Write a C function first_last that consumes a string argument and modifies it so that it only contains two characters: the first, and the last. If there are less than two characters, leave the string alone. Return nothing. Note: don't over think this! You do not need any kind of loop!

What is the foundation for proper monitoring, load balancing and routing in distributed systems

Usually, when we sniff packets, we are only interested certain types of packets. we can do that by setting filters in sniffing. scapy’s filter use the bpf (berkeley packet filter) syntax; you can find the bpf manual from the internet. set the following filters and demonstrate your sniffer program again (each filter should be set separately): (a) capture only the icmp packet. (b) capture any tcp packet that comes from a particular ip and with a destination port number 23. (c) capture packets comes from or to go to a particular subnet. you can pick any subnet, such as 128.230.0.0/16; you should not pick the subnet that your vm is attached to.

Pp 4.1 design and implement a class called sphere that contains instance data that represents the sphere’s diameter. define the sphere constructor to accept and initialize the diameter and include getter and setter methods for the diameter. include methods that calculate and return the volume and surface area of the sphere (see pp 3.5 for the formulas). include a tostring method that returns a one-line description of the sphere. create a driver class called multisphere, whose main method instantiates and updates several sphere objects.