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

Installing The ‘Unsupported’ Profilic USB-to-Seri…

Thanks to the absence of dedicated serial ports on today’s laptops and ultrabooks, USB-to-Serial adapters are very popular amongst Cisco engineers as they are used to perform the initial configuratio…

Linux - Unix

Understanding The Linux Init Process & Different…

Different Linux systems can be used in many ways. This is the main idea behind operating different services at different operating levels. For example, the Graphical User Interface can only be run if…

Linux - Unix

Finding More Information On The Linux Operating S…

Since this document merely scratches the surface when it comes to Linux, you will probably find you have lots of questions and possibly problems. Whether these are problems with the operating system…

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…

Linux - Unix

Linux VIM / Vi Editor - Tutorial - Basic & Advanc…

When you are using Vim, you want to know three things - getting in, moving about and getting out. Of course, while doing these three basic operations, you would like to do something meaningful as wel…

TCP - UDP Protocol Analysis

TCP Header Anaylsis - Section 4: TCP Flag Options

As we have seen in the previous pages, some TCP segments carry data while others are simple acknowledgements for previously received data. The popular 3-way handshake utilises the SYNs and ACKs avail…

Network Address Translation - NAT

Static NAT - Part 1

Static NAT (also called inbound mapping) is the first mode we're going to talk about and also happens to be the most uncommon between smaller networks. Static NAT was mainly created to allow hosts o…

Windows Servers

How to Easily Change Network Card Profile / Netwo…

Network Location Awareness (NLA) is a feature offered on Windows Server 2012 R2 and all Windows workstation editions from Windows 8.1 and above, including Windows 10. When connecting to a network (LA…

ICMP Protocol

ICMP Protocol - Part 7: Time Exceeded Message Ana…

The ICMP - Time Exceeded message is one which is usually created by gateways or routers. In order to fully understand this ICMP message, you must be familiar with the IP header within a packet. Our r…

Cisco CallManager-CCME

How To Upgrade Cisco - Linksys SPA8000 Firmware

The Cisco - Linksys SPA8000 is an 8-port IP Telephony Gateway that allows connections for up to eight analog telephones (provides 8 FXS ports) to a VoIP network using the Session Initiation Protocol…

Virtualization & VM Backup

How to Enable SNMP on VMware ESXi Host & Configur…

In this article we will show you how to enable SNMP on your VMware ESXi host, configure SNMP Community string and configure your ESXi firewall to allow or block access to the SNMP service from specif…

Netflow

Netflow: Monitor Bandwidth & Network Utilization…

Monitoring network traffic & bandwidth usage via Netflow is mandatory for any type and size network. Gaining visibility into user traffic, application traffic and data flows allows network engine…