Chapter 2: The Ingredients
(Introduction)

Ingredients:

  • The Mac OS
  • The Internet and Intranets
  • How to Behave - The Canon of Conduct
  • Clients and Servers
  • Basic Cooking Tools

From the global recipe you now have a basic idea of what you will be able to cook using this cookbook. It is now time to get to know your kitchen a little better; a prerequisite to cooking and serving a fine meal.

Table 2-1: The Mac OS Advantage

Product Description
MacKiDo by David K. Every A Mac advocacy and information site.
NT Lies by PC Computing A July 1997 article about the most popular lies about Windows NT.
Web User Surveys by Georgia Tech GVU Lab Widely cited surveys about Web server and client usage.
Why Mac? Why NOT NT by MacKiDo A comparison of the virtues and vices of the Mac OS and Windows NT from a business perspective.

Table 2-2 Mac Internet Hacking Challenges

Product Description
Crack a Mac Challenge by   A Sweden-based Mac hacking challenge that was eventually breached.

Table 2-3 The History of the Internet

Product Description
Computer History by Yahoo! The Yahoo! section on computer history links.
History of the Internet by SC97 The Web version of an exhibit from the SC97: High-Performance Networking and Computing conferenc.
Internet Society by Internet Society Has a detailed discussion of Internet philosophy.
Internet Timeline by Robert Hobbes Text-only timeline of Internet history.

Table 2-4 Sources of Internet Statistics

Product Description
Internet Domain Survey by Network Wizards An attempt to discover every host on the Internet, by Network Wizards and the Internet Software Consortium.
Internet Statistics by Yahoo! A good starting point for searching out Internet statistics.
Irresponsible Internet Statistics Generator by Anamorph A fun site that speculates on Internet growth.
Matrix Maps Quarterly by Matrix Information and Directory Services, Inc. Quarterly Internet statistics and graphics.
Web Server Survey by Netcraft A survey of Web server software on Internet-connected computers.
Web User Surveys by Georgia Tech GVU Center Annual survey of Web server and client usage.

Table 2-5 Understanding Domain Name Services

Product Description
DNS overview by Charles Hedrick A brief introduction to the Domain Name System.
DNS Resources Directory by Andr·s Salamon Online information about the Domain Name System since 1994.
Domain Name Service by Yahoo! Yahoo! listing of DNS references.
Guide to DNS by University of Southern Maine A tutorial on the Domain Name Service.

Table 2-7 Examples of Mail User Agents (MUAs)

Product Description
Claris E-mailer by Claris Software Claris E-mailer and E-mailer Lite were discontinued when Claris became FileMaker Pro, Inc.
Eudora Pro by Qualcomm Eudora Pro e-mail client software from Qualcomm.
Mailsmith by Bare Bones Software An e-mail client from the makers of BBEdit.