Originally posted by henry
What about linux firewall?

Anyone had any experience in using a linux-based or BSD-based firewall and does it block out most of the attacks against it?
Try smoothwall. It is better than most firewalls easy to use, including very expensive firewalls from others. The one draw back is it does not use the 2.4.xx kernel, 2.2.xx only. It can be found here http://www.smoothwall.org/gpl/home/