Re: Linux firewall vs Windows and Hardware based firewalls
"Andre Volmensky" <AndreV@datcom.com.au> writes:
> I have to put forward an argument to management regarding setting up a
> firewall on some of our clients networks.
>
> What are the advantages of a linux firewall over something like Windows
> with WinRoute on it, or even a hardware based firewall. What are the
> disadvantages etc. I know I am asking on a linux users mailing list, but
> I would also like reply's not to be too bias.
Just to add to what others have said, I run an software firewall
(OpenBSD 3.2 soon to be 3.3) and one of the things I like about it is
being able to log intrusion attempts and contribute those to
DShield.org (http://www.dshield.org). Gives me a sense that I'm
contributing to the overall security of the "net". Probably a false,
since a lot of the fightback reports just get ignored by ISPs, but
nonetheless...
Now I believe some hardware firewalls allow you to capture logs via
something like a remote syslog capability, but then you'd have to have
a server to process them anyway. With my OS/software-based firewall I
can have it do everything necessary to send the logs off to DShield.
Gary
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