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[2004-02-17] MacOSX lookupd and NetInfo
Changing Name Resolution Order
Name resolution is how your system figures out the actual IP address for host.xyz.com (and vice-versa). For most Unix systems, that function is provided by "named" and the configuration files are /etc/resolv.conf, named.conf, and perhaps nsswitch.conf. While you'll find a resolv.conf and even a named.conf on Mac OS X, you won't find named in the process list. Instead, MacOSX has a neat resolver capability controlled by "lookupd".
[2004-02-03] Securing POP mail access in MacOSX
I always worry about my website. Security is serious stuff, and you really can't be too careful. I don't enable telnet, rlogin and use long, complicated passwords with ssh and so on. I use a shared webserver (http://www.interland.com) that allows me virtual root access, and I fortunately don't have to worry about things like sendmail; Interland keeps on top of that sort of thing for me.
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