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It does seem to be a surprisingly common blindspot of programmers in general. I strongly recommend programmers learn it, it can save a lot of headaches in syste
by rcxdude 2mo ago
It does seem to be a surprisingly common blindspot of programmers in general. I strongly recommend programmers learn it, it can save a lot of headaches in system architecture.
- jcalx 2mo agoAny recommendations on a good path to learn this — curious if you have any personal, opinionated thoughts on this.
- Gud 2mo agoBuy some cheap computer, pop in a few NICs, setup a FreeBSD or OpenBSD gateway, including DNS and some other goodies. And by cheap, any $10 relic will do. You’ll find their manuals very informative.
- chainingsolid 2mo agoI'll add looking up the ipv4 and ipv6 specs on www.rfc-editor.org .