[CS-FSLUG] [Linux4christians] Firewalls for Linux?

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Greg Slade wrote:
> One of the things I need to do is research malware defences for the 
> three operating systems we support (Windoze, Mac, and Linux.) For 
> viruses, that's easy, because Virus Bulletin tests Linux products, 
> too. However, the only comparative site I have found which is clearly 
> based on testing (as opposed to considerations like popularity [aka 
> market share], user interface, or the size of the marketing budget) is 
> Matousec 
> (http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-challenge/results.php), 
> which only tests Windows firewalls.
>
> Can anybody point me to a reliable source of comparative testing for 
> firewalls which run under Linux?
>
> (Note: I am not talking here about implementations like Smoothwall, 
> which are designed to run on a separate machine, but rather something 
> designed to run in the background on a user's Linux box, which in our 
> case probably means a notebook.)
>
> Greg
>
Hmmm.  What I can tell you is that I have used several products and the 
one in this area I like most is Ossec (http://www.ossec.net/).  Now on 
their site under awards they have some documentation they have some 
information, however, the best method of determination would be to 
install several different products and config/test them yourself.  Use 
something like Nmap and or Nessus.

Hope that helps.

-Linc.