This article is the first in a three-part series that provides a blueprint for setting up a multifunctional firewall and server. You’ll want to do this if you don’t want to spend the resources to have ...

Linux 2.4's Netfilter firewall code and its front end, iptables, deserve the praise and popularity they've garnered. They've brought Linux firewalls to the same level as commercial stateful ...

In contrast to the products that I reviewed in Part 1 of this series, FireWall-1 cannot be classified as either a filtering gateway or a proxy gateway. Instead, it is one of the first firewalls built ...

In the first installment of this column, I discussed some of the key criteria for selecting the appropriate firewall for your organization. Here are a few more features you should consider: Most ...