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Network Protocols

Understanding VPN IPSec Tunnel Mode and IPSec Tra…

IPSec’s protocol objective is to provide security services for IP packets such as encrypting sensitive data, authentication, protection against replay and data confidentiality. As outlined in our IP…

VPN Services & Guides

VPN Hotspot - How to Stay Safe on Public & Guest…

Is Guest WiFi Safe? It’s hard to go to a pub, café, or hotel these days without running into public or guest WiFi. In many cases, an internet connection can feel like a necessity – keeping up with w…

Cisco Routers

Cisco GRE and IPSec - GRE over IPSec - Selecting…

GRE Tunnels are very common amongst VPN implementations thanks to their simplicity and ease of configuration. With broadcasting and multicasting support, as opposed to pure IPSec VPNs, they tend to b…

Windows Workstations (XP, 7, 8, 10, 11)

Microsoft Windows XP - End of Life / End of Suppo…

A Q&A with Cristian Florian, Product Manager For GFI LanGuard On Security Implications & Planning Ahead With Windows XP End of Life & End of Support just around the corner (8th of April…

TCP - UDP Protocol Analysis

Transmission Control Protocol - Part 3: The TCP H…

This article shows the TCP Header and Segment. We explain where the TCP Header and Segment are located in an Ethernet frame and also briefly view the available options in the TCP Header. Our easy-to-…

Linux - Unix

Critical 15 Year-old Linux Security Hole (Ghost)…

Security researchers at qualys.com yesterday released information on a critical 15 year-old Linux security hole which affects millions of Linux systems dated back to the year 2000. The newly pu…

Network Fundamentals

Network Broadcast

The term "Broadcast" is used very frequently in the networking world . You will see it in most networking books and articles, or see it happening on your hub/switch when all the LED's start flashing…

Routing

Routed Protocols

We all understand that TCP/IP, IPX-SPX are protocols which are used in a Local Area Network (LAN) so computers can communicate between with each other and with other computers on the Internet. Chanc…

Windows Servers

Installing Windows Server 2012 Active Directory v…

This article serves as an Active Directory tutorial covering installation and setup of a Windows 2012 Domain Controller using Windows Server Manager (GUI). Readers interested in performing the insta…

Network Cabling

Early Communication Technology - Morse Code and E…

We tend to think of digital communication as a new idea but in 1844 a man called Samuel Morse sent a message 37 miles from Washington D.C. to Baltimore, using his new invention ‘The Telegraph’. This…

The OSI Model

The OSI Model: Layer 4 - Transport Layer

The Transport layer is responsible for providing mechanisms for multiplexing upper-layer application, session establishment, data transfer and tear down of virtual circuits. It also hides details of…

Cisco Routers

Configuring PPTP (VPDN) Server On A Cisco Router

The Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a network protocol used to create VPN tunnels between public networks. These VPN tunnels are encrypted from one end to the other and allow the secure t…