When it comes to firewalls, most system administrators prefer to use a graphical user interface (GUI) rather than a command-line interface (CLI), a new academic study published over the summer has ...

Linux 2.4's Netfilter firewall code and its front end, iptables, deserve the praise and popularity they've garnered. They've brought Linux firewalls to the same level as commercial stateful ...

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.

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 The command line is a powerful tool for ...

We list the best Linux firewalls, to make it simple and easy to set up and manage a more advanced firewall for your Linux PC or IT network. A dedicated firewall is the first line of defense when it ...

We just got a new Juniper SSG-140 firewall. I've never worked with these things before. My experience is with Cisco and, to some extent, Sonicwall, so you'll have to bear with me as I am still ...

Fortinet FortiGate Firewall is a great first line of defense for small to mid-size network systems, especially with proactive alerting and intrusion-preventing features. It provides users with unified ...

A new product introduced last week at the RSA Conference 2001 in San Francisco by 3Com Corp. and Secure Computing Corp. aims to halt, or at least deter, network mischief carried out by insiders. San ...

Stories of compromised servers and data theft fill today's news. It isn't difficult for someone who has read an informative blog post to access a system via a misconfigured service, take advantage of ...

ZoneAlarm is an old and trusted name in the field of computer security. Its free personal firewall has been popular for years, and now, it has decided to step up its game: Its latest product takes the ...