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Cisco Services & Technologies

Renewing Cisco Certifications without sitting for…

Without a doubt, Cisco certifications and specializations are among the most popular vendor certifications in the IT industry, and earning them doesn’t come easy. Anyone who’s achieved a Cisco certif…

Ethernet Protocol, CSMA/CD, Collisions

802.3 Fast Ethernet (100 Mbit/Sec) Model

Here we see a logical drawing of the Fast Ethernet Data Link Layer sublayers. Data is passed down from the upper layers (such as TCP/IP or Novell Netware) to the LLC sublayer. From there it is passed…

TCP - UDP Protocol Analysis

TCP Header Anaylsis - Section 7: TCP Data Payload…

Finally, the last page of our incredible TCP Analysis. As most of you would expect, this section is dedicated to the DATA section that follows the TCP Header. The Data Section The following diagram…

VPN Services & Guides

DNS Leak Testing & Protection – How to Avoid Expo…

Despite innovations in security and technology, it’s difficult to remain anonymous online. Identifying information is seemingly everywhere – from malicious JavaScript tracking to the location service…

TCP - UDP Protocol Analysis

TCP Header Anaylsis - Section 1: TCP Source & Des…

This section contains one of the most well-known fields in the TCP header, the Source and Destination port numbers. These fields are used to specify the application or services offered on local or re…

Web Application Vulnerability Scanners

Understanding, Avoiding & Protecting Against Cros…

This article explains what a web browser cookie is and examines how Cross Site Request Forgery work by allowing hackers to intercept and access web browser cookies from unaware users trying to l…

Cisco Firewalls

Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Firewall with IPS, ASA CX…

The Cisco ASA Firewall 5500-X series has evolved from the previous ASA 5500 Firewall series, designed to protect mission critical corporate networks and data centers from today’s advanced security th…

Network Fundamentals

Media Access Control - MAC Addresses

A MAC address, or Media Access Control address, is a unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller (NIC) for use as a network address in communications within a network segment. It i…

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)

Spanning Tree Protocol – Part 2: Rapid STP Port C…

Spanning Tree Protocol, Rapid STP port costs and port states are an essential part of the STP algorithm that affect how STP decides to forward or block a port leading to the Root Bridge. In our prev…

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

How to Join a Windows 8, 8.1 Client to Windows Do…

In this article, we will show how to add a Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 client to a Windows Domain / Active Directory. The article can be considered an extention to our Windows 2012 Server article coveri…

Windows Servers

Easy, Fast & Reliable Hyper-V & VMware Backup wit…

As more companies around the world adopt the virtualization technology to increase efficiency and productivity, Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization platform is continuously gaining ground in the globa…

The OSI Model

The OSI Model: Layer 3 - Network Layer

The Network layer is responsible for routing through an internetwork and for networking addressing. This means that the Network layer is responsible for transporting traffic between devices that are…