Computer networking

A trail of 52 pages, marked with comments, by WramblinReck
About this trail:
including topics on LAN security, networking protocols, whatever else I find useful
52 marks in this trail
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Funkwerk Enterprise Communications [PPTP Verbindung]
Wie ein VPN mit PPTP aufgebaut wird - eine gute Website.
Implementing a VPN using a PPTP connection
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Wikipedia's site on the Bastion host
(A bastion host [firewall] is an all in one firewall-router - it should be an application and circuit-level gateway and also a packet filter.)  Read here for an overview or learn more about bastion hosts.
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SANS Institute - Intrusion Detection FAQ: What is a bastion host?
A more detailed definition of a bastion host.  See here to learn about ACLs.
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This is a five-layer model, as distinct from the seven-layer OSI model.
Learn more about
SIP
ICMP
ARP
NFS
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provides domain registration information from Network Solutions
find a domain name server for a domain (e.g., www.bellsouth.net,www.cnn.com) here
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While this article is twelve years old (and counting), it's a great read on the basics of ISDN, including BRI and PRI, V.42bis,
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In light of text below, see this article on picking a node number.

A node then picks a node ID in the 0 to 253 ($00 to $FD) range. As in the
past, a node ID of 0 is reserved to mean "send to myself", and 255 is
reserved for broadcasts. With AppleTalk Phase 2, 254 is also reserved for
internal use.
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this site recommends that each workstation use a node number between 1 and 253
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Asynchronous Transfer Mode: An Overview, Queens University of Belfast
More on ATM.
more on ATM
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see a BIND entry (look halfway down the page that this link follows to)
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The quoted entry from Jan is quite insightful.

Header field descriptions:
  1. Route header - where to send the current message.
  2. Record-route header - where to send future SIP requests.
  3. Via header - where to send replies/responses.
The Record-Route and Via headers can be stacked to build a route through proxies. These are then popped off of the stack one at a time.
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In my experience, the technique suggested by the Moderator here does not work.  The way to actually view logged in sessions through Terminal Services on a Windows 2003 Server machine is to go to Administrative Tools -> Terminal Services Manager and expand "All Listed Servers" on the left menu.
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includes showing how to send an e-mail at the command line using SMTP to log into an e-mail server

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