Rafael Kolic]
Key to Wireless USB, which provides ultra-fast data rates, is Ultra-Wideband (UWB) radio technology.
Telephony & the Parlay Specification
[author : Bogdan Blaszczak and Mike Polcyn]
The Parlay specification provides easy access to telephony networks via Java, CORBA, and web services.
Practical Secure Port Knocking
[author : John Graham-Cumming]
Port knocking allows access to sensitive ports if you know the secret knock. John implements it using "Tumbler."
Binary XML
[author : Oliver Goldman]
The price of portability includes bandwidth and memory constraints. "Binary XML" addresses these issues for XML.
Windows Forms Layout Managers
[author : Richard Grimes]
Windows Forms is a .NET library for writing windows-based GUI applications.
Silent Application Update
[author : Zuoliu Ding]
Online silent program updates are among the more useful and efficient features of today's software.
Creating Trace Listeners in .NET
[author : Michael Taylor]
The .NET Framework comes with powerful, extensible classes for debugging and tracing applications.
Web Services & Apache Axis
[author : Paul Tremblett]
Apache Axis lets you efficiently develop web services for both clients and servers.
Distributed Compilation
[author : Vadim Zaliva]
Vadim uses distcc to create build and compile farms for effective distributed lifecycle management.
Eclipse & Tools for Embedded Systems Development
[author : Gene Sally]
Eclipse's flexibility makes it an ideal platform for creating IDEs that serve the needs of embedded-systems developers.
Factoring for Eclipse
[author : Marcus Kestler]
Applying Eclipse's Factor by Flow and Factor by Dependency features lets you produce efficient plug-ins.
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
The VISA I/O API & .NET
[author : David Gladfelter]
The Virtual Instrument Software Architecture (VISA) is a standard for instrument communication. David presents tools for using VISA with C# and VB.NET.
COLUMNS
Programming Paradigms
[author : Michael Swaine]
Embedded Space
[author : Ed Nisley]
Chaos Manor
[author : Jerry Pournelle]
Programmer's Bookshelf
[author : Miles Thibault and Gregory V. Wilson]
FORUM
Letters
[author : you]
Dr. Ecco's Omniheurist Corner
[author : Dennis E. Shasha]
News & Views
[author : Shannon Cochran]
Of Interest
[author : Shannon Cochran]
Swaine's Flames
[author : Michael Swaine]