Enterprise-grade Linux: Five network security FOSS apps
The old adage, you get what you pay for, doesn’t have to apply. In fact, for a small business the high price tag of “threat management” software can often mean a company will just go without to its detriment. Here’s some high quality free and open source software to help, at a price any CFO will love.
Sure, Symantec, MessageLabs, SonicWall, Cisco, Juniper and other big names appear to have the market sewn up. Yet most IT Managers are far too busy or strapped for cash to investigate all the options and demo a range of expensive options. Yet it is a sad situation for any company to expose its network and users to risk due to price – and network security isn’t an island; in this connected world any organisation’s lack of protection could well mean be the key to the next DDoS attack against your domain let alone the relentless flood of spam and viruses.
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Tags: Linux, open source software, security