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5 open source alternatives for routing/firewall

Network World

Economical and flexible Open source software offers an economical and flexible option for deploying basic home, SMB or even enterprise networking. These products can be downloaded and deployed on your own hardware, on a virtual platform, or in the cloud. Many of them sell pre-configured appliances as well.

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Review: 5 open source alternatives for routers/firewalls

Network World

Open source software offers an economical and flexible option for deploying basic home, SMB or even enterprise networking. These open source products deliver simple routing and networking features, like DHCP and DNS. We reviewed five products: ClearOS, DD-WRT, pfSense, Untangle and ZeroShell.

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The AI continuum

CIO Business Intelligence

Deep learning AI: A rising workhorse Deep learning AI uses the same neural network architecture as generative AI, but can’t understand context, write poems or create drawings. Great for: Extracting meaning from unstructured data like network traffic, video & speech. Model sizes: ~Millions to billions of parameters.

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pfSense vs Netgear router: What are the main differences?

Tech Republic Security

When taking steps to ensure your business’s network security, the pfSense firewall solution and Netgear routers are top choices. The post pfSense vs Netgear router: What are the main differences? appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Memcached servers can be hijacked for massive DDoS attacks

Network World

The problem was first discovered by security researchers at content delivery network (CDN) specialist Cloudflare. Since then, CDN specialist Akamai and security provider Arbor Networks have also published their findings. Also read: Getting the most out of your next-generation firewall.

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Technology Short Take 143

Scott Lowe

Networking. Back in April of this year, Patrick Ogenstad announced Netrasp , a Go package for writing network automation tooling in Go. Servers/Hardware. I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy.

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Technology Short Take 136

Scott Lowe

Networking. This article by Joshua Fox outlines how and when to use each of the various types of firewalls offered by AWS. Servers/Hardware. The popular open source cryptography library known as Bouncy Castle has uncovered a severe authentication bypass vulnerability. Here’s hoping you find something useful!

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