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HI<br />
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We normally use hardware firewalls in order to perform two things:<br />
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1. Allow/block port connections from outside the LAN.<br />
2. Allow/block applications and URLs in internet.<br />
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We would like to know if using a virtualized linux fedora instead of some router with firewall could we accomplish the same task, and how to.<br />
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Regards.
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HI

We normally use hardware firewalls in order to perform two things:

1. Allow/block port connections from outside the LAN.
2. Allow/block applications and URLs in internet.

We would like to know if using a virtualized linux fedora instead of some router with firewall could we accomplish the same task, and how to.

Regards.

How to configure a firewall using virtualized linux fedora

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Linux Security

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