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.

Industry: Network hardware

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security association

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

The IPSEC mechanism by which the management of authentication and encryption algorithms and their keys are decoupled from the suite of IPSEC protocols. A bidirectional communications session (A B) ...

server-side transparency

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

The opposite of client-side transparency (see "transparent"). A transparent connection (TCP) or data stream (UDP) in which the firewall is transparent to the client. In other words, the client ...

service redirection

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

Service Redirection is an application-level feature of the Raptor Firewall that operates with the firewall's standard proxies and the GSP. In simple terms, service redirection allows the firewall ...

SRL

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

This acronym means "Secure Remote Login", and refers to the encrypted and secured login facility available with the Raptor Firewall. SRL uses port 423/TCP.

SMTPd

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

This acronym means "SMTP daemon", and refers to the Raptor SMTP proxy that is installed as part of the Raptor Firewall. SMTPd is one of the firewall's standard proxies.

snetshot

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

A packet sniffer that comes with the Raptor Firewall.

SNMP

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

This acronym means Simple Network Management Protocol, and refers to the protocols that use ports 161/UDP and 162/UDP. SNMP is described in a number of RFCs, the most recent being RFCs 1901 thru ...