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Nov 16 at 10:03 comment added Valerio Bozz Probably we should remove this question from the list serverfault.com/questions/25319/… since if I understand correctly this post is linked as "best questions" from page serverfault.com/help/on-topic but the mentioned question is closed as not good.
Sep 23, 2020 at 10:05 history edited Gerald Schneider CC BY-SA 4.0
added question/answer for reverse proxies
Aug 6, 2018 at 14:59 history edited Michael HamptonMod CC BY-SA 4.0
https://serverfault.com/questions/575991/mysql-periodically-crashing
Apr 18, 2018 at 12:10 history edited yagmoth555Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
added GPDR's question
Oct 12, 2017 at 13:01 history edited MadHatter CC BY-SA 3.0
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Apr 13, 2017 at 12:14 history edited CommunityBot
replaced http://serverfault.com/ with https://serverfault.com/
Mar 17, 2017 at 10:13 history edited CommunityBot
replaced http://meta.serverfault.com/ with https://meta.serverfault.com/
Feb 27, 2017 at 17:52 history edited yagmoth555Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
added a good question about obfuscate data in question
Jan 18, 2017 at 10:51 history edited Rob Moir CC BY-SA 3.0
added http://serverfault.com/questions/826444/difference-between-microsoft-adcs-standalone-ca-and-enterprise-ca
Nov 10, 2016 at 0:27 comment added user5870571 This makes it seem like the ability to have tags for answers would be good.
Nov 2, 2016 at 14:31 history edited Michael HamptonMod CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nov 1, 2016 at 16:35 comment added bye "How to stop people from using my domain to send spam? [duplicate]" surely shouldn't be on this list. Or is it a shining example of the perfect duplicate? The answer it is apparently a duplicate of doesn't address the original problem at all, so it probably isn't that.
Aug 17, 2016 at 15:48 history edited GreenGiant CC BY-SA 3.0
fix some formatting issues
Jun 3, 2016 at 14:19 history edited yagmoth555Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
adding a email link
May 16, 2016 at 14:50 history edited Andrew B CC BY-SA 3.0
adding the apex NS record Q&A - gave it an overhaul last week after having to link it for two Cloudflare related Q&As
Mar 11, 2016 at 16:10 comment added jleach What an awesome list... I'm a developer turned business owner/IT noob and came across this while looking for some basic info... this will keep me busy for a LONG time!
Feb 13, 2016 at 20:15 history rollback Andrew B
Rollback to Revision 98
Feb 13, 2016 at 4:46 history edited Andrew B CC BY-SA 3.0
Complex PAM stacking has come up a few times, dropping a link here.
Feb 6, 2016 at 22:41 history edited Neil Smithline CC BY-SA 3.0
Formatting fix
Jan 10, 2016 at 14:28 history edited gxx CC BY-SA 3.0
Added link to DNS: "How do I set up a “secure” open resolver?"
Dec 12, 2015 at 2:22 history edited Andrew B CC BY-SA 3.0
added a link to a Q&A Michael recently used as a dupe close target, because this one comes up fairly often
Sep 28, 2015 at 13:25 history edited Dennis Nolte CC BY-SA 3.0
added link from Iain to be included in the network part
Aug 8, 2015 at 1:32 history edited Michael HamptonMod CC BY-SA 3.0
Should we host our own nameservers?
Aug 1, 2015 at 6:53 history edited Andrew B CC BY-SA 3.0
moar DNS spam
Apr 16, 2015 at 20:32 history edited Reaces CC BY-SA 3.0
Added the host files troubleshooting post, could have saved me some trouble in the past and host files are a frequently used / likely timeless windows subject.
Feb 27, 2015 at 14:43 history edited Andrew B CC BY-SA 3.0
moar DNS canonballs
Feb 27, 2015 at 6:39 history edited Andrew Schulman CC BY-SA 3.0
add a question
Sep 30, 2014 at 4:48 history edited Andrew B CC BY-SA 3.0
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Sep 6, 2014 at 23:44 history edited Michael HamptonMod CC BY-SA 3.0
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Aug 6, 2014 at 4:32 history edited Michael HamptonMod CC BY-SA 3.0
Why drop caches in Linux?
