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Should You Fire Your Firewall?

Posted by simoniker on from the services-no-longer-required dept.

Gsurface writes "A lengthy article over at Flexbeta.net focuses on firewall applications and how well they perform as far as securing your system. Four typical firewall applications were tested including two routers, one being the Cisco 831 SOHO, which performed rather well. In total, nine security test were conducted to measure how well each firewall performed."

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  1. I don't appreciate the hardware very much... by MrNerdHair · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Very interesting, although I'ven never been much for hardware firewalls. I grab an old machine, load it up with Slackware 9.1, and custom-configure the netfilter/iptables rules. I's a lot more versitile, and it's not just a firewall. It can be expanded to run every server known to man, such as ssh for remote control, or FreeS/WAN, for VPN.

  2. YRO? by winsk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Does this really belong in the Your Rights Online section?

  3. TooLeaky test is BS by VarmintCong · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I decided to try some of these tests myself. When testing using TooLeaky, I got a notification that it sent the information to GRC.com and recieved information from GRC.com, even when I disabled my internet connection.

    Sounds like BS to me.