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Network Tools

A number of tools are available online to assist in the diagnosis of Internet related problems. This sites are not run by Anchor but may be useful.

Domain names:

  1. gTLD whois service: http://registrar.verisign-grs.com/cgi-bin/whois

  2. au 2LD whois service: http://www.ausregistry.com.au/

Miscellaneous Tools

  1. http://www.samspade.org/

  2. http://www.traceroute.org/

HTML Links

  1. HTML specifications: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/

  2. HTML Tutorial: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/

  3. HTML help: http://www.htmlhelp.com/

  4. HTML validator: http://validator.w3.org

  5. Accessible site design guide: http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/abdesign.html

  6. HTML tidy: http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy/

  7. Bobby site access checker: http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp

  8. The HTML Writers Guild: http://www.hwg.org/

PHP Links

  1. PHP.net: http://www.php.net/

  2. PHP Builder: http://www.phpbuilder.net/

Perl Links

  1. Perl Monks: http://www.perlmonks.org/

  2. Perl.com: http://www.perlmonks.org/

Flash Links

  1. The Best Flash Animation Site: http://www.bestflashanimationsite.com/

JSP Links

  1. Tomcat: http://jakarta.apache.org/

  2. Servlets.com: http://www.servlets.com/index.tea

  3. JSP Insider: http://www.jspinsider.com/

SQL Links

  1. PostgreSQL: http://www.postgresql.org/

  2. MySQL: http://www.mysql.com/

  3. Pgsql: http://www.pgsql.com/

  4. SQL School: http://www.w3schools.com/sql/

  5. phpPGadmin: http://phppgadmin.sourceforge.net/

  6. phpMyAdmin: http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/

  7. PG Admin III: http://www.pgadmin.org/pgadmin3/index.php

CGI Links

  1. FastCGI: http://www.fastcgi.com/

  2. CGI Specification: http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/interface.html

Apache Links

  1. Apache: http://www.apache.org

  2. Apache Week: http://www.apacheweek.com/

Useful Software

  1. Putty (windows ssh client): http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

  2. MacSSH Client: http://pro.wanadoo.fr/chombier/

  3. WinSCP (windows SCP/SFTP client): http://winscp.sourceforge.net/eng/

  4. Pegasus Mail: http://www.pmail.com/

  5. WS_FTP: http://www.ftpplanet.com/download.htm

  6. CuteFTP: http://www.cuteftp.com/cuteftp/

  7. Sam Spade for Windows: http://samspade.org/ssw/

Recommended Reading

  1. PostgreSQL - Introduction and Concepts Bruce Momjian Addison Wesley ISBN: 0-201-70331-9

  2. Essential System Administration AEleen Frisch O'Reilly & Associates ISBN: 0-937175-80-3

  3. Computer Networks Andrew S. Tanenaum Prentice Hall ISBN: 0-13-394248-1
  4. Managing Mailing Lists Alan Schwartz O'Reilly ISBN: 1-56592-259-X

  5. Building Internet Firewalls Elizabeth D. Zwicky, Simon Cooper & D. Brent Chapman O'Reilly ISBN: 1-56592-871-7

  6. TCP/IP Network Administration Craig Hunt O'Reilly ISBN: 0-937175-82-X
  7. Sendmail Bryan Costales with Eric Allman O'Reilly ISBN: 1-56592-222-0

  8. DNS and BIND Paul Albitz & Cricket Liu O'Reilly ISBN: 1-56592-512-2

  9. HTML specifications: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/

  10. HTML Tutorial: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/

  11. HTML help: http://www.htmlhelp.com/

  12. HTML validator: http://validator.w3.org

  13. Accessible site design guide: http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/abdesign.html

  14. HTML tidy: http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy/

  15. Bobby site access checker: http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp

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