Jul 22, 2014 at 18:09 history edited Andrew B CC BY-SA 3.0
added my canonical rDNS requirements question
May 15, 2014 at 16:02 history edited voretaq7Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
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Apr 25, 2014 at 18:23 history edited Andrew B CC BY-SA 3.0
whoops, never got around to adding my canonical dig +trace question
Apr 10, 2014 at 16:21 history edited Michael HamptonMod CC BY-SA 3.0
Added Heartbleed question
Feb 3, 2014 at 17:11 history edited Michael HamptonMod CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jan 29, 2014 at 22:20 history edited Falcon Momot CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jan 15, 2014 at 6:16 history edited Falcon Momot CC BY-SA 3.0
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Dec 18, 2013 at 20:22 history edited Chris SMod CC BY-SA 3.0
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Dec 18, 2013 at 19:59 history edited Chris SMod CC BY-SA 3.0
Updates - Needs plenty more...
Dec 11, 2013 at 5:37 history edited Michael HamptonMod CC BY-SA 3.0
Explain a question
Nov 24, 2013 at 23:22 history edited Falcon Momot CC BY-SA 3.0
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Oct 21, 2013 at 5:10 history edited Michael HamptonMod CC BY-SA 3.0
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Sep 9, 2013 at 19:15 history edited Michael HamptonMod CC BY-SA 3.0
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Sep 9, 2013 at 6:28 history edited Mark HendersonMod CC BY-SA 3.0
Added my networking canonical into two places, as it fits in both networking && datacentre design
Sep 2, 2013 at 19:51 history edited Falcon Momot CC BY-SA 3.0
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Aug 30, 2013 at 6:32 history edited Michael HamptonMod CC BY-SA 3.0
Added question for network mapping software
Aug 19, 2013 at 9:15 history edited Falcon Momot CC BY-SA 3.0
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Aug 16, 2013 at 15:24 history edited Chris SMod CC BY-SA 3.0
Peggy Like
Jul 25, 2013 at 17:06 history edited Chris SMod CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jul 8, 2013 at 15:25 history edited Evan Anderson CC BY-SA 3.0
Added http://serverfault.com/questions/521618
Jun 10, 2013 at 21:52 history edited voretaq7Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jun 4, 2013 at 7:52 history edited Michael HamptonMod CC BY-SA 3.0
The previous hairpin NAT question was terrible. Replaced it with a much better one.
May 29, 2013 at 4:00 history edited Andrew CC BY-SA 3.0
add cron question
Apr 6, 2013 at 22:36 comment added Jacob Just reading through these has increased my knowledge, we should make these more prominent.
Mar 8, 2013 at 1:28 history edited voretaq7Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
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Dec 2, 2012 at 2:08 history edited sysadmin1138Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nov 16, 2012 at 5:24 history edited Michael Hampton CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nov 16, 2012 at 5:15 history edited voretaq7Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
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Oct 5, 2012 at 18:27 history edited sysadmin1138Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
Fixup more links on the bottom.
Oct 5, 2012 at 17:54 history edited Eric3 CC BY-SA 3.0
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Sep 11, 2012 at 3:10 history edited Michael Hampton CC BY-SA 3.0
Added IPv6 question
Sep 10, 2012 at 14:52 history edited sysadmin1138Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
Hit the url auto-cleanup limit, so time to do it manually. Curses.
Sep 9, 2012 at 21:23 history edited gWaldo CC BY-SA 3.0
huh. That didn't work...
