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Network Protocol Analyzers

How to Detect P2P (peer-to-peer) File Sharing, ...

Peer-to-Peer file sharing traffic has become a very large problem for many organizations as users engage in illegal (most times) file sharing proce...
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Advanced Network Protocol Analyzer Review: Cola...

Firewall.cx has covered Colasoft Capsa several times in the past, but its constant improvements make it well worth revisiting. Since the last revie...
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Colasoft Unified Performance Management (UPM) is a business-oriented network performance management system, which analyzes network performance, qua...

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Complete Guide: Configuring IPSec VPN between Palo A...

This article will show you how to configure an IPSec VPN tunnel between a Palo Alto firewall (all PANOS versions) and Meraki MX security appliance. Our ...
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How to Fix Palo Alto Firewall “Error: Image File Aut...

Keeping your Palo Alto Firewall up to date with the latest PAN-OS software updates is an important step to ensure your organization is protected against...
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Introduction to Palo Alto Next-Generation Network Fi...

During the past decade, we’ve seen the global IT security market flooded with new network security and firewall security appliances. New vendors emergin...
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Palo Alto Firewall Configuration Options. Tap Mode, ...

Our previous article explained how Palo Alto Firewalls make use of Security Zones to process and enforce security policies. This article will explain th...

Windows Servers

How to Install and Configure Windows 2012 DNS Server...

Our previous article covered introduction to the Domain Name System (DNS) and explained the importance of the DNS Server role within the network infrast...
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Introduction to Windows DNS – The Importance of DNS ...

The Domain Name System (DNS) is perhaps one of the most important services for Active Directory. DNS provides name resolution services for Active Direct...
Windows Servers

How to Install Windows 2012 Hyper-V via Server Manag...

Our previous article covered the basic concepts of Virtualization and Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V.  This article takes a closer look at Microsoft’s...
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Windows Server Group Policy Link Enforcement, Inheri...

Our previous article explained what Group Policy Objects (GPO) are and showed how group policies can be configured to help control computers and users w...

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Unicast is a communication method used in computer networking where data is sent from a single sender to a specific destination device. In this me...
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One of the first things IT Administrators and IT Managers notice after a fresh installation of Windows 2012 Server is that there are no Desktop Icons ap...
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Configuring Windows Server Roaming Profiles

Windows roaming profiles allow the mobile users of a company to always work with their personal settings from any network computer in a domain. Roaming ...

Cisco Routers

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Router-on-a-stick is a term frequently used to describe a setup up that consists of a router and switch connected using one Ethernet link configured as ...
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