When should would-be entrepreneurs take the plunge? Freelance writer Henricks (Grow Your Business) has written this guide to help people decide whether they are ready to be “lifestyle entrepreneurs,” or entrepreneurs who goes into business for lifestyle reasons rather than for financial rewards. The book is divided into three sections, with the first section outlining the decision process potential entrepreneurs should go through before leaving their current situations and including the possible downsides of starting one’s own business. The second section describes the ways a person can go into business, such as starting a new enterprise, buying an established business, or franchising. This section also gives options on how to fund the new business once it is off the ground. The third section deals with choosing customers, suppliers, partners, etc., what type of technology to utilize in running the business, whether to expand the business, and when to cash out. Throughout, Henricks recounts his own experiences as a freelancer and offers advice from the hundreds of entrepreneurs he interviewed. A bibliography of print and electronic resources is also provided. The result is a useful and clearly written manual. Recommended for public and academic libraries.

# Paperback: 672 pages
# Publisher: Wiley; 2nd edition (December 14, 2001)
# Language: English
# ISBN: 0471417114
# Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.6 inches
# Shipping Weight: 2.64 pounds

Linux Phrasebook is sure to become the pocket guide that you keep within reach at all times. This concise, handy reference can be used “in the street,” just like a language phrasebook. Skipping the usual tutorial on Linux, the Linux Phrasebook goes straight to practical Linux uses, providing immediate applicable solutions for day-to-day tasks. It includes code phrases that allow Linux users to employ the command line to complete onerous and repetitive tasks, as well as flexible code and commands can be customized to meet the needs of any Linux user. The concise information combined with random accessibility makes the Linux Phrasebook a robust, yet agile, reference guide that no Linux user should be without.

Threads are a fundamental part of the Java platform. As multicore processors become the norm, using concurrency effectively becomes essential for building high-performance applications. Java SE 5 and 6 are a huge step forward for the development of concurrent applications, with improvements to the Java Virtual Machine to support high-performance, highly scalable concurrent classes and a rich set of new concurrency building blocks. In Java Concurrency in Practice, the creators of these new facilities explain not only how they work and how to use them, but also the motivation and design patterns behind them.

However, developing, testing, and debugging multithreaded programs can still be very difficult; it is all too easy to create concurrent programs that appear to work, but fail when it matters most: in production, under heavy load. Java Concurrency in Practice arms readers with both the theoretical underpinnings and concrete techniques for building reliable, scalable, maintainable concurrent applications. Rather than simply offering an inventory of concurrency APIs and mechanisms, it provides design rules, patterns, and mental models that make it easier to build concurrent programs that are both correct and performant.

Expert Spring MVC and Web Flow provides in-depth coverage of Spring MVC and Spring Web Flow, two highly customizable and powerful web frameworks brought to you by the developers and community of the Spring Framework. Spring MVC is a modern web application framework built upon the Spring Framework, and Spring Web Flow is a new project that compliments Spring MVC for building reusable web controller modules that encapsulate rich page navigation rules. Along with detailed analysis of the code and functionality, plus the first-published coverage of Spring Web Flow, this book includes numerous tips and tricks to help you get the most out of Spring MVC, Spring Web Flow, and web development in general.

Spring MVC and Spring Web Flow are engineered with an important consideration for design patterns and expert object oriented programming techniques. This book explains not only the design decisions of the frameworks, but also how you can apply similar designs and techniques to your own code.

This book takes great care in covering every inch of Spring MVC and Spring Web Flow to give you the complete picture. Along with all the best known features of these frameworks, you’ll discover some new hidden treasures. You’ll also learn how to correctly and safely extend the frameworks to create customized solutions.

From beginner to expert, this book is for anyone who wishes to write robust, modern, and useful web applications with the Spring Framework.

