Some, including Symantec's VelociRaptor firewall, come with their ports closed by default - this is called automatic port blocking. If your firewall comes with all the ports and services open, the ...

As some of you know from my last dumb post about mounting the floppy, I am new to Linux. I would like to learn though the feasibility of setting up a Linux machine as a firewall for a dedicated ...

I'm going to be setting up a dual-NIC router using a Pentium 75 with probably 32 megs of RAM. It'll be used on DSL (or possibly cable). <P>OK, for the basic question, I need to know some ports for ...

One of the greatest features of sendmail is the extreme flexibility it provides the administrator. This is also one of its worst features, the reason being that it is so often misconfigured. Usually, ...

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