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Tcpdump Tcpdump is a common computer network debugging tool that runs under the command line. It allows the user to intercept and display TCP/IP and other packets being transmitted or received over a network to which the computer is attached. It was originally written by Van Jacobson, Craig Leres and Steven ... [full story]

SMTP is an acroynm for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP is the network protocol used to send emails across the Internet Most e-mail systems that send mail over the Internet use SMTP to send messages from one server to another; the messages can then be retrieved with an e-mail client using either POP or ... [full story]

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a news feed system. To view RSS news feeds, you''ll need a news reader. These can be downloaded for free from the internet, or can be part of your internet browser. When you have a news reader, all you need to do is visit the ... [full story]

Active Directory are registries and databases that provide directory-type facility for applications and users, but not one is interconnected, share-centric, or distributed in any way. ActiveDirectory is a universal distributed information storehouse through which all network objects, such as application configurations, services, computers, users, and processes, can be accessed, in a ... [full story]