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Cisco Routers

Cisco Router Basics

This article will focus on Cisco's routers which can be found in almost any organization due to their popularity and market penetration. Cisco has a number of different routers, amongst them are t...

Web Application Vulnerability Scanners

Precision Web Application Vulnerability Scannin...

There are two primary approaches to web application security testing. Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), also called black box testing, imitates an attacker. The application is tested fr...

Windows Servers

Active Directory Tombstone Lifetime Modification

Tombstone is a container object that contains the deleted objects from Active Directory. Actually when an object is deleted from Active Directory, it is not physically removed from the Active Direc...

IP Protocol

IP Protocol - Part 2: The Internet Protocol (IP...

This article examines the Internet Protocol (IP) and its position within the OSI Model. We take a look at the IP Header and all fields contained within an Ethernet frame. Further examination of the...

Linux - Unix

Linux BIND DNS - Part 4: Common BIND Files - Na...

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 avai...

Linux - Unix

Configuring Linux to Act as a Firewall - Linux ...

What exactly is a firewall? As in the non-computer world, a firewall acts as a physical barrier to prevent fires from spreading. In the computer world too, the firewall acts in a similar manner, on...

Windows Servers

Installing Active Directory Services & Domain C...

This article serves as an Active Directory tutorial covering installation and setup of Windows 2012 Active Directory Services Role & Domain Controller using Windows 2012 PowerShell. Our previo...

Cisco Routers

How To Fix Cisco Configuration Professional (CC...

Our previous article covered how to fix the Cisco Configuration Professional display/window problem where the CCP application is displayed in about one third of the browser’s window. Users looking ...

Ethernet Protocol, CSMA/CD, Collisions

The IEEE 802.3 SNAP Frame Format

While the original 802.3 specification worked well, the IEEE realized that some upper layer protocols required an Ethertype to work properly. For example, TCP/IP uses the Ethertype to differentiate...

Ethernet Protocol, CSMA/CD, Collisions

Integrating Fast Ethernet into 10MB Ethernet Ne...

Now that Fast Ethernet is here, the question becomes, "How do I start using it ?" Integrating Fast Ethernet into existing networks need not be done all at once. Here are some aspects of 100Mbps im...

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 o...

OpManager - Network Monitoring & Management

Free March 2021 Training/Seminars: Endpoint Man...

ManageEngine continues its commitment to help IT staff around the globe manage their organization's endpoints and the IT operations for the remote and on-site workforce. The below Free seminars ru...