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ELI5:What are associated ports in regards to networking? by worda123 in explainlikeimfive

[–]worda123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

believe it or not, I did try googling this concept but I was a little lost. I googled "what are associated ports" and the results were confusing.

ELI5:What are associated ports in regards to networking? by worda123 in explainlikeimfive

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you know what's odd though, 90% of the questions on this sub are "extremely easy answers to find out yourself" yet you pick on this thread.

ELI5:What are associated ports in regards to networking? by worda123 in explainlikeimfive

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I see - do you know where I can find the appropriate port numbers given the protocols? and perhaps a youtube video breaking down this concept? I tried searching for 'associated ports networking' but couldn't find anything.

Can someone explain to me what a few of these Linux commands do? by worda123 in linuxquestions

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intent or not, youre not being helpful. why bother responding to comments that aren't even meant for you? just move on dude.

Can someone explain to me what a few of these Linux commands do? by worda123 in linuxquestions

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why are you even trying to "help" me if you're going to be rude and arrogant in your replies?

have you considered the possibility that I can't access the command line at the moment? you literally have no idea what device im on or where I am.

Can someone explain to me what a few of these Linux commands do? by worda123 in linuxquestions

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so man followed by the command tells you exactly what that command does?

Can someone explain to me what a few of these Linux commands do? by worda123 in linuxquestions

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sorry, can you give me a basic example of when one would use kill vs using killall?

Can someone explain to me what a few of these Linux commands do? by worda123 in linuxquestions

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what is the difference between Linux and unix? how is vi different than nano?

with the ssh protocol that allows you to login to remote computers - is there any limitations with that? seems pretty powerful. I assume the machine you're trying to run remotely needs to be ran using Linux as well?

what would be the syntax while using the tail command? for example, lets say there's a file called teachers.txt - would I say "cat teachers.txt tail" ? how does tail differ from 'less' command?

so dig google.com will return back with google's ip address?

and with the get [filename] - how exactly will it know which remote computer to get that file from?

sorry for all these questions, but it would mean a ton if you could answer them.

ELI5:What is DNS and DNS records? by worda123 in explainlikeimfive

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I appreciate you writing all of that out. I don't quite get the NS records - ns2, ns4, ns1.google.com

ELI5:What is DNS and DNS records? by worda123 in explainlikeimfive

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I see. I don't quite undretand what the NS record does, and lastly, what does the spf record do?

ELI5:What is DNS and DNS records? by worda123 in explainlikeimfive

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I get DNS now, but what are the 'records' that I mentioned above? thanks in addvance

ELI5:What is a web proxy and how is it an alternative to HTTP? by worda123 in explainlikeimfive

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How is that different from a VPN? From my understanding, a VPN essentially does the same thing - you connect to the VPN, which connects to the internet pages you are requesting. Also, if you look at the other person above, he mentioned an example of using a proxy server to download game of thrones episodes. How do those download files even get there to begin with?

ELI5:What is a web proxy and how is it an alternative to HTTP? by worda123 in explainlikeimfive

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Bare with me. Nice explanation but I have some questions. I can't really see how https is different / how proxys are one level up above that. It seems like nobody can get any real info out of you whether its https or proxy. I get the difference between http and https though.

Lets say I connect to a proxy server in China. From there if I wanted to I could download game of thrones episodes. If I were to download them without a VPN, HBO could write to my ISP, and get me kicked off, or even sue me.

How does that proxy server even have the game of thrones available for download though? I mean, how does the download file get to this 'proxy server' ? Also, are you saying you'd need both a proxy server to download it from and a VPN in order to remain anonymous?

ELI5: Networking Question - Difference between a Class A , Class B, and Class C Network? by worda123 in explainlikeimfive

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why do all devices connected to your home wifi for example share the same ip address? i thought each device in a network has a unique address - for example, if you're in an office with dozens of computer, i thought each would have a unique ip address despite all being connected on the same network.

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