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Implementing STP Root Guard and Loop Guard

These two are optional features we can configure with Spanning-Tree. They are mutually exclusive: we configure one or the other, but you cannot configure both of them at the same time on the same interface. Where and how should we configure them? Let's take a…

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How to secure Apache2 webserver with SSL

Nowadays every major website operates over HTTPS, aka have that little padlock next to the URL in our browsers. It means that we can establish a secure connection with the webserver, and all of the traffic is encrypted. In this port I’m going to describe…

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LVM – Logical Volume Management in Linux

With the implementation of LVM we can reallocate storage space and extend our storage volumes really easily. In the example below I’d like to show how. Keep in mind that these examples are for learning purposes only, it doesn’t make a lot of sense in…

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