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What are you running for a firewall?

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StrangeRanger

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Yes, I did read the Consolidated Security Thread, but I'd like to hear from ya'll what you're running and maybe why?

I'm looking for recommendations for use on a personal machine. Thanks,
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I run iptables on my nat box (Yes, I know it isn't quite as good as pf, but it does the trick for me.)
My windows box is behind that, and I've got the nvidia hardware firewall running (the one that comes with the nforce 4 chipset)
Then I have the generic MS Windows XP firewall running as well.

My other Linux boxes (the lappie i have running on Slax, and the MythTV box) don't have any extra firewalling on, but they are inside of my home network behind the NAT box, and they have very limmited usage outside of my lan (MythTV gets some RSS feeds, has NTP running, and downloads TV listings, the lappie I sometimes surf on, but mostly I just use ssh and IRC on it.)

I haven't had any successful break ins on any of my boxes.
 
NAT in DSL modem + Netgear RP614 with only necessary ports permitted + Windows Firewall.
 
Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
I run iptables on my nat box (Yes, I know it isn't quite as good as pf, but it does the trick for me.)
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Isn't it? I haven't used iptables and I hear it's more complex than pf but I didn't think it would be any less capable for something like nat.
 
If you're running XP turn the Firewall on for some extra protection and then buy:

Linksys BEFSX41

It's not wireless but it's a SP (Stateful Packet Inspection Firewall Router) the best you can get for the money.

I've used Linksys router firewalls for 7 years and nothing else on small home/office setups, you can't beat them.

Hey it's a Cisco 😉

By the way people are mentioning routers above, not all routers are a firewall, and if you're into gaming a software firewall is not the way to go as it will filter your packets coming in and out, and mess with your pings.

ALOHA
 
Custom Linux-based adaptive firewall and intrusion detection system... but it's more trouble than its worth. In reality I hardly ever hook it up and just rely on my Linksys router with modded firmware.
 
I have just a ICS two computer network---so no router needed---for a firewall I use sygate 5.5--which plays nice with my network with minimal effort. And has done a good job of keeping me safe.

Were I more ambitious and more worried---I would be running the Comodo or Jetico firewalls--which are arguably the best free ones from what I have read---but both are nightmares to configure and keep configured from what I have read about them. But even the windows sp2 firewall is better than nothing---but if you tell ANY firewall to let malware in--they all will and without a peep.

Think many layers of defenses--and a firewall is but one layer.
 
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