recommend hardware firewall

Michael Miles mmamiga6 at gmail.com
Mon Apr 5 16:51:10 UTC 2010


On 04/05/2010 09:34 AM, Mikkel wrote:
> On 04/05/2010 11:16 AM, Michael Miles wrote:
>    
>> I'm not too bad with firewalls but I am used to more detailed firewall
>> software.
>> I just came from the hell they call Win 7 and I was using Bitdefender
>> for the last couple of years.
>> I'm just using the firewall that comes with Fedora 12, is there better
>> firewall software out there.
>>
>>      
> Not for the actual firewall, but there are different front-ends for
> configuring it. You can pick the one that works best for you, or
> write your own firewall rules by hand.
>
> The actual firewall is part of the kernel. What the firewall
> software does is help you configure that firewall. When I played
> with Windows, the firewall was an add-on - kind of an afterthought.
> I don't know if this is still true.
>
> Mikkel
>    
It is all add on with windows

I tell you my 4 core Phenom II 945 has more than doubled speed going 
from Win 7 x64 to Fedora 12.

These front ends for the firewall in Fedora. Is there one in particular 
the you use

Michael


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