Firewall & VPN

Firewall & VPN

Terms relating to firewalls, which help keep a network safe by not accepting potentially harmful datapackets. Also relates to VPNs, or virtual private networks, that virtually provide a different IP address which makes it seem that the user is using a computer from another location.

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FTP

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

This acronym means "File transfer protocol". The standard ports for FTP are 21/TCP (control) and 20/TCP (data). The firewall can pass FTP through its standard proxy, as well as browser FTP proxied ...

UID

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

A decimal number that uniquely identifies a gateway username on the firewall. In essence, the UID becomes, for the firewall software, synonymous with the username. UIDs are entered as part of the ...

SMTP

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

This acronym means Simple Mail Transport Protocol, and refers to the primary method of moving email across the Internet. SMTP uses port 25/TCP.

Virtual address

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

This term is most often used when describing service redirection, and refers to an additional IP address that is assigned to the firewall's outside NIC through host routes on the Internet router (not ...

Authentication

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

The process of verifying that a client is who or what it claims to be. The Raptor Firewall supports the ACE/SecurID, Cryptocard, NT Domain, Belcore S/Key, Radius, Tacacs+, and gwpasswd authentication ...

GID

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

A decimal number that uniquely identifies a group on the firewall. In essence, the GID becomes for the firewall software synonymous with the group name. GIDs are entered as part of the process of ...

Client

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

A software programme that requests the use of a network service. In this context, a browser is considered a client program. Sometimes the term client is used to refer to hosts (PCs, workstations) on ...