Wireshark is one of the best tools for penetration testers and network administrators alike. Let’s learn to install Wireshark on Ubuntu in a step-by-step manner. I’ll document the complete steps from installing to running and a few basic functionalities below. So if you follow through, you should have an up and running Wireshark on your […]
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In this tutorial, we will discuss how to install MongoDB on Ubuntu/Debian. Let’s first discuss the difference between MySQL and MongoDB. MySQL is an open-source RDBMS (Relational database Management System). It is supported by Oracle Corporation. In MySQL, the data is stored in the form of relations (Rows and Columns). MongoDB is an open-source non-relational
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In this tutorial, we will discuss how to install MariaDB on Debian/Ubuntu operating system. Talking about MariaDB, It is open-source software under the MariaDB foundation. It was developed by MySQL developers. MariaDB is an alternative to MySQL with a few limitations. Even in XAMPP, MySQL is replaced with MariaDB. MariaDB supports both structured and semi-structured
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In this tutorial, we are going to discuss how to install Apache Kafka on Ubuntu. What is Apache Kafka? Apache Kafka is an open-source stream-processing software platform developed by LinkedIn and donated to Apache Software Foundation, written in Scala and Java. In simple terms, Kafka is a messaging system that is designed to be fast,
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A DNS cache (sometimes called a DNS resolver cache) is a temporary database, maintained by a computer’s operating system, that contains records of all the recent visits and attempted visits to websites and other internet domains. You may want to sometimes clear your DNS Cache, especially if you give access permission to another person, or
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The hosts’ file is an extremely useful albeit small text file that stores host names with associated IP addresses. It is basically a mapping from hostnames to IP addresses. Any network protocol uses this mapping to convert hostnames to numeric IP addresses. The mapping is because the Network Layer does not work with the hostnames.
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Let’s have a look at a really simple to use firewall, the UFW firewall. As a system administrator, it is our duty to make sure that the systems we work on are secured from attackers. There are multiple methods to incorporate in terms of network security but the most fundamental one begins with a firewall.
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Docker is an application that simplifies the process of managing application processes in containers. Containers let you run your applications in resource-isolated processes. Containers are similar to Virtual Machines, but are much less resource-intensive, as they only need the absolute minimum to run a particular application, and does not require installation of a separate Operating
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PostgreSQL, or Postgres, is a relational database management system that provides an implementation of the SQL querying language. It is a popular choice for many small and large projects, having many advanced features like transaction management and transaction without read-locks, which are essential for a high performant database. Now, in this tutorial, let us look
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If you’re wondering what symbolic links are and how to create symbolic links in Ubuntu, you’ve arrived at the right tutorial. Even though this is a very simple concept, symbolic links are very useful when working with Linux. The reason why symbolic links are necessary is because of the fact that everything in Linux is
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