Linux-Watch: NuFW: Single Sign-on Meets Firewall | Linux Today

Linux-Watch: NuFW: Single Sign-on Meets Firewall

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SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Jan 11, 2007

“French open-source company INL has recently released the latest
version of its next-generation firewall, NuFW 2.1.1.

“NuFW starts, like most Linux firewall software does, on the
foundation of the Linux kernel’s Netfilter, a set of basic IP
(Internet Protocol) hooks that allows kernel modules to register
callback functions with the network stack. In most distributions,
it’s used with iptables to create generic Linux firewalls…”

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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