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There is no doubt that Cloud Computing is hot topic these days. Innovations in cloud computing models have made every industry and company IT departm…
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Part 1 of our Windows 2003 DHCP Server Advanced Configuration article explained the creation and configuration of DHCP Scope options and how to confi…
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Our previous article covered introduction to the Domain Name System (DNS) and explained the importance of the DNS Server role within the network infr…
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What is Server Virtualization? Server virtualization is the process of apportioning a physical server into several smaller virtual servers. During se…
Linux - Unix
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…
Linux - Unix
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, de…
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File & folder security is a big part of any operating system and Linux is no exception! These permissions allow you to choose exactly who can access…

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