Today virtual private networks are very important to interconnect remote locations over the Internet and securely. Of course, thanks to its advanced IDS / IPS (Intrusion Detection System and Intrusion Prevention System), IPFire will analyze all network traffic and be able to detect hundreds of types of network attacks, information leaks and other. With IPFire we can configure the firewall to mitigate and block denial of service attacks, by filtering it directly in the firewall itself without reaching the servers, to add a very important layer of protection to our web services, FTP, email and others. Of course, this firewall-oriented distribution has graphical reports and advanced logs to know everything that is happening in the system.
Thanks to the graphical user interface, we will be able to create groups of hosts and networks to later apply short and orderly rules to them, something important to know what we are filtering and also to maintain the rules.
#Ifire 1194 software
This software allows packet filtering quickly, and, depending on the hardware, it is capable of providing bandwidths greater than 10Gbps. IPFire employs an SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) firewall based on IPtables, the popular Linux firewall. Another point in favor of IPFire is its continuous updates, something essential in a firewall since it is exposed to the Internet, therefore, having updates to the operating system itself and the extensions is essential to avoid security vulnerabilities. For example, we have zones for the Internet WAN, LAN, DMZ and also WiFi. In the IPFire configuration, we will have to divide the network into several zones, these zones have different security policies by default, which we can later configure in detail.
The main objective of the IPFire operating system is to provide security in home and business environments, its firewall engine is very easy to configure, and its IDS prevents attackers from entering the network and prevents intrusions.
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