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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fast path

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

The Fast Path mechanism is a compromise between the efficiency of packet filtering and the security of application proxies. As of this writing, its use is restricted to the HTTP and HTTPS protocols. ...

fetcher

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

The fetcher daemon is responsible for downloading and installing updates to the WebNOT and NewsNOT ratings databases.

FTPd

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

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

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 ...