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

[Nigel Ridley]

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
> 

Have a look at 'Shields Up' from Gibson Research Corporation:
http://www.grc.com/intro.htm
https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

It will test your firewall setup and let you know how it performs.

Blessings,

Nigel

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