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The OSI Model

The Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) model describes how networks communicate. It describes the various protocols and activities and states how the protocols and activities relate to each other. This OSI model is divided into seven layers. It was originally developed by the International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) in...
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Checking the Operational Status of Microsoft Services

Earlier today Microsoft customers started having some problems signing into several online services with their Microsoft Account. How did we first hear about this? Turns out social media can reveal an issue with an online service very quickly and even before the company itself is aware of a...
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The SSL Certificate and Your Website’s Security

When you are surfing the internet, a lot of information is being exchanged between the web host and the device being used to surf the internet. This type of information can always be easily breached by hackers, especially if it involves online transactions and this has always been...
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Snort – Free Network Intrusion Detection & Prevention System

Snort is an open-source, lightweight, free network intrusion detection system (NIDS) software for Linux and Windows to detect emerging threats. It’s capable of of performing real-time traffic analysis and packet logging on IP networks. It can perform protocol analysis, content searching/matching, and can be used to detect a...
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SSL Handshake Simple Definition

Simple definition of how the SSL handshake works: The SSL uses asymmetric encryption to privately share the common password to be used later in the communication for symmetric encryption. SSL Handshake: The client initiates the connection and says he wants to connect with the server.  The server sends...
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Domain and IP Whois Lookup Tool

http://whois.domaintools.com/   Availability Check DomainTools.com supports more Top Level Domains (TLDs) than any other Whois service. In addition to the popular Generic TLDs like .COM, .NET, .ORG, etc., we also support hundreds of Country Code TLDs (ccTLDs). We offer a basic DNS check for those registries which don’t...
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VPN Server Setup in Windows Server 2012

Open Server Manager > Add roles and features > Next > Choose (default) role based or feature based > Next Select the server you would like to install VPN services to > Next Select Remote Access Role > Add features > Next > Next > Next Choose (Default)...
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MX LOOKUP ( http://mxtoolbox.com )

This useful tool for Mx records,DNS records and More Lookup http://mxtoolbox.com/ All of your MX record, DNS, blacklist and SMTP diagnostics in one integrated tool.  Input a domain name or IP Address or Host Name.Links in the results will guide you to other relevant tools and information.  And you’ll have a chronological history of your...
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