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Tips on Installing a CSF Firewall

<div data-id&equals;"654" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; margin-top&colon;px&semi; margin-bottom&colon;px&semi; margin-left&colon;px&semi; margin-right&colon;px&semi;" class&equals;"afw afw&lowbar;group afw&lowbar;group afwadgroupid-654"><&sol;div><p>After installing a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;configserver&period;com" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">CSF firewall<&sol;a> at your business&comma; you will soon see how easy it is to control what people are doing on the internet&period; You can monitor what sites are being accessed&comma; and block sites you don&&num;8217&semi;t want people to access&period; Then&comma; you can determine who is allowed to access the internet&comma; and block them from accessing your website&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <img src&equals;"data&colon;image&sol;gif&semi;base64&comma;R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP&sol;&sol;&sol;ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw&equals;&equals;" fifu-lazy&equals;"1" fifu-data-sizes&equals;"auto" fifu-data-srcset&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;wp&period;fifu&period;app&sol;www&period;quickcart&period;net&sol;aHR0cHM6Ly9pLmltZ3VyLmNvbS9WUFpwY3QyLmpwZw&sol;6028a61649b4&sol;not-found&period;webp&quest;w&equals;75&h&equals;0&c&equals;0 75w&comma; 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margin&colon;0px 10px&semi; height&colon;auto&semi; width&colon;auto&semi; max-height&colon;236px&semi;" fifu-data-src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;wp&period;fifu&period;app&sol;www&period;quickcart&period;net&sol;aHR0cHM6Ly9pLmltZ3VyLmNvbS9WUFpwY3QyLmpwZw&sol;aa995e869785&sol;not-found&period;webp" alt&equals;"csf firewall setup"> <&sol;p><div data-id&equals;"639" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; margin-top&colon;px&semi; margin-bottom&colon;px&semi; margin-left&colon;px&semi; margin-right&colon;px&semi;" class&equals;"afw afw&lowbar;group afw&lowbar;group afwadgroupid-639"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The best time to install your CSF firewall is right after you purchase the system&period; You should also make sure to update your software regularly to make sure your business will remain protected&period; In most cases&comma; an internet service provider will install a firewall on your network at no charge to you&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div data-id&equals;"639" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; margin-top&colon;px&semi; margin-bottom&colon;px&semi; margin-left&colon;px&semi; margin-right&colon;px&semi;" class&equals;"afw afw&lowbar;group afw&lowbar;group afwadgroupid-639"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Before you begin installing your CSF firewall&comma; you will need to change some settings&period; In many instances&comma; you will find that you can add up to five computers that you want to be protected by your firewall&period; When you install your firewall&comma; make sure that you remember to turn off all the ports your firewall needs to access to the internet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div data-id&equals;"639" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; margin-top&colon;px&semi; margin-bottom&colon;px&semi; margin-left&colon;px&semi; margin-right&colon;px&semi;" class&equals;"afw afw&lowbar;group afw&lowbar;group afwadgroupid-639"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The first thing you will need to do when installing your CSF firewall is set up your firewall&period; This is done by downloading a firewall configuration file&period; To do this&comma; you will need to download a firewall program onto your computer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div data-id&equals;"639" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; margin-top&colon;px&semi; margin-bottom&colon;px&semi; margin-left&colon;px&semi; margin-right&colon;px&semi;" class&equals;"afw afw&lowbar;group afw&lowbar;group afwadgroupid-639"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The firewall configuration file that you downloaded should be named firewall&period;conf&period; Most firewall programs will have a wizard that will walk you through this process&period; Most of these programs are fully automated&comma; so you shouldn&&num;8217&semi;t have any trouble following along&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div data-id&equals;"639" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; margin-top&colon;px&semi; margin-bottom&colon;px&semi; margin-left&colon;px&semi; margin-right&colon;px&semi;" class&equals;"afw afw&lowbar;group afw&lowbar;group afwadgroupid-639"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Once you have set up your firewall&comma; you can now choose what ports to allow access to&period; There are two different types of ports that you can control for your firewall&period; The first type of ports is for ports that need to be open to allow people to get to your website&comma; such as a personal email or a website for your company&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div data-id&equals;"639" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; margin-top&colon;px&semi; margin-bottom&colon;px&semi; margin-left&colon;px&semi; margin-right&colon;px&semi;" class&equals;"afw afw&lowbar;group afw&lowbar;group afwadgroupid-639"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The second type of port is for ports that can only be used by certain programs&comma; such as an email server&period; If you use one of these&comma; you must use the &&num;8220&semi;sendmail&&num;8221&semi; command in your email program&period; When you send an email to another computer&comma; the sending computer will send the message to the email server using the port that you choose for your firewall&period; When you do this&comma; the email server will block the message and not allow it to go through&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div data-id&equals;"639" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; margin-top&colon;px&semi; margin-bottom&colon;px&semi; margin-left&colon;px&semi; margin-right&colon;px&semi;" class&equals;"afw afw&lowbar;group afw&lowbar;group afwadgroupid-639"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>When you are done setting up your firewall&comma; you can move on to the actual installation of your CSF firewall&period; Again&comma; you can use a firewall program to help you&period; You should also make sure that you have enough free space on your computer to install the firewall&period; You do not want to install a firewall on a computer that already has too much unused space&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div data-id&equals;"639" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; margin-top&colon;px&semi; margin-bottom&colon;px&semi; margin-left&colon;px&semi; margin-right&colon;px&semi;" class&equals;"afw afw&lowbar;group afw&lowbar;group afwadgroupid-639"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>It is important to note that your firewall may not function properly if you have more than one computer in your business&period; Most internet service providers will only allow one computer to have a firewall&comma; and you will not be able to use your internet connection to access the internet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div data-id&equals;"639" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; margin-top&colon;px&semi; margin-bottom&colon;px&semi; margin-left&colon;px&semi; margin-right&colon;px&semi;" class&equals;"afw afw&lowbar;group afw&lowbar;group afwadgroupid-639"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>After you install your CSF firewall&comma; you will now need to configure what websites people can access&period; This can be done by using the Firewall tab&period; From here&comma; you can set up your specific internet settings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div data-id&equals;"639" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; margin-top&colon;px&semi; margin-bottom&colon;px&semi; margin-left&colon;px&semi; margin-right&colon;px&semi;" class&equals;"afw afw&lowbar;group afw&lowbar;group afwadgroupid-639"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Before you install your CSF firewall&comma; you should check that all of the ports are open&comma; and that you have enough free space on your computer to install it&period; Once you have installed the firewall&comma; you can get started monitoring what people are doing on the internet with ease&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div data-id&equals;"639" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; margin-top&colon;px&semi; margin-bottom&colon;px&semi; margin-left&colon;px&semi; margin-right&colon;px&semi;" class&equals;"afw afw&lowbar;group afw&lowbar;group afwadgroupid-639"><&sol;div>

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