JasperReports is a powerful open source Java reporting tool that has the ability to deliver rich content onto the screen, to the printer or into PDF, HTML, XLS, CSV and XML files.

It is entirely written in Java and can be used in a variety of Java enabled applications, including J2EE or Web applications, to generate dynamic content.

Its main purpose is to help creating page oriented, ready to print documents in a simple and flexible manner.

JasperReports - Java Reporting Tool

What is the key benefit of Microsoft Domain Security?

In a word, single sign-on, or SSO for short. To many, this is the Holy Grail of MS Windows NT and beyond networking. SSO allows users in a well-designed network to log onto any workstation that is a member of the domain that contains their user account (or in a domain that has an appropriate trust relationship with the domain they are visiting) and they will be able to log onto the network and access resources (shares, files, and printers) as if they are sitting at their home (personal) workstation. This is a feature of the domain security protocols.

Samba HOWTO Chapter 4. Domain Control

Open-source Samba turns a Unix or Linux system into a file and print server for Microsoft Windows network clients. Tom Syroid dishes up a juicy tutorial that shows you how to configure Samba as the primary domain controller on an xSeries server.

Using Samba as a primary domain controller

This document describes how to setup Samba on a Debian GNU/Linux file server to act as a primary domain controller for Windows 2000 workstations.

The Golden Ear - Setting up Samba, as a primary domain controller with roaming profiles

Secure Shell (SSH) is open, free, fast, secure, and easy to setup (once you know how).

O'Reilly Network: Using SSH Tunneling

Beautiful Agony is dedicated to the beauty of human orgasm. This may be the most erotic thing you have ever seen, yet the only nudity it contains is the baring of beautiful souls.

beautiful agony - facettes de la petite mort

'My concern is that they have learnt to shoot at divers in wetsuits who have simulated terrorists in exercises. If divers or windsurfers are mistaken for a spy or suicide bomber and if equipped with special harnesses carrying toxic darts, they could fire,' he said. 'The darts are designed to put the target to sleep so they can be interrogated later, but what happens if the victim is not found for hours?'

What happens?

BEST DEATH EVAR.

The Observer | International | Armed and dangerous - Flipper the firing dolphin let loose by Katrina

Zebedee is a simple program to establish an encrypted, compressed “tunnel” for TCP/IP or UDP data transfer between two systems. This allows traffic such as telnet, ftp and X to be protected from snooping as well as potentially gaining performance over low-bandwidth networks from compression.

The main goals for Zebedee are to:

Provide full client and server functionality under both UNIX/Linux and Windows.

Be easy to install, use and maintain with little or no configuration required.

Have a small footprint, low wire protocol overhead and give significant traffic reduction by the use of compression.

Use only algorithms that are either unpatented or for which the patent has expired.

Be entirely free for commercial or non-commercial use and distributed under the term of the GNU General Public Licence.

Of course, Zebedee is by no means the first, or only secure tunnel program available. It does not pretend to compete with the likes of ssh, SSL or FreeS/WAN in terms of breadth of function but if you want something quick, simple and completely free then it may be the tool for you.

Possibly swell for getting lawyers filesharing and IM through firewalled courtrooms.

Zebedee: Secure IP Tunnel

httptunnel creates a bidirectional virtual data connection tunnelled in HTTP requests. The HTTP requests can be sent via an HTTP proxy if so desired.

This can be useful for users behind restrictive firewalls. If WWW access is allowed through a HTTP proxy, it's possible to use httptunnel and, say, telnet or PPP to connect to a computer outside the firewall.

GNU httptunnel

Referencing this because I might want to hire him. He makes cool icons.

Steven Ansell Makes Cool Icons