Linux offers many classic commands, but some are already outdated, insecure, or are now inefficient. We show you which ...

A new Linux NetFilter kernel flaw has been discovered, allowing unprivileged local users to escalate their privileges to root level, allowing complete control over a system. The CVE-2023-32233 ...

Sophos researcher Nick Gregory has uncovered a dangerous security bug in Linux's netfilter application which could enable a local attacker to escalate privileges on vulnerable machines and carry out a ...

When deciding on a firewall implementation, most Unix-savvy administrators have usually chosen to use ipfilter on OpenBSD for their combination of capabilities and stability, as the capabilities of ...

McHardy was suspended from the Netfilter team in 2016. The Netfilter team released a document on how to deal with his attempts to extract money from vendors. This move by McHardy, who had been a ...

The US government is warning that a Linux flaw introduced more than a decade ago - and fixed more than a year ago - is being actively used in ransomware attacks.

Check Point Software Technologies has the largest market share of any firewall vendor with their Firewall-1 (FW-1) product, and Nokia manufactures several hardware appliances together with an ...