Optimizing your network connections.
U might wonder about some of the less obvious settings Windows uses for its networking setups:Depending on the type of connection — dial-up, broadband, etc. — some communications settings, such as ‘Max transmission unit,’ ‘TCP receiving window,’ ‘selective acks,’ and so on, have to be set for …

You can connect two computers over the Internet and use a given computer’s drives just like you’d use local drives — run programs, copy, get a list of files, etc. Here’s how:
* Make sure that both computers (computer A and B ) have “TCP/IP” and “NetBEUI” protocols installed and …

A web proxy is becoming more and more important in todays internet. Schools and Companys tend to block sites pretty quickly nowadays.It is especially irritating when the ban is directed towards just a few websites and not every website in that category. Web Proxys might be able to sneak past …

Artur Bergman wrote about an exploit vector called “DNS rebinding” over on O’Reilly Radar that’s a must-read. Using DNS rebinding, an external website can use your browser’s Javascript or Flash environment to act as a bridge between the external server and any IP on your internal network. This works even …