https://blogs.nvtrends.com/tags/networking/Recent content in Networking on NV TrendsHugoen-usSun, 20 Sep 2026 03:32:43 +0000https://blogs.nvtrends.com/posts/2026/http-requests-without-curl-bash-dev-tcp/Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:01:29 +0000https://blogs.nvtrends.com/posts/2026/http-requests-without-curl-bash-dev-tcp/<p>Imagine you are logged into a remote server, perhaps a highly stripped-down production environment or a minimal Docker container. You need to verify if an internal API is responding or if a specific port is open, but you quickly realize that the usual suspects—<strong>curl</strong>, <strong>wget</strong>, and even <strong>telnet</strong>—are missing. In the world of modern DevOps and system administration, we often take these tools for granted. However, there is a powerful, &ldquo;hidden&rdquo; feature built directly into the Bash shell that allows you to communicate over the network using nothing but standard shell commands.</p>https://blogs.nvtrends.com/posts/2026/popular-open-source-projects/Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:45:00 +0000https://blogs.nvtrends.com/posts/2026/popular-open-source-projects/<p>Open source projects are publicly accessible software initiatives whose source code is distributed under transparent, community-recognized licenses—such as MIT, Apache 2.0, or GNU GPL—allowing developers, researchers, and enterprises worldwide to inspect, modify, run, and redistribute the underlying code without paying proprietary licensing fees. From foundational operating system kernels and distributed databases to container orchestrators, machine learning libraries, and high-throughput routing daemons, open-source software constitutes the core digital infrastructure that powers global cloud platforms, consumer smartphones, and enterprise architectures.</p>