Shorewall AlternativesFirewalls and other similar apps like Shorewall

Shorewall is described as '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' and is a Firewall in the security & privacy category. There are five alternatives to Shorewall for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Web-based, VirtualBox, VMware vSphere Hypervisor and Microsoft Hyper-V Server apps. The best Shorewall alternative is CacheGuard-OS. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Advanced Policy Firewall or iptablesbuild. Other great apps like Shorewall are ferm and HeatShield.

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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...

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Shorewall alternatives page was last updated Dec 8, 2017
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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. Once installed on a virtual or hardware machine, CacheGuard OS turns it into a powerful Web...

    138 CacheGuard-OS alternatives
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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • VirtualBox
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
    • Proxmox Virtual Environment
    CacheGuard-OS iconShorewall Icon

    CacheGuard-OS VS Shorewall

    Is CacheGuard-OS a good alternative to Shorewall?
     
    • CacheGuard-OS is the most popular Windows alternative to Shorewall.

    • CacheGuard-OS is the most popular commercial alternative to Shorewall.

    • CacheGuard-OS is Paid and ProprietaryShorewall is Free and Open Source
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    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.

    7 Advanced Policy Firewall alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Advanced Policy Firewall Features

    1.  Command line/bash
    2.  Application Firewall
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    Advanced Policy Firewall VS Shorewall

    Is this a good alternative to Shorewall?
     
    • Advanced Policy Firewall is the most popular Linux alternative to Shorewall.

    • Advanced Policy Firewall is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Shorewall.

    • Advanced Policy Firewall is Free and Open SourceShorewall is also Free and Open Source
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    iptablesbuild is effectively a configuration manager for iptables. It is intended to manage iptables configurations in a centralized location for multiple systems.

    7 iptablesbuild alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    The last update was on October 28th, 2013.

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    iptablesbuild VS Shorewall

    Is iptablesbuild a good alternative to Shorewall?
     
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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.

    4 ferm alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    ferm Features

    1.  Console-based
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    ferm VS Shorewall

    Is ferm a good alternative to Shorewall?
     
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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...

    12 HeatShield alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    HeatShield iconShorewall Icon

    HeatShield VS Shorewall

    Is HeatShield a good alternative to Shorewall?
     
    • HeatShield is the most popular Web-based alternative to Shorewall.

    • HeatShield is Freemium and ProprietaryShorewall is Free and Open Source
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