New Releases by Paul Hoffman

This document seeks to assist organizations in understanding the capabilities of firewall technologies and firewall policies. It provides practical guidance on developing firewall policies and selecting, configuring, testing, deploying, and managing firewalls.

This is a collection of Paul Hoffman''s wide-ranging essays on Descartes composed over the past twenty-five years. The essays in Part I include his celebrated "The Unity of Descartes'' Man," in which he argues that Descartes accepts the Aristotelian view that soul and body are related as form to matter and that the human being is a substance; a series of subsequent essays elaborating on this interpretation and defending it against objections; and an essay on Descartes'' theory of distinction. In the essays in Part II he argues that Descartes retains the Aristotelian theory of causation according to which an agent''s action is the same as the passion it brings about, and explains the significance of this doctrine for understanding Descartes'' dualism and physics. In the essays in Part III he argues that Descartes accepts the Aristotelian theory of cognition according to which perception is possible because things that exist in the world are also capable of a different way of existing in the soul, and he shows how this theory figures in Descartes'' account of misrepresentation and in the controversy over whether Descartes is a direct realist or a representationalist. The essays in Part IV examine Descartes'' theory of the passions of the soul: their definition; their effect on our happiness, virtue, and freedom; and methods of controlling them.

Paul Erdos, the most prolific and eccentric mathematician of our time, forsook all creature comforts - including a hometo pursue his lifelong study of numbers. He was a man who possessed unimaginable powers of thought yet was unable to manage some of the simplest daily tasks. For more than six decades, Erdos lived out of two tattered suitcases, crisscrossing four continents at a frenzied pace, chasing mathematical problems and fresh talent. Erdos saw mathematics as a search for lasting beauty and ultimate truth. It was a search Erdos never abandoned, even as his life was torn asunder by some of the major political dramas of our time. In this biography, Hoffman uses Erdos''s life and work to introduce readers to a cast of remarkable geniuses, from Archimedes to Stanislaw Ulam, one of the chief minds behind the Los Alamos nuclear project.

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) provide users with secure remote access to an organization''s resources. An SSL VPN consists of one or more VPN devices to which users connect using their Web browsers. The traffic between the Web browser and SSL VPN device is encrypted with the SSL protocol. SSL VPNs can provide remote users with access to Web applications and client/server applications, as well as connectivity to internal networks. They offer versatility and ease of use because they use the SSL protocol, which is included with all standard Web browsers, so special client configuration or installation is often not required. In planning a VPN deployment, many organizations are faced with a choice between an IPsec-based VPN and an SSL-based VPN. This document seeks to assist organizations in understanding SSL VPN technologies. The publication also makes recommendations for designing, implementing, configuring, securing, monitoring, and maintaining SSL VPN solutions. SP 800-113 provides a phased approach to SSL VPN planning and implementation that can help in achieving successful SSL VPN deployments. It also includes a comparison with other similar technologies such as Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) VPNs and other VPN solutions.

As a young man, Paul Hoffman was a brilliant chess player . . . until the pressures of competition drove him to the brink of madness. In King''s Gambit, he interweaves a gripping overview of the history of the game and an in-depth look at the state of modern chess into the story of his own attempt to get his game back up to master level -- without losing his mind. It''s also a father and son story, as Hoffman grapples with the bizarre legacy of his own dad, who haunts Hoffman''s game and life.

Paul Hoffman, a former senior censor at the British Board of Film Classification, has written a compelling and captivating novel that challenges our ideas about censorship, prejudice and the fine line between art and exploitation.

Biography of the young Brazilian who moved to Paris where he experimented with flight until Europeans came to call him the man who conquered air.

