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My thanks to all that responded to my posting about measuring network performance.  Helpful suggestions are always very much appreciated.  The type of testing that we were attempting does not appear to be a major topic of interest on the list but ..

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We have some small networks with connectivity to the Internet through firewall routers.  The smallest has one Windows 7 system and three Linux systems including both CentOS 6 and CentOS 7 machines.  The Windows 7 systems have full Adobe packages t..

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How does the latest Intel flaw relate to CentOS 6.x systems that run under VirtualBox hosted on Windows 7 computers? Given the virtual machine degree of separation from the hardware, can this issue actually be detected and exploited in the operat..

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We have several CentOS 6 systems that are used in various configurations of test equipment.  One of the primary functions of these systems is the connectivity to serial ports of some operational systems that have serial port control requirements..

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We have been following the email list discussion regarding recent problems with yum and the upgrade to the most current CentOS 7. We have also tried some of the remedies suggested or recommended. None of these measures has yielded success, and it..

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Small private networks are a necessary part of our business. We also run some small networks with Internet connectivity through firewall routers.  The smallest of these networks has only a printer and a mix of five CentOS and Windows 7 machines…

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