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SASE & SD-WAN Networks

Configuring A SASE Unified Network: Data centers…

This article explores the need for Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) in today’s organizations. We show how one of the most advanced SASE platforms available, combines VPN and VPN and SD-WAN capabilit…

The OSI Model

The OSI Model: Layer 2 - Datalink Layer

The Datalink ensures that messages are delivered to the proper device and translates messages from the Network layer into bits for the Physical layer to transmit. It formats the message into data fra…

TCP - UDP Protocol Analysis

TCP Header Anaylsis - Section 3: TCP Header Lengt…

The third field under close examination is the TCP Header length. There really isn't that much to say about the Header length other than to explain what it represents and how to interpret its values…

Windows Servers

How to Enable & Configure Shadow Copy for Shared…

When you shadow copy a disk volume, you are actually generating a snapshot of the changes made to the folders and files within the disk volume at a certain point in time. Windows 2012 R2 shadow copy…

Cisco Switches

End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the…

Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Catalyst 3750G, 3560G, 3750-E, and 3560-E Series Switches. The last day to order the affected product(s) is January 30, 2013. Custo…

Web Application Vulnerability Scanners

Acunetix v12: More Comprehensive, More Accurate a…

22nd May 2018: Acunetix, the pioneer in automated web application security software, has announced the release of version 12. This new version provides support for JavaScript ES7 to better analyse si…

Linux - Unix

Linux BIND DNS - Part 4: Common BIND Files - Name…

So far we have covered in great detail the main files required for the firewall.cx domain. These files, which we named db.firewall.cx and db.192.168.0, define all the resouce records and hosts availa…

TCP - UDP Protocol Analysis

Transmission Control Protocol - Part 1: Introduct…

Understanding how each protocol fits into the OSI Model is essential for any network engineer. This page analyses how TCP is classified as a 'transport protocol' and gives you an insight into what to…

Routing

Link State Routing Protocols

Link State routing protocols do not view networks in terms of adjacent routers and hop counts, but they build a comprehensive view of the overall network which fully describes the all possible routes…

Windows Servers

Windows Server 2016 Licensing Made Easy – Underst…

This article describes the new Windows Server 2016 Licensing model (per-core licensing) Microsoft has implemented for its new server-based operating system. While the Windows Server 2012 Licensing mo…

Windows Servers

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 profiles are a collection of personal user sett…

Network Protocol Analyzers

How to Use Multi-Segment Analysis to Troubleshoot…

Troubleshooting network problems can be a very intensive and challenging process. Intermittent network problems are even more difficult to troubleshoot as the problem occurs at random times with a ra…