Firewall pinhole
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firewall-pinhole-221-4079347
title:
Firewall pinhole
text:
In computer networking, a firewall pinhole is a port that is not protected by a firewall to allow a particular application to gain access to a service on a host in the network protected by the firewall. Leaving ports open in firewall configurations exposes the protected system to potentially malicious abuse. A fully closed firewall prevents applications from accessing services on the other side of the firewall. For protection, the mechanism for opening a pinhole in the firewall should implement
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wiki
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewall_pinhole
date created:
2006-02-01T17:06:34Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T23:24:40Z
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