User Chris S - Server Fault

Chris S

Member for 14 years, 2 months
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Grand Rapids, MI

1,987 Answers

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352 votes

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Why couldn't MAC addresses be used instead of IPv4|6 for networking?

answered Jul 24, 2012 at 12:56

94 votes

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Check OpenSSH version and update instructions on FreeBSD system

answered Dec 16, 2010 at 16:25

59 votes

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Why would you use IPv6 internally?

answered May 26, 2011 at 19:21

59 votes

Are SSD drives as reliable as mechanical drives (2013)?

answered May 14, 2013 at 4:27

54 votes

"POSSIBLE BREAK-IN ATTEMPT!" in /var/log/secure — what does this mean?

answered Apr 17, 2011 at 22:06

53 votes

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Automatically Configure New Computers

answered Jan 6, 2012 at 15:12

43 votes

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Details on exact expiration datetime of an SSL certificate?

answered Dec 9, 2011 at 17:08

42 votes

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What is the clock frequency inside 10Gb and 100Gb Ethernet cards?

answered Oct 16, 2012 at 14:31

40 votes

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Illegal activities prevention system (child pornography, animal cruelty, …)

answered Jun 20, 2014 at 16:59

34 votes

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Hardware Firewall Vs. Software Firewall (IP Tables, RHEL)

answered May 11, 2011 at 12:36

33 votes

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Why datacenter water cooling is not widespread?

answered Apr 27, 2011 at 14:49

30 votes

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What features of Windows 8/8.1 Pro will not work without a Microsoft Account?

answered Dec 10, 2014 at 20:20

27 votes

Cooling Server Closet - No A/C Is Possible

answered Jan 18, 2012 at 13:43

27 votes

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Any disadvantage to short DNS TTL?

answered Jan 24, 2011 at 3:43

26 votes

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What RAM options do I need to know before buying Server RAM?

answered Aug 5, 2014 at 14:42

25 votes

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What exactly is the MTU/MRU issue, what it is caused by and how to fix it?

answered Apr 4, 2012 at 18:01

24 votes

How to disable SSLv2 or SSLv3?

answered Mar 10, 2014 at 3:29

23 votes

How are IP addresses actually assigned?

answered May 31, 2011 at 21:05

22 votes

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Search AD by GUID

answered Sep 12, 2011 at 17:41

22 votes

Can a RAID 4 disk setup crash if only 1 hard disk fails?

answered Nov 26, 2012 at 16:05

22 votes

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PCIe x8 NIC in PCIe x16 slot

answered Aug 3, 2012 at 0:14

21 votes

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How are cached Windows credentials stored on the local machine?

answered Dec 3, 2012 at 15:46

21 votes

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Why does unpartitioned Hitachi HDS5C3020 drive start consuming 50% more power 15 minutes after boot?

answered Dec 16, 2012 at 17:16

20 votes

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What's the use of X-Powered-By, Server and other similar HTTP headers?

answered Jun 4, 2012 at 13:23

20 votes

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Advantages of IPv4 over IPv6

answered Jan 25, 2012 at 13:30

19 votes

Mean Time Between Failures -- SSD

answered Nov 3, 2014 at 19:42

18 votes

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What counts as a 'large' raid 5 array?

answered Apr 28, 2014 at 14:39

18 votes

Long Gigabit Ethernet Run

answered Sep 24, 2012 at 2:49

18 votes

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How do I know if I need a layer 3 switch?

answered Jun 4, 2010 at 0:56

18 votes

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Which OSI-Layer does Ethernet belong to?

answered Jul 6, 2010 at 18:56

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