Nmap is a free network scanning software available for Windows, Linux, macOS, etc. This open-source freeware can be used to check ping status, scan the entire network, check the uptime of any host, ...

We start this week with a real geek out: If you have ever had to weigh the benefits and tradeoffs of Apache as an application server (for example, using Tomcat vs. node.js (“a platform built on Chrome ...

Most people might figure that once you set up your network security-wise, what's done is done, and besides routine updates, ...

Theoretically, scanning a network should be benign. Probing workstations and servers shouldn’t interrupt the normal functionality of those systems. In practice, however, this may not be the case. Many ...