Linux is highly secure, but you should still have a firewall. You should know if your ISP's hardware (gateway) uses a firewall. One of the easiest Linux firewalls is UFW and its GUI sidekick, GUFW ...

Linux is powerful, flexible, and can do just about anything. However, to really get the most out of Linux and your computer (s), there are certain skills and habits you need to bolster; otherwise, you ...

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OPNSense is derived from the efforts of two mature open source projects, namely pfSense and m0n0wall. Instead of using Linux, OPNsense is powered by HardenedBSD, which is a security oriented fork ...

Linux applications like iptables and fwsnort can provide this support in addition to other features like network address translation (NAT). Unfortunately, as with many firewall applications, the ...

In the world of the Linux operating system and open source software, the iptables firewall provides a full featured and stable packet filtering infrastructure. Commercial-grade capabilities such ...

Mick Bauer introduced Firewall Builder to Linux Journal readers in 2003 with his article “Using Firewall Builder”. A lot of time has passed since 2003, the project has evolved, the appearance of the ...

Free software provides solutions to ISP overloadAt its core, an Internet firewall not only will strain out material unsuited for your work environment, but will also keep data on your network safe ...

In today's open source roundup: Six GUI firewall management applications in Linux. Plus: Linux Lite 2.2 released, and the story of how Kali Linux was created.

With our great firewalls shootout looming on the horizon (2008Q1) I've begun to wonder just what it would take to build a firewall for a Distributed Enterprise main office out of open source tools.