The January 2000 issue of Linux Journal (#69) will be mailed from the printers in Waseca, Minnesota on December 12, 1999. Linux Journal Contents -- #69 -- January 2000 _________________________________________________________________ Subscribers: To voice your opinions on and join discussion groups about these articles, go to our interactive site at http://interactive.linuxjournal.com/ Focus * Networking and Communications by Marjorie Richardson Features * The OpenPhone Project--Internet Telephony for Everyone! by Greg Herlein A look at voice-over IP technology and how this projectis going about making every computer phone-enabled. * World Domination by Eric Raymond As usual, Eric tells it like is. An honest look at whereLinux is headed. * Advanced Packet Data Testing with Linux by Wesley Erhart, Joseph Bell, Marc Hammons and Mark Mains Explore the world of packet radio, the Linux IP internalsand device-driver development. * BIND Version 8 Features by Eddie Harari The latest release fixes security holes and has many newoptions. Forum * Using the Red Hat Package Manager by Kirk Rafferty * Workings of a Virtual Private Network in Linux--Part 2 by David Morgan * 1999 Readers' Choice Awards by Jason Kroll * Penguin Playoffs Awards by Peter H. Salus, Marjorie Richardson and Jason Kroll Reviews * Product Reviews + Source-Navigator Version 4.2 by Daniel Lazenby * Book Reviews + PNG: The Definitive Guide by Michael J. Hammel + The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Peter Salus Columns * Linux Apprentice: Simplified IP Addressing by Gene E. Hector * Linux Means Business: Audio and Video Streaming for the Masses by Gerald Crimp * Kernel Korner: The Bullet Points: Linux 2.4 by Joseph Pranevich * Cooking with Linux: The PPP Connection by Marcel Gagne * At the Forge: A Simple Search Engine by Reuven M. Lerner * Focus on Software by David A. Bandel Departments * Letters * upFRONT * From the Publisher: January 2000 by Phil Hughes * Penguin's Progress: A Look at IPv6 by Peter Salus * Linux for Suits: Running the Numbers by Doc Searls * Best of Technical Support * New Products + New Products * Advertisers Index Strictly On-Line * Linux and Banking by Josip Almasi * Writing an Alphanumeric Pager Server for Linux by Erik Max Francis * Perl Annotated Archives by Paul Dunne * The Collaborative Virtual Workspace by Stephen Jones * Core PHP Programming: Using PHP to Build Dynamic Web Sites by Allen Riddell * AppSwitch: Network Switching with Ada from Linux by Ann S. Brandon _________________________________________________________________ Linux Journal is carried by some newsstands (including all fatbrain.com stores) and is delivered to newsstands by a newsstand distributor. If you know a place that sells magazines that you feel should stock LJ, send e-mail to dist@ssc.com or have them call SSC at 206-782-7733. Getting LJ on newsstands is one of the best ways we can show the non-Internet crowd that Linux is for real. Subscriptions are: US$22/year U.S. US$27/year Canada & Mexico US$37/year Foreign US$39/2 years U.S. US$49/2 years Canada & Mexico US$37/year Foreign US$39/2 years U.S. US$49/2 years Canada & Mexico US$64/2 years Foreign Linux Journal P.O. Box 55549 Seattle, WA 98155-0549 USA Fax: +1 206-297-7515 Tel: +1 888-66-LINUX E-mail: subs@ssc.com URL: http://www.linuxjournal.com/ Our public key (for encrypting your credit card number) is available by fingering linux@ssc.com. Subscriptions begin with the *next upcoming* issue. Back issues are available (except for Issues #1, #3, #4, #5, #30 and #44, #47, #48, #54, #56 and #57, we're out) for $6 each or $8 each non-North American airmail. ***Note: All funds should be in U.S. dollars***