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Published inNov 2023
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Damian Wojsław
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Damian Wojsław

Damian Wojsław has been working in the IT industry since 2001. He specializes in administration and troubleshooting of Linux servers. Being a system operator and support engineer he has found DevOps philosophy a natural evolution of the way sysops work with developers and other members of the software team.
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Grzegorz Adamowicz
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Grzegorz Adamowicz

Grzegorz Adamowicz has been working in the IT industry since 2006 in a number of positions, including Systems Administrator, Backend Developer (PHP, Python), Systems Architect and Site Reliability Engineer. Professionally was focused on building tools and automations inside projects he is involved in. He's also engaged with the professional community by organizing events like conferences and workshops. Grzegorz worked in many industries including Oil & Gas, Hotel, Fintech, DeFI, Automotive, Space and many more.
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Networking in Linux

In Linux, networking is implemented in the kernel, which means that it is a part of the operating system. The kernel includes several components that work together to enable networking, including device drivers, protocol implementations, and system calls.

When a user wants to send or receive data over a network, they can do so using any of the networking applications available in Linux, such as ping, traceroute, telnet, or ssh. These applications use system calls to communicate with the kernel and request that data be sent or received over the network.

The kernel communicates with the network hardware using device drivers, which are software programs that allow the kernel to access and control the hardware. Different drivers are needed for different types of network hardware, such as Ethernet or Wi-Fi.

The kernel also implements several networking protocols, which are rules and standards that define how data is formatted and transmitted over the network...

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Published in: Nov 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803245669

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Damian Wojsław

Damian Wojsław has been working in the IT industry since 2001. He specializes in administration and troubleshooting of Linux servers. Being a system operator and support engineer he has found DevOps philosophy a natural evolution of the way sysops work with developers and other members of the software team.
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Grzegorz Adamowicz

Grzegorz Adamowicz has been working in the IT industry since 2006 in a number of positions, including Systems Administrator, Backend Developer (PHP, Python), Systems Architect and Site Reliability Engineer. Professionally was focused on building tools and automations inside projects he is involved in. He's also engaged with the professional community by organizing events like conferences and workshops. Grzegorz worked in many industries including Oil & Gas, Hotel, Fintech, DeFI, Automotive, Space and many more.
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