The Linux kernel includes some of the most powerful and flexible firewall code in any general-purpose operating system. This code is called Netfilter, though most of us refer to it by the name of its ...

Although Linux has a firewall built into the kernel itself, it isn’t always the easiest to use, especially for new users to Linux, even when there are several graphical utilities that can help you ...

Title: Personal Firewalls for Administrators and Remote UsersAuthor: Lisa YeoPublisher: Prentice Hall PTR, 2003ISBN: 0-13-046222-5Price: $34.99 US From the title it may seem that [Personal Firewalls ...

A firewall is software or hardware that sits between two networks -- typically, between your LAN and the Internet -- and allows some sorts of network traffic through while preventing others. It works ...