This is the only official best-practice guide to Qt 4.1 programming. Using Trolltech’s Qt you can build industrial-strength C++ applications that run natively on Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, and embedded Linux - without making source code changes. With this book, Trolltech insiders have written a start-to-finish guide to getting great results with the most powerful version of Qt ever created: Qt 4.1. Using “C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4″ you’ll discover the most effective Qt 4 programming patterns and techniques as you master key technologies ranging from Qt’s model/view architecture to Qt’s powerful new 2D paint engine. The authors provide readers with unparalleled insight into Qt’s event model and layout system. Then, using realistic examples, they introduce superior techniques for everything from basic GUI development to advanced database and XML integration. This title: includes new chapters on Qt 4’s model/view architecture and Qt’s new plugin support, along with a brief introduction to Qtopia embedded programming; covers all Qt fundamentals, from dialogs and windows to implementing application functionality; introduces best practices for layout management and event processing; shows how to make the most of Qt 4’s new APIs, including the powerful new 2D paint engine and the new easy-to-use container classes; contains completely updated material in every chapter; presents advanced Qt 4 techniques covered in no other book, from creating both Qt and application plugins to interfacing with native APIs; and, contains an in-depth appendix on C++/Qt programming for experienced Java developers. The accompanying CD-ROM includes the open source edition of Qt 4.1.1 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and many Unixes, as well as MinGW, a set of freely available development tools that can be used to build Qt applications on Windows, and also the source code for the book’s examples.

If you’re among those looking for practical hands-on support, help is here with Active Directory Cookbook, Second Edition, a unique problem-solving guide that offers quick answers for Active Directory and updated for Window Server 2003 SP1 and R2 versions.

The book contains hundreds of step-by-step solutions for both common and uncommon problems that you’re likely to encounter with Active Directory on a daily basis–including recipes to deal with the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), ADAM, multi-master replication, Domain Name System (DNS), Group Policy, the Active Directory Schema, and many other features. Author Robbie Allen, a Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, MVP for Directory Services, and co-author of Active Directory, Third Edition and Laura E. Hunter, MVP for Windows Server-Networking and author of several books, have based this collection of troubleshooting recipes on their own experience, along with input from Windows administrators. Each recipe includes a discussion explaining how and why the solution works, so you can adapt the problem-solving techniques to similar situations.

· Determine What You Want to Be When You Grow Up (or at Least Get Older)
See how the InfoSec field has matured, and decide if this is the life for you.
· Social Engineering for Profit
Use both your people and research skills to perform reconnaissance on the InfoSec job market.
· Choose the Right Path
Learn what certifications, work experience, and education are required (or not) to land your dream job.
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Build a fully functional test lab and attack machine in your basement to fine-tune both your attack and defense skills.
· Learn the Laws of Security
Master the ten guiding principles of information security to outwit malicious hackers in the real world.
· Know Your Enemies
Identify and understand the classes of attack: denial of service, information leakage, regular file access, misinformation, special file/database access, remote arbitrary code execution, elevation of privileges.
· Feeling Vulnerable?
Navigate the dangerous waters of vulnerability disclosure from nondisclosure to full disclosure.
· Don’t Trip the Sensors
Use your l337 H4×0r skillz to assimilate into the workplace and hack the corporate ladder.
· Master Incident Response
Develop contingency plans to put out fires in the workplace without getting burned.
· Install Your Career Rootkit
Since you got there, you might as well stay there!

Hack Proofing Your Web Applications is the only book specifically written for Webmasters and application developers. Hackers and programmers would both agree that it will never be possible to write an antivirus program that can shield against all conceivable viruses - that would be like trying to protect every bank, cash machine, and convenience store from every type of bank robber, thief, and shoplifter. Since this is not possible, programmers must develop secure scripts and programs to ward off hackers. This book shows programmers how to design tight code that will deter hackers from the start. It covers Java applications, XML, ColdFusion, and other database applications. The CDROM includes all of the book’s source code and sample applications.

With User Mode Linux, you can create virtual Linux machines within a Linux computer, and use them to safely test and debug applications, network services, even kernels. You can try out new distributions, experiment with buggy software, even test security. Now, for the first time, the creator and maintainer of User Mode Linux shows how to put it to work, hands-on. Jeff Dike covers everything from getting started through running enterprise-class User Mode Linux servers. You`ll find authoritative advice on bootup, compilation, administration, even specialized configurations.