As a Linux user and an telecommuting employee one of my biggest challenges was configuring the VPN Client to connecct to my employer's VPN server so I had access to the Knowledge Base as well as all other Internet services:
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Using dnsmasq for DNS and DHCP services
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Software for providing DNS and DHCP services have typically come from ISC in the form of BIND and dhcpd. While these software packages are quite robust and, for the most part, quite secure, there are other alternatives that may work better depending on your situation. For smaller home or office networks, managing BIND and dhcpd may be overkill.
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Parallel SSH execution and a single shell to control them all
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Many people use SSH to log in to remote machines, copy files around, and perform general system administration. If you want to increase your productivity with SSH, you can try a tool that lets you run commands on more than one remote machine at the same time.
Read more »Sams Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 24 Hours (4th Edition)
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I suppose I should say this part up front. When I agreed to review this book, I didn't realize I knew the author. I just took a quick look at the topic and said "Sure, I'll review it". Actually, it's more accurate to say that I do some writing for a publication Joe edits.
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Networking 101: Understanding Layers
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Many so-called networking classes will start by teaching you to memorize the name of every layer and every protocol contained within this model. Don't do that. Do realize that layers 5 and 6 can be completely ignored, though.
Read more »Learn IP Networking
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A nice article for freshers who want to start a career in IP Networking and computer security.
Read more »Howto: Setup a Software Firewall in Linux using Firestarter
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One of the great features included in Linux is the IPtables firewall. Unfortunately, its command-line use is rather complex, and it can be intimidating for even experienced Linux users to configure it. Firestarter is a friendly graphical interface that allows you to configure a software firewall in Linux using the built-in IPtables/IPchains utilities.
Read more »Manage your wifi networks and profiles with wifi-radar
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I have been traveling the last two weeks, and I have found how useful is wifi-radar on my Linux powered laptop.
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OpenWRT 101 - what's behind the Wi-Fi revolution
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OpenWRT is one of the key drivers behind the Wi-Fi revolution. It got its start as an embedded Linux platform for wireless routers, perhaps inspired by (while separate from) the GPL'd Linksys code, and since 2004 it has been managed as an open source project. OpenWRT has proven to be highly versatile and has spawned a number of forks.
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Music Player Daemon rocks your net
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The Music Player Daemon (MPD) is a very different, and very cool, way to play back music online. Unlike typical music-playing applications, MPD does not have a graphical (or even command-line) interface. Instead, a variety of clients interact with MPD over the network.
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