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 * direct/physical or remote access to the server (i.e. SSH/telnet, a conventional web hosting package will usually '''not''' be sufficient!)-suitable hosting packages are: dedicated root servers, virtual private servers, shell servers - for a collection of '''free''' shell account providers that may be suitable for fgms, see [[Free Shell Providers]] (you may want to check this out if you are interested in running fgms but don't have hosting yet)
 * if the server is meant to be a public internet server: an internet connection, featuring sufficient upstream/downstream capabilities (see below for details concerning bandwidth requirements).
-* firewall policies will need to be set up to allow for incoming and outgoing UDP traffic for the corresponding ports
+* firewall policies will need to be set up to allow for incoming and outgoing UDP traffic for the corresponding ports, the same applies to the administration port (TCP)
 * permission to run unattended background processes (this may only be an issue with certain limited hosting packages)
 * a working GNU toolchain including gcc (compiler), gmake & ranlib (to compile the source code)