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| wirelessboy 2004-01-07, 9:37 pm |
| hi there guys
Can anyone point me to a good Linux Firewall, i hope it would match or outdo Checkpoint in features and reliability.
thanks in advance
wirelessboy | |
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| wirelessboy 2004-01-11, 9:13 pm |
| Thanks a lot
i am new to firewalls and have been trying to find a good one, also thought about netfilter.
i am still worried, will any Linux Firewall cater to my requirment.
1. Contenet Filtering
2. Multiple DMZ Support
3. Traffic Management
4. Load balancing and clustering of firewalls
5. VPN Support
If even four points are covered i am very happy, can someone guide me on this.
thanks and regards | |
| Variable 2004-01-14, 4:20 pm |
| Another more secure option you could look at would be OpenBSD. The firewall "pf" packet filter is extremely powerfull. | |
| wirelessboy 2004-01-20, 9:33 pm |
| hi guys
thanks everone
been trying on some of these, but was a bit worried about the throughput, anyone has any idea of the througput of the linux firewalls.
also can someone suggest a good PC for me to operate Netfilter/iptables/freeSwan etc, i thought as there are around 350 users, the sizing of the PC id also important
thanks in advance | |
| ccieToBe 2004-01-21, 1:08 am |
| How many rules and packets per second do you envision? Unless the numbers are huge, you don't need to be too concerned about processing power. My two favorite types of boards for putting together firewalls are the ones made by Soekris (100-133MHz 486s) and Via (550MHz mini-ITX 686s). Even the 486s can push a lot of traffic.
If you're going to be pushing a decent amount of data then one thing that I suggest avoiding is any NIC based on a Realtek chipset. These things really hammer the processor. | |
| wirelessboy 2004-02-09, 9:43 pm |
| hi guys
been trying of late with mandrake, a good product.
well these days, it is not the freeware that is attractive, look at this
with a low end sparc system and Linux, we are getting throughput in excess of 1 Gbps.
that is great stuff.
regards |
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