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Common Name or CN is generally used in SSL Certificates. CN is used to define the server name which will be used for secure SSL connection. Generally this SSL certificate used to secure connection between a HTTP/S server and client browser like Chrome, Explorer, Firefox. Common Name (CN) Common Name is used to specify the … Read more
New comers to the Linux generally asks for what is the purpose and usage of the /etc/hosts file. /etc directory holds system and service related configuration. hosts file is used to store host name or DNS to IP address resolution. It provides easy way to match a host or DNS name with an IP address. List Current … Read more
Host name is used to identify the systems like hosts, clients, servers etc. Host name provides human readable easy names to remember. In a big environment host names will provides some easy of use. This tutorial is compatible with RHEL6, RHEL7, Fedora, CentOS 6 and CentOS 7 versions How Host Names Works In basic form … Read more
We generally see the term FQDN or Fully Qualified Domain Name and generally, though that is is like secret magic that provides some information about the servers and hosts. No. The answer is no the FQDN provides no secret or magic. We use FQDN in order to specify hostnames in a hierarchical manner. Below we will … Read more