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How to use free dns.he.net for slave DNS nameserver hosting

Posted on June 22, 2012June 22, 2012

Hurricane Electric is an Internet bandwidth provider of some repute. Recently it started offering free DNS hosting via its site at dns.he.net. In this article I look at how you can use HE’s DNS hosting to add redundant slave nameservers for your domain name.

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MaraDNS: Shortcuts in zone files

Posted on June 3, 2012June 3, 2012

Previously I have blogged about installing MaraDNS as an authoritative nameserver on CentOS Linux. In this article I am going to look at some convenient shortcut functions that you can use in your MaraDNS zone files.

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WorldCall Internet connection slowdowns

Posted on May 27, 2012September 28, 2014

WorldCallWorldCall is an Internet Service Provider in Pakistan. They provide broadband Internet connections over a Hybrid Fibre-Coaxial network or what is commonly called cable broadband.

A few years back WorldCall upgraded Internet connections, and at the time I wondered how they would handle the increased traffic. Well, now I know how.

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Installing LinuxDC++ on an OpenSUSE system

Posted on May 15, 2012June 20, 2012

LinuxDC++LinuxDC++ is a Direct Connect client for Linux. You can use LinuxDC++ to connect to Direct Connect hubs and share files with other users. In this guide I show you how to install LinuxDC++ on an OpenSUSE system.

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What is a GUI SFTP client for Linux?

Posted on May 13, 2012June 20, 2012

The question of a graphical SFTP client for Linux came up after I switched to using OpenSUSE Linux as my desktop operating system. On Windows you have the excellent WinSCP but what about Linux ? The answer is very strange.

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