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Old 12-28-2007, 12:36 AM
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I installed Freespire 2.0.3 a few minutes ago (I have no internet on it as it is on VMware) and I was browsing it.... and I noticed this program and it seems to be a firewall. I thought that Linux was powerful enough. Is this firewall needed?

I know that everything is hackable.. I'm just asking though...
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Old 01-05-2008, 09:16 PM
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Hi, Yes I did see this on the website:
http://www.fs-security.com/

And I too have the same question, I thought that Linux was very, very safe. To say the truth I myself am surprised about this.. maybe that shows that, that OS is not secure enough on it's own and maybe we should not use it...
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Old 01-07-2008, 07:36 PM
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Linux is hackable just like everything else. I believe there are many firewall options for Linux so choose whatever you like.
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What other firewalls are there for linux? Besides this one
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IPCOP is one. You could also just use ipTables.
I think Squid is one also.
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Old 01-11-2008, 06:33 PM
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Thanks for your help.. I'm gonna check them all.

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