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Networks do an incredible amount of work. It may not seem like it, but it’s true. The amount of data transmitted over a network in the normal course of a workday is incredible. For the most part, we don’t notice all the traffic. Information moves quickly and freely over the network, programs access data, and [...]
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The basic premise of the information age is that information is power. The more you have, the better, but it also matters that other people don’t have the same information. Something that is widely available is no longer a valuable commodity. Consequently, any service that protects the integrity and secrecy of an organization’s information can [...]
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Host Hardening is exactly what it sounds like: the systematic strengthening of a host’s position with respect to potential security threats. To put in slightly militaristic terms, hardening is what you do when you’re digging in because you intend to be there for a while and you expect outside “interest.”
Hardening is necessary because all security [...]
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The term “dynamic virtual host” is a fairly simple concept that is surprisingly hard to describe. There are a few related ideas that will have to be explained first in order to create a clear picture of the concept.
One of the most economical forms of hosting for small-scale applications is virtual hosting, which is a [...]
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As you probably know, Virtual Hosting is system whereby many website are hosted on a single server, sometimes even located at a single IP address. For a more comprehensive description of Virtual Hosting, you can check out other posts [...]
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Ventrilo is a VoIP program. VoIP stand for “Voice over IP,” which is to say it is a voice exchange application that works on top of Internet Protocol. The software works, essentially, by allowing the users of distinct IP addresses to connect to a server which puts them in direct voice contact with other users. [...]
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Microsoft Speech Server is the software giant’s contribution to every Science fiction fan’s dream of a computer you can talk to, and which can talk back. Speech recognition has been around for a while in various forms. The ability to control your computer with spoken words is, for example, incorporated into Microsoft’s latest operating system, [...]
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NEC originally stood for the Nippon Electric Company. They have been around in various forms since 1898. The company originally made telephones and telephone switches, which means they’ve been in the communications industry for well over a century, which in itself is a very impressive record. They are a leader in semiconductor technology, optical communication [...]
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If you’ve ever wished that you could access another computer remotely, then a terminal server is the answer to that wish. The purpose of such a server is to manage the connections required to make remote operation possible. Terminals, however, require software to function and on that front you can run into some problems. The [...]
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“Hosting” is a big word. A lot of attention is paid to domain and webpage hosting, but there are a lot of other reasons you might want to look into hosting services. Many file sharing mechanisms out there revolve around decentralized databases, which is to say the transfers aren’t contingent on single servers. A torrent [...]
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