Shorewall AlternativesFirewalls and other similar apps like Shorewall

Apps similar to Shorewall include CacheGuard Gateway, which is free and open source. Other options are Advanced Policy Firewall, iptablesbuild, ferm and foomuuri. In total there are six Firewalls like Shorewall for Linux, the web and self-hosting.

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  1. CacheGuard Gateway is a free, open-source network security appliance for startups, growing businesses, and SMEs/SMBs that need enterprise-grade protection without the complexity or cost.

    138 CacheGuard Gateway alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • VirtualBox
    • Self-Hosted
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
    • Proxmox Virtual Environment
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  3. iptablesbuild is effectively a configuration manager for iptables. It is intended to manage iptables configurations in a centralized location for multiple systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Multizone bidirectional nftables firewall.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. HeatShield icon
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    HeatShield is a network firewall management service for Linux servers. A firewall configured by HeatShield prevents unauthorized access to services running on your servers, such as SSH and MySQL. Using HeatShield, you can easily restrict access to these services so that only IP...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
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