ferm AlternativesFirewalls and other similar apps like ferm
ferm is described as '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' and is a Firewall in the security & privacy category. There are four alternatives to ferm for Linux. The best ferm alternative is ConfigServer Firewall, which is free. Other great apps like ferm are Shorewall, Advanced Policy Firewall and iptablesbuild.
5 ConfigServer Firewall alternatives- Free • Proprietary
- Firewall
- Linux
A Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) firewall, Login/Intrusion Detection and Security application for Linux servers.
- - ConfigServer Firewall is the most popular Linux alternative to ferm.
- - ConfigServer Firewall is the most popular free alternative to ferm.
5 Shorewall alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Firewall
- Linux
The Shoreline Firewall, more commonly known as “Shorewall”, is high-level tool for configuring Netfilter. You describe your firewall/gateway requirements using entries in a set of configuration files. Shorewall reads those configuration files and with the help of the iptables...
- - Shorewall is the most popular Open Source alternative to ferm.
Shorewall Features
- 6 Advanced Policy Firewall alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Firewall
- Linux
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.
Advanced Policy Firewall Features
- 7 iptablesbuild alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Firewall
- Linux
iptablesbuild is effectively a configuration manager for iptables. It is intended to manage iptables configurations in a centralized location for multiple systems.
DiscontinuedThe last update was on October 28th, 2013.