Specifications

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12 FAX – E-MAIL ON PAPER ...........................................................................................................41
13 USENET – UNFILTERED OPINION ...........................................................................................41
14 MULTIMEDIA – SOUND AND IMAGES FROM AROUND THE WORLD ..........................42
14.1 REAL AUDIO...................................................................................................................................42
14.2 MP3 ...............................................................................................................................................42
14.3 WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER .............................................................................................................42
15 PRINTING – DATA TO PAPER ...................................................................................................42
16 SCANNING -- PAPER TO DATA .................................................................................................43
17 LOCAL SERVER – JUST LIKE THE BIG KIDS .......................................................................43
17.1 FILE SHARING ................................................................................................................................43
17.2 TIME SERVICE ................................................................................................................................43
17.3 PRIVATE WEB SERVER ...................................................................................................................44
17.4 LOCAL WEATHER STATION ............................................................................................................44
18 KVM -- SO MANY COMPUTERS SO LITTLE SPACE............................................................45
19 BACKUP – OOPS PROTECTION ................................................................................................45
19.1 ON LINE BACKUP ...........................................................................................................................45
19.2 OFF LINE BACKUP ..........................................................................................................................46
20 SAFE COMPUTING -- KEEPING THE BAD GUYS OUT ......................................................46
20.1 FIREWALL ......................................................................................................................................46
20.2 ANTI VIRUS SOFTWARE ..................................................................................................................46
20.3 SOFTWARE SECURITY PATCHES .....................................................................................................47
20.4 SPYWARE .......................................................................................................................................47
20.5 CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................................................47
20.6 SOCIAL ENGINEERING ....................................................................................................................47
21 LAPTOP – CONNECTING FROM ANYWHERE ......................................................................48
21.1 NETSWITCHER ................................................................................................................................48
22 WEB HOSTING -- YOUR PRESENCE ON THE WEB .............................................................49
23 YOURDOMAIN.COM – YOUR NAME ON THE INTERNET .................................................49
23.1 REGISTERING YOUR DOMAIN NAME ..............................................................................................49
23.2 WHOIS RECORD FOR TSCHMIDT.COM ............................................................................................50
23.3 CREATING YOUR WEB SITE ...........................................................................................................50
23.4 SITE LOGS ......................................................................................................................................51
23.5 EMAIL ............................................................................................................................................51
24 POWER DISTRIBUTION – WIRES AND MORE WIRES .......................................................51
25 CONCLUSIONS ..............................................................................................................................52