April 2000, Volume 25, Number 2
Table of Contents

MOTD by Rob Kolstad
APROPOS by Tina Darmohray
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

INTERNET
Speaking HTTP by Oleg Kiselyov
Electronic Privacy in the Workplace by John Nicholson
Musings by Rik Farrow

OPEN SOURCE
Performance Tuning with Source Code UNIX by Bob Gray

PROGRAMMING
Java Performance by Glen McCluskey
Using Java by Prithvi Rao
The Tclsh Spot by Clif Flynt
Effective Perl Programming by Joseph N. Hall

SECURITY
The Network Police Blotter by Marcus J. Ranum
An Interview with Mudge by Rob Kolstad

SYS ADMIN
The Magic, Art, and Science of Customer Support by Christopher M. Russo
Application Note by Eljakim Schrijvers
Dot-Coms' Newest Secret Weapon Doesn't Have a Name by Lenny Liebmann
"This Company Doesn't..." by Steve Johnson and Dusty White

BOOK REVIEWS
The Bookworm by Peter H. Salus

STANDARDS REPORT
The POSIX Bookshelf by David Blackwood
Austin Group Update by Andrew Josey
Recent Publications from The Open Group by Andrew Josey

USENIX NEWS
Tomorrow's Scientist and Urban Planners Create the City of the Future by Noel N. Kriftcher
Software Patent Institute Report by Roland J. Cole
20 Years Ago in UNIX by Peter Salus
Call for Nominations for Two Awards by The USENIX Awards Committee
Board Meeting Summary by Gale Berkowitz and Ellie Young

SAGE NEWS
From the SAGE President by Barbara Dijker
Certification 2000 by Barbara Dijker
System Administrator Occupational Analysis by Barbara Dijker

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CALLS
4th Annual Linux Showcase & Conference, Atlanta
2000 USENIX Annual Technical Conference Program
6th USENIX Conference on Object-Oriented Technologies and Systems (COOTS '01)