How to: Secure My Firewall in Linux

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Firewalld: An Easier Way to Manage Linux Firewalls

Firewalld is a firewall management system for Linux that allows admins to create custom rules to control network traffic. It's designed to be much more user-friendly than the older style of managing firewalls, which requires editing configuration fil...
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How to Install and Configure Config Server Firewall (CSF) on Rocky Linux 9

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Firewalld: An Easier Way to Manage Linux Firewalls

Firewalld: An Easier Way to Manage Linux Firewalls

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Firewalld is a firewall management system for Linux that allows admins to create custom rules to control network traffic. It's designed to be much more user-friendly than the older style of managing firewalls, which requires editing configuration files (and risking breaking something). Firewalld also supports IPv6 features like NAT and port forwarding to act as a proxy or gateway between two networks.

How To Check My Firewall

How To Check My Firewall

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With the emergence of new technologies, it is essential to stay up-to-date with the latest security measures. Let's have a look at how to check your firewall and protect your privacy.

How to Secure a Linux Firewall With IPTables Rules

How to Secure a Linux Firewall With IPTables Rules

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Server hacking and unauthorized access are genuine threats. These reasons are why you should implement a firewall as part of your overall network security strategy. Configuring a firewall with iptables rules is one way to mitigate such risks on Linux systems.

Simplify Your Firewall Setup

Simplify Your Firewall Setup

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Canonical's ufw lets you configure your firewall without the hassle of the iptables tool, while reducing the risk of misconfiguration and simplifying maintenance.

How to configure firewalld rules in Linux

How to configure firewalld rules in Linux

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Learn how to add, remove, enable, and disable firewalld rules & zones in this guide. The firewall is essential for controlling the flow of network traffic in and out of the Linux server. It enables users to control incoming network traffic on host machines by defining a set of firewall rules. It must be enabled on production servers facing the Internet, to protect those servers from unauthorized access. This is one of those security features that ensures your system security at network level.  

OPNsense set up and configure DNS Over TLS (DoT)

OPNsense set up and configure DNS Over TLS (DoT)

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OPNsense is an open-source, FreeBSD-based firewall and routing security software that also acts as a DNS resolver for all of your desktops and mobile devices. Learn how to configure the OPNsense DNS resolver to encrypt all DNS queries to protect from eavesdropping and increase your privacy and security online in this tutorial.

Deploying A Content Filtering Proxy Server To Distribute Controlled Internet Access With SafeSquid

Deploying A Content Filtering Proxy Server To Distribute Controlled Internet Access With SafeSquid

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A content filtering proxy server, helps distribute Internet access while providing control to the administrators over the content delivered. It is usually used in organizations or schools to ensure that Internet usage conforms to the local acceptable use policy. A content filtering proxy must necessarily accommodate the demands of granular rules for Internet access privileges and restrictions across an enterprise. Here's a quick step-by-step guide on setting up a proxy server. It's great to have such functionality freely available. But like all tools, how much knowledge do you think you need to make it work consistently and effectively?

A Linux firewall primer

A Linux firewall primer

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This article looks at some of the decision considerations in selecting a Linux-based firewall, including both considerations specific to firewall technology and general considerations about understanding Linux-based and open source options.

Linux Firewalls: Packet Filtering

Linux Firewalls: Packet Filtering

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This article explains the general frame of reference for what network communication is, how network-based services are identified, what a packet is, and the types of messages and information sent between computers on a network.

Linux Firewalls

Linux Firewalls

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This article describes different types of Linux firewalls: packet-filtering, ipchains, stateful, and layered.

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