Category: network

The Domain Name System or DNS as it’s more commonly known is a huge distributed database that is used primarily by TCP/IP based applications to resolve host names and …

There are many client/server network models however one of the most popular is called NFS. The service was originally designed to provide transparent file sharing in network environments. It …

LDAP was initially developed by  the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) and is a directory services application which has become something of a ‘standard’ in the technical community of …

The NetBIOS (Network Basic Input Output System) and NetBEUI (NetBIOS extended User Interface) protocols have been used for many years now.  They were jointly designed by Microsoft and IBM …

Absolutely every single interface or device in the internet must have a unique internet address.  These are probably more commonly known as an IP address.    The addresses consist …

It’s not always essential for a proxy to understand what protocol is being tunneled for it to function correctly.  For example circuit level tunnelling such as SSL (or SOCKS) …

Over the last few years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has expanded into all areas of our lives.A recent report predicted that there are over 8 billion devices potentially …

What do you look for in a new property – big gardens, ample parking, close to amenities or simply a nice well built house. Well I saw a house …

There is no doubt that one of the most important functions of the Internet protocol (IP) is that of routing.   The datagrams that are routed by IP can …

Anyone who has studied or spent time working in network security will have heard of Snort.  It is an open source NIDS (Network Intrusion detection System) which has been …