A verdadeira e extraordinária vida de Santos-Dumont na mais completa e reveladora biografia do pai da aviação ''Santos-Dumont era um homem como poucos. O Inesquecível livro de Hoffman conta, com compaixão e empatia, o lado humano de sua história.'' - The New York Times Pela primeira vez, o premiado jornalista americano Paul Hoffman narra a verdadeira e extraordinária história da vida do aviador brasileiro Alberto Santos-Dumont e dos primórdios da aviação. FRuto de minuciosa e abrangente pesquisa, Asas da Loucura explora em minúcias, sem mitificação, os aspectos pessoais da vida do aviador e os detalhes de sua personalidade controversa. DE suas páginas emerge o retrato sincero de um homem que contribuiu de forma única para a conquista dos céus pelo homem. A Infância em Minas Gerais, cercado pelas obras de Júlio Verne e pelas narrativas históricas dos primeiros vôos em balões. A Chegada em Paris e as experiências inéditas com o balonismo e os dirigíveis. A Inventividade e a ousadia nos costumes que fizeram do reservado brasileiro a coqueluche da capital francesa. A Ousada circunavegação da Torre Eiffel, em 1901, diante de uma platéia embevecida. A Tão sonhada fama e o carisma que o tornaram, durante um determinado período, o homem mais célebre do mundo. OS distúrbios psicológicos e a morte precoce cujas circunstâncias são, pela primeira vez, reveladas integralmente. TOdos esses elementos participam da construção de uma personalidade contraditória e singular. DEsde pequeno, na imensa e remota fazenda de café do pai em Minas Gerais, o futuro aeronauta já demonstrava grande fascínio pelo funcionamento das imponentes máquinas moedoras de café e por motores de toda espécie. TInha duas obsessões em mente: a primeira era voar, a segunda, alcançar a fama. NA virada do século, o jovem Alberto se muda para Paris. EM pouco tempo, o extravagante e impecavelmente bem-vestido aviador já passeia pelos bares e restaurantes da cidade a bordo de um dirigível de sua invenção. DEpois de vencer a competição internacional de construção do primeiro avião de verdade, Santos-Dumont é consagrado pela imprensa como o conquistador dos ares - na época, a notícia dos primeiros vôos dos irmãos Wright, grandes rivais do brasileiro ao título de pais da aviação, ainda não chegara à Europa. OS anos de glória, porém, seriam breves. HUmanitário pacifista, Santos-Dumont testemunhou com grande desgosto a capacidade de destruição dos aviões durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial. A Consagração dos irmãos Wright foi outro motivo de contrariedade. CAda vez mais recluso e irascível, o brasileiro seria diagnosticado com esclerose múltipla com apenas 36 anos. O Homem que conheceu cedo a glória terminaria seus dias mergulhado na loucura e no desespero. NUma narrativa arrebatadora, Hoffman conta a história de um homem atormentado, que contribuiu de forma decisiva para a modernidade e simbolizou o espírito torturado do século XX. EIs, finalmente, a biografia definitiva do pai da aviação.

Pour comprendre enfin quelque chose à la micro-informatique ! Vous voici confronté à un micro-ordinateur - plus par nécessité que par goût, avouons-le -, sans savoir par quel bout prendre cet instrument barbare et capricieux. Oubliez toute appréhension, cette nouvelle collection est réellement faite pour vous ! Perl est un langage de programmation très utilisé par tous les webmasters de la planète. Passé la découverte des concepts clés du langage Perl, vous apprendrez à développer des programmes qui donneront à vos pages Web un punch incroyable !

When Steven Grlscz saves a young woman from throwing herself in front of a train, he finds himself consumed by a love affair which transforms her from a suicidal, angry anorexic into a happy, beautiful young woman. Then she vanishes without trace.

Free Netscape Communicator "Cheat Sheet" Inside! Use Netscape Communicator to Visit Web Sites, Access Newsgroups, and Download Files from FTP Sites The World Wide Web is the hottest place on the Internet. This book shows you how to use Netscape Communicator and its popular Navigator Web browser to find information, download files, send e-mail, read Usenet news, participate in online chats, build Web pages, and much more! Whether you''re a Mac or Windows user, you will find what you need with Netscape Communicator™ 4 For Dummies®. Ask for IDG Books'' …For Dummies® Books, the Fun and Easy Way to Find Out About Computers. Also look for IDG Books'' The Internet For Dummies®, 4th Edition, the fun and easy to find out about the Internet, and Creating Web Pages For Dummies®, 2nd Edition, the fast and friendly way to create your own Web page. Inside, find helpful advice on how to: Get your PC up and running on the Web Create your own Web site using Communicator''s built-in HTML editor: Composer Customize Communicator to look and act how you want Send and receive e-mail using Communicator''s Messenger mail client Visit the best places on the Web today Interact with newsgroups using Netscape Collabra

Explains how to navigate the World Wide Web using Netscape

The definitive Internet-access guide for inexperienced and first-time computer owners. Historical and educational insight plus practical tips on use make this reference the total resource for Internet newcomers. Readers will learn the most important Internet buzz words and discover how to shop intelligently for Internet services and how to best take advantage of on-line time.

This bestseller targets all Internet users, providing quick alphabetic access to concepts and terminology associated with the Internet. This edition covers graphical and character-based user interfaces, making it well suited for all users. The book points to updated resources and changes on the Internet, and includes a new appendix showing various ways to get connected to the Internet.

How to increase the value of your home and to rehabilitate investment property property for quick profit.

An easy-paced guide that takes readers from the basics to intermediate level techniques. The hands-on exercises, helpful illustrations, and real-life examples get readers off to a rapid start. After reading the book, readers will have a thorough understanding of the newest version of Microsoft Word for the Macintosh.

Covers all the new features of release 6.

The Internet is an elegant four-color companion to the PBS special, The Internet Show, which will be broadcast in 65 major cities on over 200 television stations in late November and early December, 1994. The book not only covers the territory and subject matter addressed in the show, but also provides reference and how-to material and practical tips to make this the total resource for Internet addicts and newcomers alike. (Communications / Networking)