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🛡️ Network Security & Reliability

The Network Security & Reliability category focuses on protecting and maintaining resilient network environments. Articles address security fundamentals, threat awareness, access control, and strategies for ensuring uptime and fault tolerance.

Content emphasizes practical security measures, high availability design, and risk reduction techniques relevant to both enterprise and SMB networks.

Public and Private Keys Explained

January 1, 2026December 30, 2025 by bill
Diagram illustrating public and private key authentication showing how secure key pairs are used for encrypted access

Learn what public and private keys are, how they work together, and why key-based authentication is more secure than passwords.

Categories Cryptography, SSH Keys, 🛡️ Network Security & Reliability Tags cryptography, ssh, ssh keys Leave a comment

What Is a Firewall?

December 29, 2025 by bill
Relay Rack 1 branded diagram showing how a firewall protects a network by controlling traffic between the internet and internal systems

Learn what a firewall is, how firewalls work, and why they are essential for protecting home and business networks from cyber threats.

Categories Firewalls, 🛡️ Network Security & Reliability Tags firewall, ids, ips, NGFW Leave a comment

Beginner SSH Key Setup Guide

January 1, 2026December 29, 2025 by bill
Beginner SSH key setup on a MacBook Pro showing terminal commands for secure remote access using SSH

Learn how to securely set up SSH keys on a MacBook Pro, store passphrases in macOS Keychain, and use SSH efficiently with iTerm2 and SecureCRT using easy, copy-and-paste commands.

Categories Cryptography, SSH Keys, 🛡️ Network Security & Reliability Tags key-gen, ssh Leave a comment


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  • A Beginner’s Guide Series
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cryptography
  • Firewalls
  • Network Engineering Basics
  • Part 1: What Is a Network?
  • Part 10: Entry-Level Network Engineering Tools
  • Part 2: Modems, Routers, and Switches Explained
  • Part 3: IP Addresses and Subnets (Made Simple)
  • Part 4: LAN vs WAN vs Internet (Explained Simply)
  • Part 5: What Is a Firewall? (Explained Simply)
  • Part 6: What is DNS and Why It Matters
  • Part 7: What Is DHCP? (And Why Networks Depend on It)
  • Part 8: Wired vs Wireless Networking (Explained Simply)
  • Part 9: Basic Network Security Concepts (Explained Simply)
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📰 Recent Posts

  • Entry-Level Network Engineering Tools
  • Basic Network Security Concepts (Explained Simply)
  • Wired vs Wireless Networking (Explained Simply)
  • What Is DHCP? (And Why Networks Depend on It)
  • What Is DNS and Why It Matters
  • What Is a Firewall? (Explained Simply)
  • LAN vs WAN vs Internet (Explained Simply)
  • IP Addresses and Subnets (Made Simple)
  • Modems Routers and Switches Explained
  • What Is a Network?
  • Network Engineering Basics
  • Public and Private Keys Explained
  • What Is a Firewall?
  • What Are Modems, Routers, and Switches?
  • Beginner SSH Key Setup Guide
  • What Is SSH and How to Use It Securely
  • How AI Is Changing Network Engineering
  • Advanced iTerm2 Configuration
  • Beginner’s Guide to iTerm2
  • iTerm2 Explained
  • Terminal Emulators Explained


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