Optimizing SQL for Speed in order to Speed Up Queries and Latency is one of the Most Crucial and Important Things For Your Database
Best SQL Query Optimizer Tools & Software for Speeding up MySql & More!
Port Scanners for Scanning Windows/Linux Systems for Open Ports/Service
Port Scanners are an important tool when you want to investigate any remote or local network for security considerations. Used by programmers and network administrators, these port scanners are used to mainly know what ports are being used by what applications, so you can identify malicious programs right away. These port scanners can also be […]
Best TraceRoute Alternatives for Troubleshooting Hop by Hop Connectivity Issues
Here’s the Top Alternatives to Traceroute for Network Connectivity Troubleshooting, Hop-by-Hop Analysis and Bandwidth Analysis
Advanced Port Scanner – A Review of one of the Top Port Scanning Tools on the Market
Advanced Port Scanner is a Versatile Port Scanner that is 100% FREE – You can scan local networks and remote Networks (LAN & WAN) Fast & Free from Any computer!
Best Pingplotter Alternatives for Network Diagnostic and Troubleshooting Bandwidth Connectivity & Lag!
Here’s the Top PingPlotter Alternatives & Replacements for Network Connectivity Troubleshooting and Traceroute Type Features!
Best Zabbix Alternatives for Network Monitoring, Management and Bandwidth Analysis!
Zabbix is one of the top tools available today for network monitoring and management. However, it comes with its own shortcomings as well and we’re going to go over some of the top alternatives to Zabbix below, but first lets see some areas we can improve on. Some of the possible shortcomings are: Requires quite […]
Top Nagios Alternatives for Network Monitoring, Management and More!
Finding an Alternative to Nagios shouldn’t be difficult and cumbersome – So we came up with a list of the Top Nagios Replacements that will help you get monitoring Quickly!
Visualizing Network & Bandwidth Activity with GlassWire
GlassWire is a new type of graphical network monitor for Windows that focuses on endpoint monitoring. The software runs on Windows 7, 8, and 10, and there is also a version of the app for Android. Setting up GlassWire for Windows is fairly simple and only requires using a Windows installer that can be downloaded […]
Solarwinds vs Nagios for Network Monitoring and Management Tasks
Solarwinds and Nagios XI are two SNMP monitoring suites, that offer a wide array of tools and features for making Network Monitoring & Management simple and efficient. This article will compare the two, and outline performance in key subject areas. The current version of Solarwinds at the time this article is written is 12.2. The […]
PRTG vs Nagios XI for Network Management & Bandwidth Monitoring
We’ve compared many programs with each other and we noticed that PRTG vs Nagios is a popular comparison that many are looking to breakdown. Here’s our Analysis of the two network monitoring giants.
Best Network Security Software & Frameworks for Pen-testing & Vulnerability Assessment
Finding Vulnerabilities and Exploits/Holes in your network infrastructure should be something you Do before a Hacker finds them – We’ve highlighted the Top Tools for Network Security Assessment, Vulnerability Scanning and much more!
Zabbix vs Nagios Comparison for Network and Bandwidth Monitoring
Generally speaking, one can break down the life-cycle of a Network into three parts: Design Implementation/Configuration Support/Maintenance Network Monitoring falls under the 3rd part of this life-cycle. It allows you to keep an eye on the devices in your network (routers, switches, servers, applications, etc.) so that you can take appropriate actions in the event […]
WordPress Security and Available Plug-ins
WordPress is one of the most popular website platforms for bloggers and businesses as of 2017. It is easy to use and flexible as well as highly supported by developers and designers, but its security should also be considered. WordPress Security Issues It is a sad fact that a great many websites have been hacked […]
Installing and Using Telnet Service for Windows NT
[Ed. Note: This is a wee bit dated. SSH is widely available for Windows now, and should be used instead of telnet for administration. Still, telnet can be handy for testing. For an updated version of this for Windows 2000, see this article.] We wrote a tip about using IIS and rconsole to remotely manage […]
Remote Console Server and Web Administration Tool for NT
Two very useful remote administration tools are the Remote Console Server and the Web Administration tool. Both of these tools come on the NT 4.0 Server resource kit CD. To install the Remote Console, go into control panel -> network -> services tab -> add -> remote access service, and point to the ..\..\netadmin\rconsole directory […]
Maximum Number of Sockets and FD_SETSIZE
There is a limit on the number of concurrent socket connections that an application can accept in BSD, Windows, and other operating systems. This is set at compile time, but it can be overridden. Here is a discussion of this limitation by Microsoft, and here is further discussion. One application that is sticking this on […]
Tunnelling Through a Gateway With SSH
Here is a diagram of three servers: What we want to do is create a tunnel with SSH so that 10.50.101.100 can go directly to 10.50.100.72. There is no routing between the networks. The box in between is dual-homed and acting as a security buffer between the 10.50.100 and 10.50.101 networks. After we set up […]
Using OS Identification with Nmap
Nmap can be used to fingerprint operating systems. Here is a typical session: [root@srv-1 usr-1]# nmap -O –min_rtt_timeout=6000 10.50.100.1-80 Starting nmap 3.70 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2006-05-05 12:49 PDT Interesting ports on 10.50.100.1: (The 1656 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed) PORT STATE SERVICE 22/tcp open ssh 111/tcp open rpcbind 6000/tcp […]
Changing the IP Address on a Cisco Router With an IP Conflict
If you wish to bring up a Cisco router that has an IP address that conflicts with existing hosts on your network, there are a variety of ways to change it. We just happened to have a crossover network cable sitting on our work bench, and a GNU/Linux host on the LAN with an extra […]
Adding an IP Address to an Interface With Red Hat and CentOS
There is some apparent voodoo on what, exactly, is needed to add an IP address to an interface using Red Hat style scripts. We have tested this on Red Hat Enterprise 3 and CentOS 4, and it appears that the convention is quite forgiving. This makes sense, really, since if you hose up these interfaces, […]
