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:
PassivePorts 35000 35999
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 here.
80, 443: apache traffic, http and https
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There was a time when I was about to select a firewall for a server which had DirectAdmin installed and I choosed CSF. CSF is one of the best firewall available for hosting servers.
Installation of CSF in directAdmin is really easy, just download csf.
Extract it
and Install it
Just a 3 step installation.
Login to server via ssh,
Download csf using wget
Run ./install.directadmin.sh
and it will automatically install and will... [ Continue reading... ]
If you wish to use both php4 and php5 at the same time, custombuild will allow you to do this.
Note that you must have the 2 copies of php running as different types, one as CLI and one as CGI (suPhp). You cannot have both running as CLI, and similarly you cannot have both running as CGI.
First, make sure you're running custombuild.
This is the guide to install it if you don't have... [ Continue reading... ]
