In part III of this ISDN primer, we learned that PPP has two main methods of authentication that Cisco certification candidates need to know how to configure: PAP and CHAP.

PAP has very few advantages over CHAP. PAP passwords are carried o ...

When studying for your Cisco CCNA, CCNP, or CCIE exam, you've got a powerful online weapon at your disposal. It's Cisco Connection Documentation, found at www.cisco.com/univercd. This site contains product, code, and protocol documentation for a ...

If you have a computer for home use or for your business and don't take comprehensive backup for full protection then you are in the danger-zone.\rMaybe you do not take any backup at all.

You can find in Windows a basic backup utility which ...

MMC and SD

Flash memory is available in so many formats that it can be difficult to know what will work with any particular device. Devices such as MP3 players, PDAs, mobile phones, digital cameras, and personal computers can take advantage ...

Passwords have a strange dual nature. The stronger and safer the password the more likely it will be undermined by human weakness.

It is widely known that passwords are the most common means of access control. It is also common knowledge tha ...

The following practice, if done regularly, may help you to \rsafeguard your computer to some extent.

1. Run disc clean up, scan disk and defragmentor.

2. Keep your recycle bin emptied.

3. Clean your cache of browsers.

4. Do ...

First and foremost before I begin my ranting it is worth mentioning that there are many very helpful and considerate people out there in the cyber wilderness who devote much of their time to providing open source and free scripts of all variations ...

Has This Ever Happened To You? OK.. it's Friday night, the kids are asleep, and a movie you've been waiting for is on Pay-Per-View for the first time. You buy the movie, grab a bag of popcorn, get all comfy on the couch, and ten minutes into the m ...

Network security is a hot topic today, and will only increase in importance in the months and years ahead.

While most of the attention is paid to exterior threats, there are some steps you can take to prevent unwanted Cisco router access fro ...

What led them to this choice, as all four studios stated separately, is better performance for the price and copyright protection.

The other standard in competition, the Blu-ray disc, unconditionally backed by Sony Pictures Entertainment, is ...

How long do you think DVDs have around? 20 years? 10 years? Actually, they have only been around for about seven years, but it seems like they have been around much longer. Many of us can hardly remember life before DVDs. That can be attributed to ...

Cisco CCNA Certification:

Should you take the one-exam or the two-exam approach?

One question I¡¯m often asked by CCNA candidates is whether to take the ¡°one big exam¡±, or take the two separate exams required by Cisco to achieve the Cis ...

In this era of Internet, most people are frequent users of \rcomputers. Many of us use computers through out the day, \raccumulating morasses of information in various formats, which \rinclude email, digital photo, word document, spreadsheet, \rpr ...

Each of the items in the checklist below is part of a broad and easy to implement security policy.

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1. Install all windows critical updates for your operating system from the Microsoft Update site - it's free! All that's require ...

I recently took a good look at what was keeping me from accomplishing what I needed to do. After all, I had my goals. I had them written down. I read my affirmations daily. And still, I was not achieving what I wanted to do.

Leaving town ...