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

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.

host entity

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

A Net Entity that denotes a single IP host.

host route

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

A route for a specific host address, rather than a network address. Useful for assigning a virtual address.

HTTPd

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

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

HTTPS

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

The HTTPS protocol is sometimes referred to as Secure HTTP, and is basically HTTP over SSL (Secure Socket Layer). The Raptor Firewall's standard HTTP proxy, called httpd, also handles HTTPS traffic ...