Bits and Pieces of Cyber Security 🍪

  If you've ever worked in IT, whether you're just starting out or you’re deep in the cybersecurity world, you’ve probably heard the terms DNS and DHCP tossed around in the same breath. And if you’ve ever internally paused and thought, “Wait, which one does what again?”,  you’re not alone! These two networking services are often confused for one another, and while they both play critical roles in how devices communicate on a network, they serve very different purposes. In this post, we’ll break them down, compare them, and provide real-world analogies to help you remember which is which. What is DHCP? DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol . At its core, DHCP is the friendly office receptionist of your network—it hands out IP addresses to devices (clients) when they join the network. Instead of having to manually assign IP addresses to every device, the DHCP server does it dynamically and automatically. Example: Imagine walking into a hotel. At the front ...

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