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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mail wizard

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

Refers to the SMTP/Mail setup screen in the RCU configuration GUI (RCU> Gateway> Configure> Mail). The Mail wizard is a quick and easy way to create the rules and Service Redirections necessary to ...

MX Record

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

This acronym means "Mail eXchange" Record, and refers to the DNS resource record used to describe where SMTP mail should be delivered for a given Internet domain. For most customers, the MX record ...

net entity

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

A net entity is a network object, such as a host, a subnet, or a group containing hosts and/or subnets. Net entities can be used to build rules, filters, tunnels, and VPNs.

news

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

Another way of referring to servers that provide the NNTP service. News is a free-form discussion forum on a multitude of topics.

non-transparent

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

Refers to a connection made by a client application that is directed to a gateway, where it is covertly sent to the server. In other words, the client believes that the gateway is the server, and is ...

NNTP

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

This acronym means Network News Transport Protocol, and is also known as Usenet, or just simply as News. News is a discussion list application protocol that uses port 119/TCP.

NTP

Network hardware; Firewall & VPN

This acronym means Network Time Protocol, and refers to the application protocol that uses port 123/UDP. The Raptor Firewall comes equipped with a standard proxy for NTP.