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The Hunt For the Ultimate Free Open Source Firewall Distro

  1. Untangle is a platform for deploying network based applications.

    #Operating Systems #Perimeter Security And Firewalls #Linux 4 social mentions

  2. pfSense is a free and open source firewall and router that also features unified threat management, load balancing, multi WAN, and more
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    I am a hobby sys-admin who uses NS on a standalone firewall/web filter at a 20-ppl company company, and at home in a container. I went through almost all of the options you mention in this article and none of the other Firewalls matched NS in function (support for multi-WAN in particular is much better),, except for PFSense, which I've been using initially but replaced after testing NS as I prefer linux-based solution for company, and containerable solution for home. Some of the other firewall distros mentioned here are no longer developed and/or not supporting some key features of decent firewall/internet entry point, like MultiWan. In my opinion you have poor reasons not to include it in your comparison, but it's your blog so go ahead and ignore my input. If you did, it would have saved me quite a bit of time when I was looking for a firewall myself.

    #Perimeter Security And Firewalls #Cyber Security #Network Security 10 social mentions

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    IPFire is a server distribution with intended to use as a firewall.

    #Operating Systems #Linux #Perimeter Security And Firewalls 2 social mentions

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    VyOS in an open source Linux-based operating system sold and distributed by Sentrium corporations. It is geared toward IT specialists and network administrators for the purpose of securing network and company data... read more.
    Thank you for the post! I would like to add a point if possible. As far as i know VyOS has dmvpn functionality available, which is a thing to consider for large-scale and rapidly growing companies. Other software routers do not have such thing as far as know.

    #Operating Systems #Linux #Network & Admin 30 social mentions

  5. Smoothwall Express Open Source Firewall distribution

    #Firewall #Monitoring Tools #Perimeter Security And Firewalls

  6. Endian Firewall Community (EFW) is a "turn-key" linux security distribution that turns...

    #Operating Systems #Linux #Perimeter Security And Firewalls

  7. A very good alternative for Windows Server, for free

    #Operating Systems #Perimeter Security And Firewalls #Linux

  8. Linux directory, domain, mail, gateway and infrastructure server for SMBs.

    #Cloud Computing #Cloud Storage #Identity And Access Management

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    Monowall

    This product hasn't been added to SaaSHub yet

  10. Sophos UTM integrates complete security software within a single appliance.

    #Monitoring Tools #Firewall #Network Monitoring

  11. Zeroshell is a Linux distribution for servers and embedded devices aimed at providing the main...
    Any chance for an overview/update of the top contenders? Your last update was 2015 and we are closing fast on 2020. I'd like to see a revisit of top contenders only - ideally free but feel free to include a commercial version or two if it is really that much better. In particular I'd appreciate more drill down on pfsense vs zeroshell. I've begun playing with zeroshell but just heard about pfsense, so I could still switch directions if there is incentive. Zeroshell has a lot of addons but it seems a little difficult to get ones hands on them, so I am worried about support with this one.

    #Monitoring Tools #Firewall #Network Monitoring

  12. OPNsense® you next open source firewall. Free Download. High-end Security Made Easy™. Offers Intrusion Prevention, Captive Portal, Traffic Shaping and more.
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    • Open Source

    #Operating Systems #Linux #Perimeter Security And Firewalls 94 social mentions

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