Networking

5 Consequences of an Information Security Breach

by Guest Author November 2, 2011
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For a business, providing the most fool-proof security system available to your network isn’t always feasible. Information security systems are often incredibly expensive, and difficult to set up and maintain. However, not spending the extra time and money to have the security that you need is a huge risk. Having your information hacked into can [...]

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How to Setup a Simple VPN on a Linux Server

by Mike Mansell July 13, 2011
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Virtual Private Networks (VPN’s) allow for users to bridge network connections using the Internet.  Such connections and setups are routinely employed by businesses in order to allow employees traveling outside of the office to connect to the same servers and services that users would typically only have access to if they were sitting inside of [...]

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Apple Time Capsule Review (2TB)

by Jeff Weisbein August 17, 2009
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In my previous post about the new 2TB Apple Time Capsule where I unboxed it, I briefly explained what the Time Capsule actually is and promised a more in depth review as soon as I got a chance to actually use it.  So as promised here is a more in depth review of Apple’s new [...]

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Google Explains The Downtime

by Jeff Weisbein May 14, 2009
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As I posted about earlier, Google experienced a bit of downtime and slowdowns mainly throughout the United States. Below is a excerpt from the Google blog explaining what exactly happened to bring about this occurrence. Imagine if you were trying to fly from New York to San Francisco, but your plane was routed through an [...]

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Recovering And Storing Passwords

by Jeff Weisbein September 26, 2008
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I received an email from Justin who wanted to know if there is a way to recover his router password. Unfortunately there really isn’t, however, you can reset the router back to factory defaults and start over.  In most cases there is a button which can be pushed with a pen/pencil/paper clip on the back [...]

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How To VNC With Mac and PC Computers

by Jeff Weisbein January 18, 2008
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I received an email a few days ago from Justin, a member of our online community and he wants to know how to VNC between a Mac and PC on the same network. This should be relatively easy for the most part and can be done for free with the following programs: Microsoft Remote Desktop [...]

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