[Bglug] Next Meeting What Open Source Firewall do you use and why

[William Park]

Last time I meddled with firewall was from GUI in CentOS.  I think each
distro/desktop has their version of firewall management.
-- 
William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca>

On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 10:18:39AM -0400, LP wrote:
> Maybe some (not me) could give a Lecture / Demo of "Simple" GUI Linux
> firewalls that the User Controls at the next meeting.
> I was going to use Alpine but it continually fails the Hash SHA test.
> I use ClearOS right now, Thanks again Andrew for the assist, I Really like
> it's simplicity, strength and remote control / monitoring BUT it is based
> in the USA.so I do not really control it.
> I will see if I can connect outside my home and bring my laptop to show the
> interface.
> I was under attack from Prauge according to ClerOS logs who ever it was
> tried 8 different attacks trying to take control of my firewall and break
> through it they got frustrated and tried a DDOS, it was blocked.
> So I blocked the entire area with Andrews help
> It is very hard to stay secure online especially with Family surfing Cute
> Kitty Cats etc.
> I will continue to research Linux Firewalls.

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