This collection of Frequenty Asked Questions (FAQs) and answers has been compiled over a period of years, seeing which questions people ask about firewalls in such fora as Usenet, mailing lists, and Web sites. If you have a question, looking here to see whether it's answered before posting your question is good form. Don't send your questions about firewalls to the FAQ maintainers. The maintainers welcome input and comments on the contents of this FAQ.

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A Ethernet 10/100 RJ45 network interface card (NIC) and it's documentation. All computers produced within the last few years have Ethernet NICs installed as standard equipment. Check your computer's documentation. A CAT 5 or above Ethernet patch cord. (If you do not have one, check with your RA for details on how to otain one at no additional cost) . Working antivirus software (Eastern provides McAfee VirusScan & McAfee AntiSpyware software at no additional cost to all students.

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Initially, your Internet Firewall may require some configuration. RemoteArchiving.com charges just time and materials to communicate with your IT department, satisfy their security standards, get approval, and then test any new new firewall configurations that are implemented. Here is typical firewall information that your IT department usually requests: Connections are typically initiated from outside the firewall.

Querying remote servers traditionally requires some internet activity. The only servers Browse for Speed will contact are:

In reality I see there being several common setups. If you are having trouble connecting to people, please look through the list to see which scenario most closely describes your computer setup. A Single Home Computer: which is connected directly to the Internet via a Broadband or Dialup Connection. You are lucky, RetroShare should work perfectly on your computer. If you have your Windows Personal Firewall switched on, then you must make sure that RetroShare is included as an exception.

When you open CP Ignore, it connects to this site to see if any newer versions exist. If a newer version exits, then it will prompt you to go to this site and download the new version.

This is happening because the automatic update checking feature is turned on in the main preferences. If you uncheck the box that is labeled as follows, the program will be quiet again: Absolutely no information is sent to us during the update process. It simply connects to the first available web server and asks for a tiny text file that tells VNCScan what the latest version is.

Personal Firewall software is important software for any home computer user who has a broadband (cable modem or DSL) connection. These types of connections are set to be connected to the Internet always, just like a networked computer at the office. Therefore, your computer is regularly accessible from the Internet. A personal firewall will protect your computer from unwanted access and attack, as well as letting you know when certain types of software attempt to do suspicious activity.

Windows XP has a firewall built in. There are also many other firewall software solutions out there and some are now included with virus checkers. For more information please look here.

I am connected to MegaQuebec Internet and I get the following error message: The DNS server cannot find the address.

You have reached the default limit is 100 database sessions. You need to increase the postmaster's limit on how many concurrent backend processes it can start by changing the max_connections value in postgresql.conf and restarting the postmaster.

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Make sure that your firewall allows communication over the TCP protocol, range of ports 9000 - 9020, 9100-9101 in both directions. ports not listed here are reserved for future use or servers (e.g. each MV server use own TCP port for connection ..)

This is one of the most asked questions and also one of the hardest to answer. Of course the answer depends on your network setup and which OS you use on your firewall. If you use NAT (or masquerading) then it gets even more complicated. The first thing you might want is the port information. The protocol uses TCP port 6112 on the bnetd server. It also uses UDP port 6112 on both the client and the bnetd server. If you use Diablo II, then TCP port 4000 also needs to be open to the server.

Problem description: Your connection to the Internet is via a proxy server/firewall. When you attempt to connect to ATPCO, you get a "659 error" and the session does not connect. If you use option 2, your firewall administrator will need to give you the Telnet port you will need to configure HOD. You will need to email DNETTSW@atpco.net to request set-up for session profiles. Please include the following: Yes.