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As the importance of networks continues to grow, security becomes ever more vital. The Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances intelligent threat defense offers the needed protection for businesses today as well as for the future. Technologies and devices based on Internet protocol continually touch every aspect of our lives—we need to be confident that our data is safe. Cisco ASA Configuration is a great reference and tool for answering our challenges. |
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Practical instruction on using JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) with MySQL
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While the first modern compression scheme, Huffman coding,... | | MATLAB Programming for EngineersThe first text of its kind, Stephen Chapman's best selling book on MATLAB has now been updated to reflect MATLAB 6.0. The first edition has been highly successful in engineering schools where introductory programming is taught using MATLAB rather than a traditional programming language. Although C, C++, and Java suit the needs of computer science... |
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Dirty Little Secrets of World War II exposes the dark, irreverent, misunderstood, and often tragicomic aspects of military operations during World War II, many of them virtually unknown even to military buffs. Like its successful predecessor, Dirty Little Secrets, Dunnigan and Nofi's new book vividly brings to life all... | | Firebug 1.5: Editing, Debugging, and Monitoring Web Pages
Firebug is a free and open source tool, available as a Mozilla Firefox extension, which allows debugging, editing, and monitoring of any website's CSS, HTML, DOM, XHR, and JavaScript. Firebug 1.0 beta was released in December 2006. Firebug usage has grown very quickly since then. Approximately 1.3 million users have Firebug installed as... | | Zen and the Art of Information SecurityWhile security is generally perceived to be a complicated and expensive process, Zen and the Art of Information Security makes security understandable to the average person in a completely non-technical, concise, and entertaining format. Through the use of analogies and just plain common sense, readers see through the hype and become comfortable... |
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