Wich Firewall (APF or KISS)

[spirit]

Im looking for a good firewall for CentOS.

Normaly i use APF but i see many (good) posts abbout KISS.


Wich one is better?

 

[OxnardMontalvo]

I've never used KISS but since moginv to CentOS, I've always used APF. I've found it easy to work with and I've had no problems with it at all.

=C=

 

[skruf]

Hey,

We've used both... No problems with either...

Like OxnardMontalvo, since moving to CentOS we've started using APF... No real reason but, it works well and we've had no issues.

David

 

[nobaloney]

KISS is exactly what the name implies:

Keep It Sublimely Simple .

APF (especially APF+BFD) is more featured, but a small bit harder to install.

And APF+BFD gives you a lot of log files to follow (or ignore).



We prefer APF+BFD, but we install KISS by default for our clients unless they ask for APF.

Jeff

 

[spirit]

KISS is exactly what the name implies:

Keep It Sublimely Simple .

APF (especially APF+BFD) is more featured, but a small bit harder to install.

And APF+BFD gives you a lot of log files to follow (or ignore).



We prefer APF+BFD, but we install KISS by default for our clients unless they ask for APF.

Jeff

Normaly i used ever used APF. In my new server i also installed APF but i dont know what BFD is..

 

[nobaloney]

Brute Force Detection. It's an optional part of APF.

Jeff