Open Source Firewalls

Nov 17, 2009

I’ve been on the look-out for open source firewall software recently.  For your benefit, here’s a list of what I’ve found so far:

pfSense – http://www.pfsense.com/

m0n0wall – http://m0n0.ch/wall/

IPCop – http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/ipcop/wiki

Untangle – http://www.untangle.com/

Zeroshell – http://www.zeroshell.net/eng/

I also ran across a very interesting web-based SSL VPN:

OpenVPN ALS (a.k.a as Adito) – http://sourceforge.net/projects/openvpn-als/

Although I’m not sure that it is an effective use of my time, I’ve written another letter to Arlen Specter concerning health legislation.

Dear Senator Arlen Specter:

I writing to express my concerns about some of the proposals put forward as part of health reform legislation.  While I’m not against true health reform, I have reason to believe that the bills currently being considered will have a negative impact on my family’s budget.  I have two particular concerns:

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