Linux Based Firewalls

[bscott at ntisys.com]

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, at 7:46am, rsharpe at amherst1.com wrote:
> We are attempting to find a Enterpise strength Firewall ...

  Explain "Enterprise strength".  Better yet, explain what your requirements
are.  :)

> I would feel better hearing what this group has to say instead of sales
> people.

  Myself, I just use the IPTables/NetFilter stuff built-in to the Linux
kernel.  IMNSHO, there's no substitute for knowing what you're doing, and if
you know what you're doing, the syntax of the "iptables" command is a
trivial issue.

  If you're looking for canned firewall packages, I hear frequent
recommendations for Smoothwall, IPCop, and Firewall Builder
(www.fwbuilder.org).

-- 
Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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