Nufw brings the concept of users into IP packet Filtering. This is a set of daemons that permit to filter packets on a per-user basis. The gateway authorizes a packet depending on which remote user has sent it. On the client . . . . Nufw brings the concept of users into IP packet Filtering. This is a set of daemons that permit to filter packets on a per-user basis. The gateway authorizes a packet depending on which remote user has sent it. On the client side, users have to run a client that sends authentication packets to the gateway. On the server side, the gateway associates userids to packets, thus enabling the possibility to filter packets on a user basis. Furthermore, the server architecture is done to use external authentication source such as an LDAP server. . NetSec advances firewall technology by incorporating customizable user settings to improve overall network protection.. Nufw, User-Level Firewall, Packet Filtering, Network Access Control. . Anthony Pell
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