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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Firewall & VPN

Fully-qualified name

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

A fully-qualified name (FQN), such as thefw.peach.com is composed of a hostname (thefw) and an Internet domain name (peach.com).

Gopher

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

A text and information management application-level protocol that uses port 70/TCP. The firewall can pass Gopher through its standard proxy, as well as browser Gopher proxied through an HTTP ...

Gopherd

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

This acronym means "Gopher daemon", and refers to the firewall's standard proxy for Gopher, which is installed as part of the Raptor firewall software.

GSP

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

This acronym means "Generic Service Passer". See also Special Service. GSPs are used to provide application-level proxy for protocols not handled by the standard proxies. A single GSP can be used to ...

Gwcontrol

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

This term means "Gateway Control", and refers to the daemon that handles the authorization phase of all application-level traffic on the Raptor Firewall.

Gwpasswd

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

This term means "Gateway Password", and refers to a simple password authentication mechanism provided by the Raptor Firewall. All user account and password information for gwpasswd authentication is ...

H.323

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

The H.323 streaming audiovideo protocol is used by applications such as Net Meeting, TeleVox, and CuSeeMe. The Raptor Firewall can pass H.323 traffic through a standard proxy.