It's not Linux, bur FreeBSD - pfSense at pfsense.org. I think it's every bit as good as paid firewalls, particularly once you add in Snort and maybe a web proxy for content filtering (if that's your need).
Gibson Prichard Nashville, TN [email protected] On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 9:17 AM Howard White <[email protected]> wrote: > As I was saying at the last meeting, whereas ten to fifteen years ago > "we" were better off buying an appliance firewall as opposed to creating > one in linux - the times have changed and those appliance firewalls > don't cut it anymore. > > < > https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/12/20/most-home-routers-lack-simple-linux-os-hardening-security/?utm_source=Naked+Security+-+Sophos+List&utm_campaign=56d3560d52-Naked+Security+daily+news+email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_31623bb782-56d3560d52-455119797 > > > > January meeting - let's drag in some linux built firewalls and allow our > penetration tester to blast away. We might learn something. > > Teaser - I went in search of a continuing 32bit linux OS and found one. > Is it good enough for a firewall? > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
