Category: Information Technology Tips

How to Migrate a MySQL Database Using mysqldump

While researching solutions to the many daily problems we face I came across an interesting and useful SQL tool. There are many conventional ways to backup and restore a Mysql database using a multitude of methods that are equally effective. … Continue reading

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Protecting your Personal Data Integrity with Drive Encryption and Password Vault

Spam and Scam mail is much like telemarketing of the last twenty years in the fact that they are equally annoying, frustrating, and disruptive. The precision of automated and impersonal marketing that makes telemarketers such a pain has drifted into … Continue reading

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Chronicles of a Techie: Firewall Documentation

A new series from Online Tech, “Chronicles of a Techie,” aims to show common problems facing IT technicians and how to solve them. This first edition focuses on firewall documentation. Techie A runs up to Techie B “Hey Techie A, … Continue reading

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How to Extend a T1 from an ADC Telecommunications Panel

To extend a T1 from the wire wrap panel, connect your extend wiring as follows: Pin 1 – EMPTY (tracer lamp) Pin 2 – White/orange Pin 3 – orange Pin 4 – Blue Pin 5 – white/blue Tip is the … Continue reading

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The Importance of Overlapping Security Systems: Minimize the Risk of Intrusion and Theft of Your Resources

I know it might seem like I may be a little paranoid when it comes to practically everything on the internet but let me assure you that it is for a very good reason. In 2005 Dutch officials discovered a … Continue reading

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Why it is Important to Create a SPF (Sender Policy Framework) Record

My past few posts have been largely about email systems and spam filters which for the most part can provide you with fast and reliable message delivery system. However there are still many things that can impede the healthy operation … Continue reading

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Operating System Security Essentials

While searching for various server security methods during one of my many journeys through cyberspace I stumbled upon a very interesting document titled LAME  or “Linux Administration Made Easy.” The function of this document is to provide you with an … Continue reading

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Free To Do List Application – Remember the Milk

Never forget a task again with Remember the Milk Remember the Milk (http://www.rememberthemilk.com) is a free, powerful on-line to-do task reminder application. You can create multiple lists of to-do items and assign due-dates using “natural language” (i.e. “Tomorrow” or “Next … Continue reading

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How Secure Are My Servers?

Hi, my name is Christopher Schmitt and I am apart of Online Tech’s Operations Team. Since the beginning of Information Technology, a Systems Administrator always has one thing usually in mind. How secure are my servers? This one thought can … Continue reading

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Great Online Project-Management Tool for Small or Large Teams

Easily manage simple or complex projects with Basecamp. Basecamp (http://basecamphq.com) is a great online project-management tool for small or large teams. In just a matter of minutes, you can easily set up and start tracking a new project. Multiple users … Continue reading

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