firewall is always very important for the security of your system, specially if you are running a web server running very popular websites then firewall is the life of your server. Previously I explained how to install CSF firewall, and here is the tutorial for APF which is another great firewall available. [crayon-650de0495e7ef574759492/] … [Read more...]
Ports to configure in firewall for Directadmin
October 23, 2010 by Leave a Comment
20,21: FTP. Note that ftp will use a "random high port number" if the client is in PORT mode, so you may need to add a port range into your /etc/proftpd.conf file to allow ftp connections, eg: [crayon-650de0495eb02628724273/] and then open that port range as well in your firewall. 22: ssh access 25, 587: smtp for exim to recieve email 53: dns (named), so your sites resolve. TCP and UDP … [Read more...]
perl error in CSF installation
October 23, 2010 by Leave a Comment
[crayon-650de0495ebb4410112914/] The error is because of perl module installation, which is the basic requirement of csf and the solution is [crayon-650de0495ebb6624412099/] … [Read more...]
How to enable Passive ftp in Pure FTPD
August 11, 2009 by 1 Comment
For users that are behind a firewall it might be required that you enable passive ftp in your ftp server and client. While enabling passive ftp in your ftp client is simple, doing so in your ftp server configuration files might be a bit tricky if you don’t know what you are doing. This tutorial will cover Pure-FTPd, the ftp server used on most cPanel powered servers. Here are the steps … [Read more...]
