Open source versus commercial firewalls: functional comparison

This paper compares firewall alternatives with virtual private network support appropriate for corporate applications. Two specific firewall solutions are compared highlighting corresponding security risks: (1) a firewall constructed using only open source software available for the Linux operating...

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Main Authors: Patton, S., Doss, D., Yurcik, W.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Communication system traffic control
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Virtual private networks
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Summary:This paper compares firewall alternatives with virtual private network support appropriate for corporate applications. Two specific firewall solutions are compared highlighting corresponding security risks: (1) a firewall constructed using only open source software available for the Linux operating system and (2) a commercial firewall solution from Cisco using the Cisco IOS firewall feature set.
ISSN:0742-1303
DOI:10.1109/LCN.2000.891032