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What Is /etc/hosts File and How To Create and Edit It?

New comers to the Linux generally asks for what is the purpose and usage of the /etc/hosts file. /etc directory holds

Hostname is used to identify the given Linux host. We generally prefer to put related hostnames to the systems like

Tcpdump is everyday tool used by system and network administrator. We generally look simple use cases like host, port and

Nmap is popular tool used by pentesters, system administrators and network administrators. Nmap provides a lot of features for free.

Performance is important part of the scan. Nmap developers always looks for optimized and adjustable performance options. Adjustable scan performance

Requirement for scanning is target specification. Nmap provides different methodologies to set targets. Single Host Address This is the simplest

DHCP is a protocol used to provide network related configuration to the network hosts. Mainly IP address information, network gateway,

Virtualbox is virtualization tool used to create virtual machines. Virtual machines can be cloned, created, deleted without affecting any external

While trying to ping or connect a remote host I can an error “no route to host”. How can I