6.1.1 Firewalls 

The 

gacc.nifc.gov

 server is located in the DMZ network area at NITC.  This server 

will be accessible through the internet by using the domain name of 

gacc.nifc.gov

.  

Only the ports needed to perform the work done on this server will be open to the 

internet.  Port 80 will be the standard production http port (web page access).  Port 

8080 will be the test port for http access also.  This will change when a separate 

test/development set of servers are installed.  Port 22 will be used for secure socket 

transfer of files between the web server and the web site managers.  These are the 

only current ports available for use to access this server. 

6.1.2 CGI BIN 

There will be a separate cgi bin directory for the 

gacc.nifc.gov

 web site from the 

famweb.nwcg.gov

 server.  For the initial setup only the accounts that have access to 

the document root directory will be able to post changes to the cgi bin directory. 

6.1.3 FILE EXTENSIONS 

Standard extensions of .html, .htm will be the extensions used for any html formatted 

files.  The initial Welcome page for each GACC site should be either index.html, 

index.htm, welcome.html, welcome.htm, default.html, default.htm.  For server side 

include files, the extension will be .shtml.  Other standard web hosting file extensions 

will also be available (i.e. .php, pl, jpg, .gif). 

6.1.4 FILE STRUCTURE 

The home directory for the 

gacc.nifc.gov

 web pages will be

 /fsfiles/famweb/gacc

.  

Each GACC will have its own directory under this directory identified by its four letter 

GACC identifier.  Only the accounts that have National Level access will be able to 

post pages to the home directory.   

The  root  directory for the National Level accounts will be 

/fsfiles/famweb/gacc

, but 

will appear as  /  when connected through FTP.  Each GACC level account will have 

it's  root  directory identified as the GACC home directory.   

For example, Alaska Geographic Coordination Center's (AKCC)  root  directory will 

be 

/fsfiles/famweb/gacc/akcc

.  When a GACC post files to the  /  directory, it will 

reside on the server in the

 /fsfiles/famweb/gacc/akcc

 directory.  The Internet address 

for AKCC will be 

http://gacc.nifc.gov/akcc

. 

Four letter identified GACC directory and Internet structure: 

akcc

 for Alaska 

eacc

 for Eastern 

egbc

 for Eastern Great Basin 

nrcc

 for Northern Rockies 

nwcc

 for Northwest 

oncc

 for Northern California 

oscc

 for Southern California 

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