Monthly Archives: October 2011
Features of the Less Pager
less is what is known as a pager in the world of Linux. Pagers are used to view files or output piped in. As their name implies, they’re used when there are multiple pages of text that can’t fit on … Continue reading
Running CGI Scripts on the CLI
CGI (Common Gateway Interface) is one of the oldest and most widely supported methods of adding dynamic content to a website. However, debugging CGI scripts can be quite a pain, since often the error messages are vague and unhelpful (such … Continue reading
Nexcess to be Enterprise Sponsor at WordCamp Detroit
Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 17, 2011 – Nexcess, a managed web hosting company with data centers located in Dearborn and Southfield, Michigan, has announced their role as an Enterprise Sponsor of WordCamp Detroit 2011. WordCamp is an informal local conference … Continue reading
Monitoring Linux Bandwidth Utilization with IPTraf and Iftop
I often find myself needing a simple tool to diagnose TCP and UDP connection issues in real time. While tcpdump is an excellent tool for debugging issues at the packet level, a higher level tool is often better to diagnose … Continue reading
Understanding DNS Propagation
DNS is perhaps one of the biggest sources of frustration for our clients (trumped perhaps only be e-mail). These issues mostly stem from the way DNS caching works. Since every domain on the internet requires DNS to function, there are … Continue reading
