In today's interconnected digital landscape, monitoring network activity is paramount for ensuring the security and efficiency of computer systems. Whether you're a system administrator, network ...

The most important networking command in Linux might be ping. This command lets you check if a remote machine is responding ...

The netstat command can display an overwhelming amount of network statistics. Ready to make your focus a little easier with a series of aliases? What kind of stats does the netstat -s command provide?

As a Linux administrator, your first line of defense is to know what services are running on your system. It's your responsibility to check whether or not services are authorized, as well as to ...

This article, List open ports and listening services, originally appeared on TechRepublic.com. One of the biggest headaches for network administrators is open ports on devices. Unless you manually ...

This article examines netstat and some of it many outputs, in relation to the open systems interconnect (OSI) model. A quick examination of netstat's man pages provides a description of the program: ...

If you find your thrill delving into the networking side of Unix, you'll find that there are lots of commands to give you all the insights you might want. I will never forget my first ping. Working on ...