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Neglected IPv6 Features
IPv6 is establishing itself in everyday IT life, and all modern operating systems from Windows, through Mac OS X, to Linux have it on board; but if you let IPv6 introduce itself into your environment, you could be in for some unpleasant surprises.
Linux Essentials for Windows Admins – Part 2
There’s no such thing as a homogeneous server environment. Windows administrators must learn basic Linux commands and navigation to support a contemporary network fully.
Protect Your Servers with Nmap
If you've ever had to test the security of your servers, you've almost certainly come across the ever-flexible Nmap (Network Mapper) – used by sys admins to help protect their servers and diagnose problems.
MobaXterm: Unix for Windows
MobaXterm, a portable X server for Windows, bundles built-in Unix/Posix tools into a single portable EXE file, letting you use a Linux command line and tools on the Windows desktop.
Linux Essentials for Windows Admins – Part 1
Windows Admins have to know something about Linux, so expand your current skills to include it in your administrative toolbox.
Lua for Apache
Lua is a small, lean, and fast scripting language – ideal for working with web servers. Version 2.4 of the Apache web server is the first to offer a matching module that has a few quirks – and pitfalls, if you dig more deeply.
DBaaS – How They Make Data Scale
We go beyond the press release and beyond the tutorial to find out a little bit about what makes some of these stuff-as-a-service services go.
SPDY HTTP Protocol
More than 20 years have passed since its introduction, and HTTP certainly shows some signs of age. Google’s new SPDY protocol solves some problems with HTTP without breaking existing websites.
Windows Server 2012 Administration
Get Ready: Windows Server 2012, formerly known as Windows Server 8, is on its way.
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