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Old 03-16-2009, 10:41 AM   #1
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How strong actually an iptables if compare to the firewall like Cisco ASA and Checkpoint?
 
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How strong actually an iptables if compare to the firewall like Cisco ASA and Checkpoint?
That's comparing apples to oranges. Iptables only provides a small subset of what something like Cisco ASA does. A much more fair comparison would be between Cisco ASA and a full-blown GNU/Linux firewall distro. Or conversely, compare only the stateful packet filtering features of Cisco ASA with Netfilter/Iptables.
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GNU/Linux firewall distro? Any open source developer on this?
 
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GNU/Linux firewall distro? Any open source developer on this?
Not sure what you mean, but you can get a list of GNU/Linux firewall distros here.
 
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which one is the best that I can use for the learning and testing? if can run in VWware will be more better. e.g. DD-WRT can't run in VWware.
 
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which one is the best that I can use for the learning and testing? if can run in VWware will be more better. e.g. DD-WRT can't run in VWware.
A look at their websites should provide you with the information you seek.
 
  


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