Welcome to Pete’s Wicked World: A SunWorld Column Archive
About Pete’s Wicked World
Pete’s Wicked World, originally a popular security column in Unix Insider, also known as SunWorld, provided insightful and critical perspectives on various aspects of UNIX security. Authored by Peter Baer Galvin, these columns were a go-to resource for many in the tech industry.
Column Archive Availability
While Unix Insider has been integrated into its parent company’s website, leading to the original columns being unavailable on the IT World master site, we are pleased to offer them here. This is made possible thanks to the generosity of the editors and the permission of SunWorld Magazine and IDG.
Index of Columns
Explore a comprehensive index of “Pete’s Wicked World” columns, noting that some of them may reflect the context of their original publication date:
Pete’s Wicked World 1996
- Firewalls in many flavors
- Put a tiger in your tank
- Billions and billions of bugs
- Web server wiles, part 1
- Web server wiles, part 2
- In the trenches
- The SeOS security blanket
- Controlling ACLs
- NIS+, part 1
- NIS+, part 2
- Distinguish firewall hype, part 1
- Distinguish firewall hype, part 2
- Penetration testing
- Practicing what I preach, part 1
Pete’s Wicked World 1997
- Practicing what I preach, part 2
- On the road again
- Avoid firewall pitfalls
- How to detect a break-in
- Web Security & Ecommerce
- Are you certifiable?
- Should Sun be your security manager?
- Solaris 2.6 security features
Pete’s Wicked World 1998
- A conference a day
- Enter the security shell
- Mastering the secure shell
- Designing secure software
- Web server wiles ‘98, part 1
- Web server wiles ‘98, part 2
- Report from SANS ‘98
- The Unix Secure Programming FAQ
- Me and my SHADOW
- Security book review
- So long, and thanks for all the bugs
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