[linux-security] Re: compare / contrast of linux fw and others

["Matthew S. Crocker" <matthew crocker com>]

> I am the Firewall-1 administrator where I work and it has a very nice
> GUI tool for defining objects (can be hosts, networks, DNS domains,
> groups of hosts, etc.) and a straightforward way of building a
> rulebase.

Doesn't Firewall-1 do VPN? Virus scanning (optional), HTTP scanning
(virus/content optional) QoS.

Can you do VPN with your linux solution.  I love linux and have setup
several linux firewalls.  I have only played with firewall-1 for a bit and
the GUI is the only thing I can think of which makes it a better
'corporate' solution.

> (for those that don't know, LRP is the Linux Router Project.  see
> http://www.linuxrouter.org )

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