dw5304 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 whats is the best linux firewall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I like dd-wrt I don't know if it's the best, but it's packed with features and is what I use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atmo Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I've been using IPCop for firewall/IDS/DHCP/proxy duties on my home network for the last 3 years or so (since 1.3.0, now at 1.4.13) and have been pretty happy with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metatron Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 It depends on what you need from a firewall, as some do a few things very well and others do less well but pack in a shit load of features. You also have the whole usability thing, as some are easy to setup and configure but don’t work as well as others that can be a nightmare to setup and configure for people new to Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Operator Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 We run just plain ol iptables at my work. I'd tell you the OS but you know, cant have everyone knowing what it is lol. I've tried ipcop, sentry and all those sorta ones, but it's all user preference. I prefer to write the iptables, rather then say use a web gui to do it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metatron Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 OpenBSD does a better job in my opinion to Linux when it comes to firewalls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dw5304 Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 thanks for the replies i am lookng into the ipcop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickisgod1 Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 if its linux there almost all(at least i havent found any acceptions yet), a frontend for iptables anyway, so if you want to just learn to write your own chains, youl probably save alot of annoyances and overhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uber_tom Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 I use the default one (or not). i usually don't bother with it though, i'm behind nat and i'm far too lazy for port forwarding AND opening. still use a firewall on the odd accasion i use windows, though thats more to stop spyware phoning home than anything coming in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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