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Review: Linux Firewalls

11/01/2007  III
Relevance: 7.13
LinuxSecurity.com: Security is at the forefront of everyone's mind and a firewall can be an integral part of your Linux defense. But is Michael's Rush's"Linux Firewalls," the newest release from NoStarchPress, up for the challenge? Eckie S. here at Linuxsecurity.com gives you the low-down on this newest addition to the Linux security resource library and how it's one of the best ways to crack down on attacks to your Linux network.
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iptables as a replacement for commercial enterprise firewalls

12/15/2007  I
Relevance: 6.78
With IT budgets getting tighter, managers need to trim costs. Service contracts are expensive for any technology; firewalls are no exception. Netfilter, the project that provides the packet filtering program iptables, is a free firewall alternative. While it lacks the service contract of commercial solutions and a pretty interfaces to make firewall modification easy, it has solid performance, performs effectively at firewalling, and allows for add-on functionality to enhance its reporting and response functions.
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Linux Firewalls

01/04/2008  IIIIIIIIII
Relevance: 6.48
Linux Firewalls, authored by Michael Rash and published by No Starch Press, covers five main topics: traditional packet filtering with iptables, port scan detection, snort rule translation, port knocking, and log visualization. At first I considered only skimming the chapters regarding iptables packet filtering. I have a good amount of experience with iptables, and have been running it for several years. Thankfully I decided to give the first chapter a good read. Right from the start, the book presented valuable information and pulled me in.
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Excerpt from the book"Configuring IPCop Firewalls: Closing Borders with Open Source"

12/13/2006  II
Relevance: 6.30
Excerpt from the bookConfiguring IPCop Firewalls: Closing Borders with Open Source by Barrie Dempster and James Eaton-Lee. Published by Packt Publishing and reprinted with permission. All rights reserved. IPCop is a firewall for the Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) network, which is extremely easy to use and is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). This excerpt outlines a few common methods of deploying IPCop and the motivation behind these topologies along with descriptions of some of the featrues you can deploy.
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VoIPowering Your Office with Asterisk: Getting SIP through Firewalls, Part 2

10/27/2006  IIII
Relevance: 5.10
IAXed you firstFirst let's look at something that's a little easier: using IAX trunks. IAX is a more NAT-friendly protocol because it only needs a single port. If you set up IAX trunks between servers, then your SIP traffic will waltz happily through your IAX trunk to your SIP endpoints
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Configuring IPCop Firewalls

11/10/2006  IIIIIIIII
Relevance: 4.89
IPCop is a tool that can be deployed in almost any place within a network and serve a functional purpose. It has an intuitive easy to use interface that is great for users of any level. And the fact that no prior Linux or IPCop knowledge is required...
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Review: The Top 75 Open Source Security Apps

04/29/2008  IIII
Relevance: 4.78
Without much fanfare, the open source security area is growing rapidly. Here are top contenders from anti-virus, firewalls, forensics, intrusion detection, and more.
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SYSTEMS: BSI kündigt Proxy-Plattform an

10/22/2008  IIIII
Relevance: 4.75
Um unautorisierten Datenausfluss aus Unternehmen und Organisationen besser zu kontrollieren, setzen diese Firewalls, VPNs und Proxys ein. Allerdings stellen auch diese Komponenten im Hochsicherheitsumfeld mitunter eine Gefahr dar und sind selten in Freigabeprozesse integriert.
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Tutorial: Graphical Remote Control Desktops for Linux, part 3

11/07/2008  IIIIIII
Relevance: 4.73
A. Lizard's in-depth howto on setting up secure remote graphical desktops wraps up today with the final server and client setup, and how to get through firewalls.
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Open Source Software Jumps Firewalls and Dodges Censorship

11/30/2006  IIIIII
Relevance: 4.61
In a development that has the potential to shake and crack censorship measures such as “the Great Firewall of China”, Canadian researchers have created software that enables web surfers to circumvent internet roadblocks and have open access to the web.
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