Advanced Topics in Global Information Management, Vol. 3 (Advanced Topics in Global Information Management Series)

B flag (Linux routing table) 

backbone parameter (gated) 

backbones (OSPF hierarchy) 

background mode (sendmail) 

background parameter (gated) 

base64 (MIME encoding type) 

basic (MIME data subtype) 

bastion host (firewalls) 

beep command (dip) 

Berkeley Internet Name Domain  [See BIND]

Best Current Practices (BCP) RFCs 

bestmx (sendmail K command value) 

bg option (vfstab file) 

BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)  2nd 

    autonomous system numbers 

    group types 

    peers 

bgp parameter (gated) 

bgp statement (gated) 

bilateral agreements (routing) 

binary (MIME encoding type) 

binary data 

binary files, security considerations 

BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain)  2nd 

    BIND 9

        controls statement 

        logging statement 

        options statement 

        server statement 

        view statement 

        zone statement 

    caching-only servers, configuring 

    configurations 

    directives 

    master name, configuring 

    named command, configuring 

    named.conf file 

    overview 

    slave, configuring 

    Unix DNS 

BindAddress option (multi-homed servers) 

bit mask 

    addresses 

    routing tables 

bitdomain (sendmail database feature) 

biz domain 

blackhole (gated) 

blackhole option (named) 

blackhole parameter (gated) 

Boolean values (printcap file) 

BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol) 

    clients, automatic address assignment 

    DHCP 

bootp command (dip) 

BOOTPROTO (Linux configuration value) 

Bootstrap Protocol  [See BOOTP]

bootup  [See also startup files]

    Apache daemons, launching 

    ifconfig command-line, persistence of 

    mounted directories and 

    share command persistence 

    Solaris 

Border Gateway Protocol  [See BGP]

break command (dip) 

brief parameter (gated) 

broadcast (gated) 

BROADCAST (Linux configuration value) 

broadcast address argument (ifconfig command) 

broadcast addresses 

    assigning, ifconfig command 

BROADCAST flag (ifconfig command) 

broadcast GRE over IP option (Linux kernel configuration) 

broadcast parameter (gated)

    rip statement 

    routerdiscovery statement 

browseable parameter (smb.config file) 

BrowserMatch directive (Apache) 

BSD Unix

    configuration file 

        devices statement 

        options statement 

        pseudo-device statement 

    default configuration, overriding 

    fstab files 

    startup files 

    static routing, adding to startup scripts 

bsdcomp option (pppd) 

btree (sendmail K command value) 

buffer overruns, avoiding 

Bugtraq web site 

Build script, sendmail, compiling 

byte numbering, synchronizing