Originally posted here by poohsuntzu
I'm semi-familiar with ipchains/tables, but I'm afraid that just isn't going to cut it any longer. Could you guys give me a run down of different nixbased software firewalls, as well as pros and cons of each based upon your own experience? Some links to tutorial research would be great too. Thanks guys!
i will assume that this is for personal use, right? don't deploy this stuff into a production environment unless you are very familiar with it or have someone who is always available who is familiar with it.

we use FreeBSD solution.

pro's - it's very stable and reliable and configurable
cons - tricky and time consuming to setup.

regards
SL