Monthly Archives: October 2011

Features of the Less Pager

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Mark

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 →

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Running CGI Scripts on the CLI

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Alex

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 →

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Nexcess to be Enterprise Sponsor at WordCamp Detroit

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Corey

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 →

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Monitoring Linux Bandwidth Utilization with IPTraf and Iftop

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Brad

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 →

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Understanding DNS Propagation

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Sean

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 →

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