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Why does SSH show protocol as tcp6 *and* tcp in netstat?
$ netstat -nat
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:80 ...
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Are application layer protocols part of library routines?
Where do application layer protocols reside? Are they part of library routines of language e.g. C, C++, Java?
As goldilocks says in his answer, this is about the implementation of application layer ...
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How to tell what wireless protocols my network card is using?
I want to know which wireless protocol my card is currently using. I found a similar question that tells you what network protocol your card supports, but I want to confirm that my card is actually ...
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IP Prefix - how do I declare this?
Hi I have an IP Prefix issue I would like to declare the following IP's as "safe" using ip prefix "methodology" ("?")
The IP's first three parts of the IP have been doctored to protect the innocent, ...
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How to enable NFS4 protocol
I have found nothing that could help me with enabling NSF4 protocol
rpcinfo -u localhost nfs
program 100003 version 2 ready and waiting
program 100003 version 3 ready and waiting
How can I add ...
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Why Linux syslog file does not follow the RFC3339 protocol?
Why Linux syslog file: /var/log/syslog does not follow the timestamp format defined in the protocol http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5424#page-11?
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Does the X windowing system suffer from scalability?
One of my professors was telling us about scalability problems, and said that the X protocol was a prime example of a not scalable protocol. Why is that? Is it because it is very hardware dependent? I ...
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IM program to support yahoo video calls
I have been trying to migrate to Linux from Windows during the past one year. Until I completely deleted my windows and I have been using Linux mint 15 for the last 30 days. I am really satisfied.
I ...
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Why TCP TIME-WAIT State is present at both ends after a connection termination?
I am reading how the TCP states work and especially the connection termination part.
All of the books or online material I read, shows that for the termination procedure these states are followed ...
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Using xdg-open for accessing network with normal explorer
I'm working with small network and I want to start network explorer from a terminal. When I tried to type xdg-open network:///server it opened google chrome and did nothing. I also tried to type ...
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mounting dropbox (for exploring the files)
I want to simply be able to explore a dropbox filesystem, without much additional load on CPU, memory, storage (i.e., without saving copies of the remote files locally). It seems that the official ...
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Debian Kde Iceweasel/Firefox: setting custom protocols handlers
I recently switched from Ubuntu 10.04 gnome to Debian wheezy Kde.
Everythings work fine, except to the Iceweasel/firefox custom protocols!
I added komodo.protocol in my ~/.kde/share/services with:
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I would like to send commands and requests from a client side app to a Linux server
So I am planning/designing an app running on Mac that will send commands and make data requests to a linux server. Some of the things I would need to do will be send file manipulation commands, zip ...
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Local area network without using the IP protocol in Linux
I've read a little about Internet protocols and deduced that on local area network, there is no need to use the IP protocol, though it's normally used.
Is there a possibility to turn off the IP ...
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What is the need for rsync server in daemon mode
I don't understand the need for an rsync server in daemon mode. What are the benefits from it if I can use rsync with SSH or telnet?
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How to copy someone's else folders from public.me.com with a wget-like tool?
How can I copy a folder from http://public.me.com/ (a service related to iDisk, or MobileMe) to my local filesystem with a Unix tool (like wget, a command-line non-interactive tool)?
The problem is ...
