Comments on: Build a Quick and Reliable Firewall with fwbuilder http://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/25/build-a-quick-and-reliable-firewall-with-fwbuilder/ A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:34:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Configure a Linux Firewall with Webminhttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/25/build-a-quick-and-reliable-firewall-with-fwbuilder/comment-page-1/#comment-699657 Configure a Linux Firewall with Webmin Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:53:51 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=11462#comment-699657 [...] I wrote two articles, one on Creating a Linux Firewall with fwbuilder, and one Webmin: One Stop Linux Configuration. So I thought it might be a good idea to do an [...] [...] I wrote two articles, one on Creating a Linux Firewall with fwbuilder, and one Webmin: One Stop Linux Configuration. So I thought it might be a good idea to do an [...]

]]> By: Joehttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/25/build-a-quick-and-reliable-firewall-with-fwbuilder/comment-page-1/#comment-696504 Joe Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:19:14 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=11462#comment-696504 Paul's got it down. Most users, even experienced user's aren't ready to program their own firewalls. More importantly a simple transport layer port blocker is no longer enough. An application aware firewall is my recommendation for most users. Having the ability to allow Firefox to access the Internet while blocking Internet Explorer from doing so is invaluable. Additionally being able to treat local "trusted" (I use that word very loosely) networks differently than untrusted or Internet networks is just as important. The Best solution I've found (for windows) is Kerio firewall (originally tinyip firewall). I don't use the latest version (except on my laptop required for wireless nic support). I use v4.2.2 (you might be able to find it here by a search: http://www.oldversion.com/) I do NOT recommend this for most users. It requires a user to pay attention. For friends and family they get to pay for Norton 360 v3 (which installs in under 90 seconds!). But for those who can manage their own firewalls it works great. I go to many customer sites as a consultant and each time a new network is detected I can choose whether it is trusted or untrusted and treat it accordingly (like disabling rpc on untrusted networks). I find it very easy to use. It never gets the highest ratings but it does exactly what I need it to do without taking over my system. -Joe Paul’s got it down. Most users, even experienced user’s aren’t ready to program their own firewalls. More importantly a simple transport layer port blocker is no longer enough. An application aware firewall is my recommendation for most users. Having the ability to allow Firefox to access the Internet while blocking Internet Explorer from doing so is invaluable. Additionally being able to treat local “trusted” (I use that word very loosely) networks differently than untrusted or Internet networks is just as important. The Best solution I’ve found (for windows) is Kerio firewall (originally tinyip firewall). I don’t use the latest version (except on my laptop required for wireless nic support). I use v4.2.2 (you might be able to find it here by a search: http://www.oldversion.com/)

I do NOT recommend this for most users. It requires a user to pay attention. For friends and family they get to pay for Norton 360 v3 (which installs in under 90 seconds!).

But for those who can manage their own firewalls it works great. I go to many customer sites as a consultant and each time a new network is detected I can choose whether it is trusted or untrusted and treat it accordingly (like disabling rpc on untrusted networks). I find it very easy to use. It never gets the highest ratings but it does exactly what I need it to do without taking over my system.

-Joe

]]> By: Paul(us).http://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/25/build-a-quick-and-reliable-firewall-with-fwbuilder/comment-page-1/#comment-696309 Paul(us). Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:13:59 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=11462#comment-696309 Great tip jack, Looks not to hard. Great tip jack, Looks not to hard.

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