Since I’m seldom in control of all the devices between myself and whatever system I am trying to reach, I often like to verify whether I will be able to connect to a particular port on the particular ...

To make the best use of the ss command, it’s important to understand what a socket is. A socket is a type of pseudo file (i.e., not an actual file) that represents a network connection. A socket ...

Sockets are a pretty old way to make network connections, and aren't much in use, right? (I remember having to get WinSock drivers (?) back in the day, but probably not since Win95/98 times.) Is there ...