[LBo] More musings on Open Source firewalls and antivirus solutions

[Brian Reichert]

* Sam Morgan <s.morgan at linuxbasics.org> [2007-08-06 08:32:37-0500]
> Not necessacarily something we would all feel the need to install.
> But it is interesting to see how far Linux and Open Source solutions
> have come towards meeting the needs on the growing online community.
> 
> CopFilter http://www.copfilter.org/
> looks like a very interesting addon for
> IPCop's http://www.ipcop.org/ firewall offering.
> 
> Looks like the combination of the 2 would make for a
> very nice Open Source solution for a home or small office.
> 
> Their many screen shots give a nice overview of it's features.
> http://www.copfilter.org/gallery.php
> 
> Usual disclaimer, no monetary interests, (uh hello it's free folks) <g>
> just happened across the link while browsing the web.

It's interesting that you mention Copfilter.  I've been using it w/ ipcop for
probably close to a year at this point and it is very nice.  You could probably
get away with not using the AV of it with Linux boxes, however, it's a nice
gateway level solution to help keep the nasties out of any Windows boxen on
your network.  I especially like that you can combine clamav and fprot for your
AV solution if you are a home user (businesses need to buy fprot) and that it
can be done transparently so you don't need to do any configuration on the
client side.

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Brian Reichert
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