A secure network design of which Mordac would approve

Firewalls are not about rules and obscurity but more about design and oversight. To often I see the methodology being used to lock down a network and the absolutely no due diligence on monitoring it. The perception is that a door locked with seven locks does not require surveillance. This is a template I created for a best practice network design. This is a deviation from the legacy firewall with DMZ designs.

My opinion is that this one is more practical and secure and something I first drew on a napkin. Read and view the full post on LinkedIn's Pulse here.

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easywall - Web interface for easy use of the IPTables firewall on Linux systems written in Python3.

Firewalls are becoming increasingly important in today’s world. Hackers and automated scripts are constantly trying to invade your system and use it for Bitcoin mining, botnets or other things. To prevent these attacks, you can use a firewall on your system. IPTables is the strongest firewall in Linux because it can filter packets in the kernel before they reach the application. Using IPTables is not very easy for Linux beginners. We have created easywall - the simple IPTables web interface . The focus of the software is on easy installation and use. Access this neat software over on github: easywall

No Scrubs: The Architecture That Made Unmetered Mitigation Possible

When building a DDoS mitigation service it’s incredibly tempting to think that the solution is scrubbing centers or scrubbing servers. I, too, thought that was a good idea in the beginning, but experience has shown that there are serious pitfalls to this approach. Read the post of at Cloudflare's blog: N o Scrubs: The Architecture That Made Unmetered Mitigation Possible

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