Internet Tools from HCI Data Limited

Index of Internet Tools

Host Name to IP Address: For a given host name this utility will use DNS to look up the IP address. If an IP address is found, an attempt will be made to locate the country in which the IP address was allocated.
IP Address to Host Name: For a given IP address this utility will interrogate the machine using that IP address to find out its host name. If the given IP address, an attempt will be made to locate the country in which the IP address was allocated.
Flushing DNS tables in Windows: Windows does not always honour the time-to-live (TTL) for DNS records. This can mean that a host than has moved from on server to another is not found as Windows continues to keep the DNS information about the old IP address of the host name. To force Windows to refresh its host name to IP address tables, the Windows DNS tables need to be flushed.
What is an ?net?: Find out the difference between an Internet, Intranet and Extranet.
Uptime: See how long a LINUX computer has been running since it was last booted.
Find: Find files on a LINUX computer
Job Control: Useful commands and techniques to control LINUX jobs
Lastlog: List last login time for all users on a LINUX system
Wtmp: List login and logouts of various users on a LINUX system
Crontab and %: How to use % in a crontab entry and for it to be used as the text character % and not a new line character
Convert Base64 Encoded Data: Convert Base64 Encoded data to ASCII and vice versa. Also convert Base64 Encoded data to EBCDIC
RSS: Syndication of data from a web site
Encryption: Understanding how modern encryption and decryption works
MSIE Download text file: How to get around the problem with MSIE downloading, and not viewing, plain text files
ISO 9001: An overview of the ISO 9001 quality management systems standard
Contracts: An overview of which party's terms and conditions applies to a contract
Calendar: Show a calendar for any year from 1 AD to 9999 AD with interesting information about Julian and Gregorian calendars
qpsmtpd: Details of some useful qpsmtpd plugins
Yahoo! Delays E-mail: Details on why Yahoo! can delay e-mails to its customers
Other E-mail delays: An explanation of why some emails take a long time to be delivered
Obfuscate E-mail Address: How to hide an e-mail address, on a web page, from spam robots that harvest e-mail addresses
Short URLs: Convert a long URL into a much shorter URL so that it does not wrap in an e-mail message
Dreamweaver Problems: Some easily solved Dreamweaver problems
Generate a QR Code: Generate a bar code that can be read by a mobile phone with a QR Code reader app

Last Updated : Wednesday, 12-Sep-2007

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