Operating System Firewalls


Operating System (OS) Firewalls (Personal Firewall), has become a more common occurrence. Several Operating Systems are coming with a firewall installed, but so many people are unaware if it is turned on or off.

Operating Systems:

Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, and Windows 10 all have a built in Firewall

Microsoft Servers : Windows 2003, 2003R2, @008, 2008R2, 2012, 2012R2, 2016 all have a built in firewall.

Mac OS X :  10.7-10.14 use ipfw as a Firewall, This hsould be turned on.

Unix: FreeBSD uses ipfw as its firewall

Linux: Firewall is iptables/ipchains and IPFilter

 

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