Firewalls

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Comparing Linux-Based Network Firewall Software

Implementing a firewall is crucial for securing your Linux system. There are an array of popular software firewalls to choose from, and each offers unique features.

Network Firewalls vs. Application Firewalls

When it comes to network security, the age-old question is whether to deploy firewalls near your network perimeter, or close to your application servers.

Firewall Best Practices for Securing Your Cloud-Based Applications

Moving to the cloud has many advantages, including flexibility, reduced management overhead, performance, and security. Cloud-based firewalls can offer finer-grained access control and more comprehensive threat mitigation than their traditional hardware-based counterparts.

Installing BCC to Use eBPF Tracing Tools

Before You BeginYou need the following: A system running on a Linux distribution and a Linux kernel version 4.

Get Started with nftables

nftables replaces the successful iptables and its related frameworks built on Netfilter. With nftables come improvements to performance and usability, but also significant changes to syntax and usage.

Understanding iptables

Implemented as Netfilter modules, iptables is a user-space utility program that allows a system administrator to configure the IP packet filter rules of the Linux kernel firewall.

How to Configure a Firewall with UFW

What is UFW?UFW, or uncomplicated firewall, is a frontend for managing firewall rules in Arch Linux, Debian, or Ubuntu.

Configure a Firewall with Firewalld

Firewalld is frontend controller for nftables (or its older counterpart, iptables) used to implement persistent network traffic rules.

Protecting Your Linode with TCP Wrappers

TCP wrappers are a host-based access control system. They are used to prevent unauthorized access to your server by allowing only specific clients access to services running on your server.