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An Intro to DNS

An Intro to DNS

I always find it amazing how little so many people in IT actually know about DNS. Well, today I’m going to give you a brief overview of the basics of DNS, the Domain Name System. We’ll call this, an “Intro to DNS!”

SSH Proxy Through Multiple Servers

SSH Proxy Through Multiple Servers

Yesterday, a young pup at the pound asked me about hopping a proxy across multiple machines. Well, running a SOCKS5 proxy through multiple SSH servers isn’t all that hard, and can be fun at the same time! Today we will take a look at how to proxy through one or more SSH servers!

Fun With IPv6 Words!

Fun With IPv6 Words!

If you have spent any time with IPv6 addresses, you may have realized that there are many different words that you can spell within an IPv6 address. So, let’s take a look at all the different IPv6 words we can spell!

Setting up HTB on CentOS 6

Setting up HTB on CentOS 6

The Hierarchical Token Bucket Quality of Service (HTB QoS) system is a great tool to use for controlling the bandwidth of a network link, especially when you have a bunch of doggs on your network that love to use up all the internets they can get! Lets take a look at a quick and simple […]

Installing PS3 Media Server on CentOS 6

Installing PS3 Media Server on CentOS 6

So after recently rebuilding one of the servers in my dogghouse, I realized that I hadn’t installed a uPNP/DLNA AV media server. Previously I had been using Fuppes, but the lack of active development and some other quirks made me re-think what I wanted to use. So, after comparing available packages, I decided to give […]

Lockd and Statd NFS Errors

Lockd and Statd NFS Errors

The other day, the NFS clients at the pound stopped working correctly. Programs that use a NFS share for caching data or locking files (such as Firefox) stopped working without any explanation. My doggs were also unable to compile any programs, which led to a lot of barking and growling from all of them!