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I'm with InternetSquirrel for ClearOS, it's pretty good, but an extra box in a datacenter might be costly.<br />
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do you have any control over the router that will mangage your public IP's ?<br />
You might be able to setup access lists there that only allow certain traffic to the IP's of your servers.<br />
(it might also be offered as a service).
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I'm with InternetSquirrel for ClearOS, it's pretty good, but an extra box in a datacenter might be costly.

do you have any control over the router that will mangage your public IP's ?
You might be able to setup access lists there that only allow certain traffic to the IP's of your servers.
(it might also be offered as a service).

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Hello All,<br />
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I'm going to be colocating several servers pretty soon and wanted to know if a Norton Firewall is sufficient to protect my data. &nbsp;Is there anything that a hardware firewall can do which a software one cannot? &nbsp;After all, hardware firewalls run on software. &nbsp;Where's the added security for all that added cost?
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Hello All,

I'm going to be colocating several servers pretty soon and wanted to know if a Norton Firewall is sufficient to protect my data.  Is there anything that a hardware firewall can do which a software one cannot?  After all, hardware firewalls run on software.  Where's the added security for all that added cost?

Software or hardware firewall

Software firewalls, also known as host-based firewalls, provide a layer of software on one host that controls network traffic in and out of that single machine. Most operating systems now include firewall software, but many available software firewalls include central distribution, antivirus systems and disaster recovery.

Software Firewalls

Hardware-based firewalls provide more sophisticated protection for inbound and outbound traffic than the simple Windows software firewall or the basic NAT firewalls found in routers. These devices implement techniques such as stateful packet inspection, deep packet inspection, and content filtering; and may include built-in antivirus and anti-malware protection.