ConfigServer Firewall Alternatives

    ConfigServer Firewall is described as 'This suite of scripts provides: Straight-forward SPI iptables firewall script Daemon process that checks for login authentication failures for: Courier imap, Dovecot, uw-imap, Kerio openSSH cPanel, WHM, Webmail (cPanel servers only) Pure-ftpd, vsftpd, Proftpd Password' and is an app in the Security & Privacy category. There are five alternatives to ConfigServer Firewall for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, BSD, Mac and Microsoft Hyper-V Server. The best alternative is CacheGuard-OS. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Advanced Policy Firewall or Firewall Builder. Other great apps like ConfigServer Firewall are ferm (Free, Open Source) and iptablesbuild (Free, Open Source).

    This page was last updated Sep 8, 2020

    1. CacheGuard-OS

      • Windows
      • VirtualBox
      • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
      • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
      • Proxmox Virtual Environment
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      All CacheGuard products and services are focused on delivering secured and optimized Web contents to our clients. To achieve that goal we made CacheGuard OS which is our core product.
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    2. Server-based firewall. Reacts to attacks with intelligent abilities to detect malicious attempts to enter and reacting by blocking the IP temporarily. Repeated hits will ban the IP completely.
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    4. Firewall Builder is Open Source multi-platform firewall management software that supports Linux iptables, FreeBSD ipfilter and ipfw, OpenBSD pf, CIsco PIX and Cisco IOS Access Lists.

      Discontinued

      The last update was released on April 18th, 2013.
      "After working on Firewall Builder for many years it is with some sadness that Vadim and I are announcing that we have suspended all development activity for this project. Firewall Builder has been a great project to work on and we have truly appreciated all the support and positive feedback that the user community has provided. Without you we wouldn’t have been able to keep things going this long."

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    5. ferm

      • Free • Open Source
      • Linux
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      ferm is a tool to maintain complex firewalls, without having the trouble to rewrite the complex rules over and over again. ferm allows the entire firewall rule set to be stored in a separate file, and to be loaded with one command.
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    6. iptablesbuild is effectively a configuration manager for iptables. It is intended to manage iptables configurations in a centralized location for multiple systems.

      Discontinued

      The last update was on October 28th, 2013.

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