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I have a newbie security related question.
Should port 25 (smtp) be blocked by firewall on my server? Or will doing so mean that i cannot send any mail at all?
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I posted on stackoverflow as to the overall benefits of managed hosting vs non-managed hosting.
The more I think about it, it seems to boil down to one question: should I use a managed host because they take care of the firewall, or would I be okay managing my own, software firewall?
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We have a debate in our office going on whether it's necessary to get a hardware firewall or set up a virtual one on our VMWare cluster.
Our environment consists of 3 server nodes (16 cores w/ 64 GB RAM each) over 2x 1 GB switches w/ an iSCSI shared storage array.
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I've recently changed jobs and I've been set up with a new workstation. On all previous places where I've been working they've had some sort of local firewall installed on each and every workstation - but here I've been told not to activate it because it is not necessary since we're already behind…
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I've recently changed jobs and I've been set up with a new workstation. On all previous places where I've been working they've had some sort of local firewall installed on each and every workstation - but here I've been told not to activate it because it is not necessary since we're already behind…
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Hi guys I have been trying for a few hours to install and get FTP to work...
I did yum install ftp and yum install vsftpd
They all installed and are running but when I try to use filezilla or some other client I just can't connect....I've tried connecting on port 21 and port 990 ....nothing!
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The ubiquity of databases and the potentially valuable information stored in them makes them attractive targets for people who want to steal data or harm its owner by tampering with it. Making sure that your data is secure is a critical part of configuring SQL Server and developing applications that…
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I want to run my own root server (directly accessible from the web without a hardware firewall) with debian lenny, apache2, php5, mysql, postfix MTA, sftp (based on ssh) and maybe dns server.
What measures/software would you recomend, and why, to secure this server down and minimalize the attack…
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I want to run my own root server (directly accessible from the web without a hardware firewall) with debian lenny, apache2, php5, mysql, postfix MTA, sftp (based on ssh) and maybe dns server.
What measures/software would you recomend, and why, to secure this server down and minimalize the attack…
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