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Linux Open Source Solutions

ssh-copy-id – Perform SSH Login Without Password

If you regularly ssh to same system, ssh-copy-id allows you to login to the system directly without having to type the password each time. ssh-copy-id is a small script which copies your ssh public-key to a remote host. It appends the key to your remote authorized_keys enabling you to login without having to type your […]

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Solutions Web

How to check if a Website is actually down?

There are many reasons why a website might not open in your browser. They include: The website being down Your DNS not being able to lookup the IP address of the website Settings in your browser blocking access to the website Routers/Proxy servers redirecting traffic The possiblity of error might seem to be larger on […]

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Open Source Solutions Web

Best DNS, Got Even Better…

A while back on this site we had mentioned about a DNS benchmarking tool called Namebench.   The Google Code project has been having some major updates since then and now lookes more jazzier and generates some lovely graphs after analysing your connection for you. The tool can be downloaded here: http://code.google.com/p/namebench/ Screenshots: