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Articles from ADMIN Issue 33
A free TLS certificate from Let's Encrypt means you can add encryption to your network for no cost, so you don't have any more excuses for failing to encrypt.
Google Authenticator provides one-time passwords to smartphone owners for multifactor authentication, or you can integrate it into other applications, such as blogs.
VMware ESXi virtualization is free, but it does not have a software tool to back up virtual servers. The free XSIBackup can help.
Microsoft provides some interesting virtualization features in current and future versions of Windows Server. You can connect or isolate virtual machines, and Windows Server 2016 even supports virtual switches.
Live migration of virtual machines is necessary when you need to achieve high-availability setups and load distribution.
Put Operations Manager to work monitoring Active Directory, Exchange, and Hyper-V environments.
Containers are an essential ingredient for various DevOps concepts, but used incorrectly, they do more harm than good.
Version 219 of the controversial systemd init system introduces a number of comprehensive changes. We take a closer look at the innovations in network management and container handling.
Linux filesystems range from block-based network filesystems, to temporary filesystems in RAM, to pseudo filesystems. We explain how filesystems are set up and how to manage them.
HTTPS protects a connection from both tapping and manipulation, but only if a man in the middle hasn't already infiltrated the Internet connection. We highlight the weaknesses in HTTPS and demonstrate how to protect your client and server.
