Using Tcpdump to Filter DNS Packets
Tcpdump is a very powerful Linux command to capture DNS packets. DNS is short for Domain Name System. It is…
Capture Ping Packets With Tcpdump
ICMP is a network layer protocol used by network devices to diagnose network communication issues. Tcpdump command on Linux can…
Check Network Usage by Process with Linux Nethogs command
Nethogs is a Linux command that allows us to view network usage of a running process in realtime. Nethogs sorts…
check disk IO usage Per process Using Linux iotop command
This article is part of the following series. Iotop is an interactive real-time I/O usage monitoring tool to check…
What does Timeo mean during NFS mount timeout in Linux?
Timeo is a timeout mount option in NFS mount. It is the timeout value that the NFS client uses to…
Filtering DNS with Tcpdump on Port 53
If you’re a Linux system administrator, then you’re probably familiar with DNS, which is a critical component of networking. TCPdump…
3 Ways to make Top Command sort by Memory
Top is a very powerful command to periodically display a sorted list of system processes. The default sorting key is…
Filtering ICMP Packets with Tcpdump
Tcpdump command in Linux can be used to capture ICMP packets. We will start with ICMP protocol introduction and then…
Linux Memory Metrics: /proc/meminfo
/proc/meminfo on Linux displays current system-wide memory performance statistics. It provides the most complete view of system memory usage. Here…
How Userdel Works In Linux
Userdel command can be used to delete a user and related files in Linux. In most Linux distributions, the user…