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Linux Firewall

mdiemer

Wed Jul 15, 2020 4:58:31 pm

Saw this on Distrowatch. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

https://smoothwall.org

Swarfendor437

Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:05:52 pm

Smoothwall has been used at the school where I work for some time - after outsourcing not sure it is still in use - another great Linux firewall was Gibraltar - sadly no more:

https://www.mayrhofer.eu.org/project/gibraltar/

mdiemer

Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:24:23 pm

Actually, after doing some research, I guess unless you're on a server, it isn't really needed. The simple firewall that comes with Zorin should be fine. I have had that going from the start, so I'm hopefully protected. I just get a bit jumpy about security every now and then.