Linux firewalls can be very complicated. With the help of a GUI, firewall configuration is easier. These GUIs are easy to install and free to use. A firewall is often the heart and soul of desktop ...

Last month, I kicked off a series of articles on transparent firewalls, beginning with a brief essay on why firewalls are still relevant in an age of Web applications and tunneled traffic. I also ...

Dear readers, I appear to have set a Paranoid Penguin record—six months spent on one article series. (It has consisted of five installments, with a one-month break between the second and third pieces.

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Although Linux has a firewall built into the kernel itself, it isn’t always the easiest to use, especially for new users to Linux, even when there are several graphical utilities that can help you ...

The Ubuntu Unleashed blog has an excellent guide to the ins and outs of the Uncomplicated Firewall (ufw), a new feature in Ubuntu Linux 8.04, or Hardy Heron, that makes it easy to control the traffic ...

FireWall-1 is also the most powerful commercial firewall solution now available for the Linux platform. FireWall-1 isn’t the only well-known solution to move into the Linux camp. AXENT Raptor Firewall ...

Hmmm, I'd assume i'ts your linux box. Plug your connection from the wall directly into the switch and see if the slow down still exists, if so its prolly your switch, otherwise its prolly your linux ...