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Introduction to Windows DNS – The Importance of...

The Domain Name System (DNS) is perhaps one of the most important services for Active Directory. DNS provides name resolution services for Active D...
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Introduction To Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtuali...

FREE Hyper-V & VMware Backup:  FREE for Firewall.cx readers for a Limited Time!  Download Now! Virtualization is an abstraction laye...
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The Importance of a Comprehensive Backup Strate...

People and companies usually adopt a backup strategy suited to the needs of their working environment. As such, there is no absolute right or wrong...
Windows Servers

How to Recover & Create "Show Desktop" Icon Fun...

The Show Desktop feature, included with almost all versions of Windows up to Windows 7, allows a user to minimize or restore all open programs and ...

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In this article, we'll show you how to deal with VMs which are reported to have an Invalid Status as shown in the screenshot below. This is a ...

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Everyone who attends the webinar has a chance of winning a VMware VCP course (VMware Install, Config, Manage) worth $4,500! Climbing the career la...

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When considering your VM backup solution, key features such as deduplication are incredibly important. This is not simply from a cost perspective b...

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Finding More Information On The Linux Operating System

Since this document merely scratches the surface when it comes to Linux, you will probably find you have lots of questions and possibly problems. Whethe...
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How To Secure Your Linux Server or Workstation - Lin...

Below are some of the most common recommendations and method to effectively secure a Linux Server or Workstation. Boot Disk One of the foremost requis...
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Linux BIND DNS - Part 4: Common BIND Files - Named.l...

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, ...
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Critical 15 Year-old Linux Security Hole (Ghost) Rev...

Security researchers at qualys.com yesterday released information on a critical 15 year-old Linux security hole which affects millions of Linux systems ...

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Cisco Routers

How To Configure ISDN Internet Dialup On A Cisco Router

Some time ago, when broadband and ADSL wasn't available, analog and digital (ISDN) modems were the only way to connect to the Internet. Even though toda...
Cisco Data Center (Nexus/UCS)

Complete Guide to Nexus Checkpoint & Rollback Featur...

The Cisco NX-OS checkpoint feature provides the capability to capture at any time a snapshot (backup) of the Cisco Nexus configuration be...
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Configuring Cisco Site to Site IPSec VPN with Dynami...

This article serves as an extension to our popular Cisco VPN topics covered here on Firewall.cx. While we’ve covered Site to Site IPSec VPN Tunnel Betwe...
Windows Workstations (XP, 7, 8, 10, 11)

How to Start Windows 8 and 8.1 in Safe Mode – Enabli...

This article will show you how to start Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 in Safe Mode and how to enable F8 Safe Mode. Previous Windows O/S users would recall t...