DNS

SOA Record
SOA Records: The Basis of Every Zone File
  • Technical matters

The Domain Name System enables the use of domain names for surfing and is based on zone files. These in turn are made up of different records. The first DNS entry you encounter in such a data file is always the SOA record. This determines authority within the zone. We explain how the records are designed and how you can perform an SAO record check.

SOA Records: The Basis of Every Zone File
Set up ownCloud with Raspberry Pi
Creating a Raspberry Pi cloud server with owncloud
  • Configuration

With ownCloud software, your Raspberry Pi can be used as a private cloud, performing the same kind of tasks as clouds from major providers such as Google, Amazon, and Dropbox. Cost-effectiveness is just one of many the benefits of creating your own personal cloud; another is the privacy and security of your data. This step-by-step Raspberry Pi cloud tutorial explains how to set up ownCloud.

Creating a Raspberry Pi cloud server with owncloud
IPsec: security architecture for IPv4 and IPv6
Secure network connections with IPsec
  • Know-how

A big problem with the previous Internet Protocol version, IPv4, was the missing guarantee of security standards of integrity, authenticity, and confidentiality. This previous protocol lacked the necessary means to identify data sources or enable secure transport. The protocol suite IPsec, developed for IPv4’s successor, IPv6, has changed the situation for Internet Protocol overnight.

Secure network connections with IPsec