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Articles & Tutorials for October, 2005

Creating an FTP Drop Site: Date - Oct 27, 2005; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows 2003; This article walks you through creating an FTP site that users can anonymously upload files to, but can't list or retrieve any files that have been uploaded. The article also discusses uses for such sites in a corporate environment.
Understanding the DNS Protocol (Part 1): Date - Oct 25, 2005; Author - Don Parker; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Network Protocols; Can you imagine a world where you would have to memorize each and every IP address for the sites that you liked? The Internet certainly would not be as popular as it is today were this the case. Not to mention our beloved email, and the crucial role that DNS plays with its delivery. Read on, to learn more about one of the most unheralded protocols in existence today.
Active Directory Design Considerations for Small Networks: Date - Oct 20, 2005; Author - Brien M. Posey; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Networking; A lot of people who are new to networking or who work primarily on larger networks seem to underestimate the design considerations for small networks. It kind of makes sense when you think about it though. From an Active Directory standpoint, what’s really to consider? After all, most small networks have a single forest and a single domain. Even so, your network will run a lot more smoothly if you take the time to do a little planning first. In this article, I will discuss some of the issues involved in planning a small Active Directory deployment.
Understanding the HTTP Protocol (Part 3): Date - Oct 18, 2005; Author - Don Parker; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Network Protocols; In part two of this article series we covered all of the HTTP metrics that were sent by the web server. We also expanded a bit more on HTTP, and how the Internet largely communicates using the client/server model. In this last part on HTTP we will further delve into the inner designs of HTTP, and show you a tool that you can use to further your knowledge of HTTP.
Outlining Components Needed for Creating a VPN Server: Date - Oct 13, 2005; Author - Brien M. Posey; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows 2003; Over the last few years, VPNs have gone from relative obscurity to great popularity. Even so, you don’t want to throw together a VPN haphazardly. After all, a VPN is a direct portal into your private network, and it is essential that it be secure. If your VPN isn’t secure, then nothing else on your network will be secure either. In this article, I will help you to plan your corporate VPN. In doing so, I will discuss the various components that make up a VPN and some of the decisions that you will have to make regarding those components.
Understanding the SMTP Protocol: Date - Oct 11, 2005; Author - Don Parker; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Network Protocols; Who amongst us doesn’t like getting email? We all do of course! It is just like looking in the mailbox every morning after the postman comes by. How does email work though, and just what makes it arrive to our inbox? This will all be explained in this article giving you a far better understanding of how email works.
Working With Application Pools in Internet Information Server: Date - Oct 06, 2005; Author - Brien M. Posey; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Networking; If your IIS Server hosts multiple Web sites, then buggy code within any one of those sites can bring down the other sites. I should know; it happened to me. Fortunately, there is something that you can do to prevent this from happening. In this article, I will show you how you can use application pools to prevent problems with a Web site from causing stability problems across your IIS server.
Understanding the HTTP Protocol (Part 2): Date - Oct 04, 2005; Author - Don Parker; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Network Protocols; In part one of this article series, we covered the HTTP traffic metrics that come from a web browser client. This second part will cover what the web server itself will send, and expand a little more on HTTP itself.