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SAMS PUBLISHING PROVIDES A FRESH APPROACH TO A UNIX CLASSIC
Unix Unleashed, Fourth Edition by Robin Anderson, Andy Johnston, et al.

Indianapolis, December 17, 2001-Sams Publishing is pleased to announce the
release of the book, Unix Unleashed (Sams Publishing, ISBN 0-672-32251-X,
USA $49.99).  Written by an author team of experienced Unix community
leaders that is led by Robin Anderson and Andy Johnston, this book gives the
Unix system administrator the essential information needed to understand the
system itself.  

A fresh approach is taken by the author team of Unix Unleashed, Fourth
Edition, with each chapter acting more like a lecture on an individual topic
provided by Unix gurus.  The book starts with the basic operation of the
system and system administration and progresses to how to use the Unix
toolset to make system administration more reliable and more powerful.

New features of Unix Unleashed include:
*	An author team of over a dozen experienced system administrators
*	Real working examples that illustrate discussions on two of the
world's most popular Unix Operating Systems
*	Extensive coverage of authentication, cryptography, and security
issues
*	"Best Practices" that summarize each chapter and each author's most
useful advice
*	A special chapter devoted to securing systems at installation time
*	Two chapters devoted to establishing and maintaining Web services
*	Coverage of Network Intrusion Detection Systems
*	A bonus poster included that provides troubleshooting for SCSI
problems

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Robin Anderson is a Unix SysAdmin Specialist at the University of Maryland,
Baltimore County, Office of Information Technology.  She also managed OIT's
Operations Support Staff and is a member of the Security Work Group.  Robin
developed and taught an undergraduate Unix SysAdmin course for UMBC in 2000.
She has earned two security certifications from the SANS Institute: the GCUX
(Unix Administrator, with honors) and the GCIH (Incident Handling). 

Andy Johnston took his current position at the UMBC Office of Information
Technology as a manager of Unix support staff and IT security in 1999.  He
holds a Bachelor's degree in Biology from Princeton University and a
Master's degree in Mathematics from the University of Maryland, Baltimore
County (UMBC).  

ABOUT SAMS PUBLISHING
Sams Publishing began in 1946 as a leading provider of technology books.
Today, with best-selling titles such as Sams Teach Yourself HTML in 24 Hours
and Sams Teach Yourself ASP 3.0 in 21 Days, Sams Publishing is one of the
largest and most successful computer book publishers in the world, with 500
titles in print. Sams Publishing is focused on teaching tomorrow's
programmers, developers and systems administrators the skills they need to
build and maintain leading-edge technology - from introductory tutorials to
comprehensive reference books.

ABOUT PEARSON TECHNOLOGY GROUP 
Sams Publishing is an imprint of Pearson Technology Group (PTG), the world's
largest provider of consumer and professional computer, information
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leading innovators in both print and digital formats, PTG's imprints include
Que Publishing, Addison Wesley Professional, Prentice Hall PTR, New Riders
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Learning Systems, BradyGAMES Strategy Guides and Alpha Books, publisher of
the best-selling Complete Idiot's Guide line of reference books.  Pearson
Technology Group is an operating unit of Pearson Education, the world's
leading education and professional publisher.

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