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NSD DNS Server

 

Although BIND is the most popular domain name server software being used today, NSD (“name server daemon”) is another popular alternative open-source server program.

NSD is an authoritative name server (i.e., not implementing the recursive caching function by design) and uses BIND-style zone-files (zone-files used under BIND can usually be used unmodified in NSD, once entered into

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Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP)

 

When a device on a TCP/IP network starts up and is not configured for a static IP address, it needs to receive an IP address before it can communicate with other devices on the network. A standard computer with a hard disk can be enabled for static configuration but a diskless device that does not have

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Change the default search in Firefox from Google to Bing

 

The first time you install firefox, both the keyword search in the address bar of the browser as well as the search box at the top right default to using Google as the search engine.

I find using the URL method (typing into the address bar directly) more useful. But since there are tonnes of search engines out there, if

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BIND DNS Server

 

Domain Name Servers on the internet use various software to function, the most popular DNS server type on the internet is BIND, which stands for Berkeley Internet Name Domain. BIND is the predominant system on UNIX based systems. 

BIND was originally created at the University of California, Berkeley and is maintained today by the Internet Systems Consortium.

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Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)

 

Booting your host from the network without the need to rely on the local operating system or hard disks is a technology that is not used very often in the corporate environment today with some people never having heard that such a thing is possible. With the way things are moving today with virtual machines, virtual

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