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Free Hyper-V eBook - Create, Manage and Troublesh…
With the introduction of Hyper-V on the Windows Server platform, virtualization has quickly become the de facto standard for all companies seeking to…
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Understanding, Creating, Configuring & Applying W…
This article explains what Group Policies are and shows how to configure Windows Server 2012 Active Directory Group Policies. Our next article will c…
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Creating a Virtual Machine in Windows Hyper-V. Co…
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Configuring Linux to Act as a Firewall - Linux IPTable…
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…
Linux - Unix
Understanding The Linux Init Process & Different RunLe…
Different Linux systems can be used in many ways. This is the main idea behind operating different services at different operating levels. For example, th…
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Linux BIND DNS - Part 4: Common BIND Files - Named.loc…
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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You could actually skip this whole section for those who are already familiar with the topic, but we highly recommend you read it because this is the hear…
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