7 of the best Linux firewalls
You're walking down a dark alley, late at night, when suddenly someone jumps out at you and forces you to hand over your passport, your credit cards, and the keys to your car. This is a good analogy of what using the internet is like.
Most firewalls are designed to run in one of two places. First, there are firewalls designed to sit on your machine, and protect you from the internet wherever you go.
Most Linux distributions have Iptables, which will protect your computers or servers individually. The other kind of firewall is designed to sit between your network and the connection to the internet (or another network). We'll be looking at a selection of these in this Roundup.
ClearOS: The distro that combines ease of use with functionality
ClearOS is by far the sleekest looking firewall distribution we're reviewing. It's obvious that a lot of time and attention has gone into developing the interface, with much of that effort spent focusing on usability issues.
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