Sep 9, 2012 at 21:01 history edited gWaldo CC BY-SA 3.0
Adding the SAN question
Sep 7, 2012 at 15:25 history edited Massimo CC BY-SA 3.0
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Aug 29, 2012 at 15:46 history edited Chris SMod CC BY-SA 3.0
Moar Cleanup
Aug 29, 2012 at 15:21 history edited Chris SMod CC BY-SA 3.0
Cleanup
Aug 29, 2012 at 7:55 history edited Jeff Atwood CC BY-SA 3.0
we don't need two levels of bullets here, makes it hard to read
Aug 27, 2012 at 19:21 history edited voretaq7Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
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Aug 21, 2012 at 15:26 history edited voretaq7Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
Email section - our two SPAM questions
Aug 7, 2012 at 3:13 history edited voretaq7Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
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Aug 7, 2012 at 2:38 history edited voretaq7Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
Add documentation question. Alphabeticalizate.
Aug 2, 2012 at 19:42 history edited Chris SMod CC BY-SA 3.0
Added chmod 777 and the GPO
Jul 31, 2012 at 18:00 history edited Chris SMod CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jul 31, 2012 at 14:58 history edited Chris SMod CC BY-SA 3.0
OMG It's almost readable now!
Jul 30, 2012 at 7:38 history edited Ladadadada CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jul 3, 2012 at 15:05 history edited Chris SMod CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jun 27, 2012 at 4:56 history edited Chris SMod CC BY-SA 3.0
Added AD, Consolidated Some, Removed non-Answer OSes
May 31, 2012 at 15:47 history edited Chris SMod CC BY-SA 3.0
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Apr 27, 2012 at 3:14 history edited voretaq7Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
Add "How to pick the right Apache MPM"
Apr 12, 2012 at 14:17 history edited Chris SMod CC BY-SA 3.0
Update
Mar 21, 2012 at 14:02 history edited gWaldo CC BY-SA 3.0
I'd love to see some Server OS/Distro questions selected to be canonical
Mar 11, 2012 at 14:47 history rollback sysadmin1138Mod
Rollback to Revision 32
Mar 11, 2012 at 12:16 history edited sysadmin1138Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
Add the multi-DHCP question, refile IIS to correct location.
Mar 10, 2012 at 22:19 history edited Nils CC BY-SA 3.0
Added question about certification that has many good an generic answers.
Feb 23, 2012 at 12:59 history edited sysadmin1138Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
FIx broken link
Feb 12, 2012 at 2:57 history edited sysadmin1138Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
Add Nics website security question.
Feb 11, 2012 at 22:05 history edited sysadmin1138Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
The 'benchmarking' questions were duplicated in the 'capacity' section.
Feb 3, 2012 at 5:23 history edited Ward - Trying CodidactMod CC BY-SA 3.0
added q/a about why/how to restrict admin rights on a boss's pc
Feb 1, 2012 at 21:47 history edited Mark HendersonMod CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jan 31, 2012 at 2:01 history edited sysadmin1138Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
Add capacity planning links
Jan 26, 2012 at 15:04 history edited Chris SMod CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jan 26, 2012 at 6:57 history edited voretaq7Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
Datacenter Stuff needs love!
Jan 20, 2012 at 1:31 history rollback Wesley
Rollback to Revision 20
Jan 20, 2012 at 1:30 history edited Wesley CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jan 13, 2012 at 8:14 history edited Ward - Trying CodidactMod CC BY-SA 3.0
another slight change
Jan 13, 2012 at 8:07 history edited Ward - Trying CodidactMod CC BY-SA 3.0
slightly changed 1st line to make more sense when linked from FAQ
Dec 27, 2011 at 4:02 history edited sysadmin1138Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
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Oct 21, 2011 at 17:24 history edited Shane Madden CC BY-SA 3.0
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Sep 20, 2011 at 11:40 history edited sysadmin1138Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
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Sep 10, 2011 at 16:08 history edited Ward - Trying CodidactMod CC BY-SA 3.0
added q/a about network monitoring
Sep 9, 2011 at 5:35 history edited Ward - Trying CodidactMod CC BY-SA 3.0
added the emails marked as spam question
Sep 8, 2011 at 11:33 history edited sysadmin1138Mod CC BY-SA 3.0
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