ZDNet

Linux kernel to include IPv6 firewall

Firewall features already available in IPv4 will be added to IPv6 protocol in Linux, but not until later in the year. Version 2.6.12 of the Linux kernel is likely to include packet filtering that will ...
Ars Technica

Compiling Hardened BSD Kernel for use as a firewall

Can any one point me to some documentation that deals with stripping un-needed stuff from the BSD kernel and to get it more secure at the kernel level for use as a firewall. I've found lots of stuff ...
Business Wire

Netronome Primes High-Performance Firewalls Based on eBPF/XDP as Data Center Operators Upgrade From Iptables

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RSA CONFERENCE -- Netronome, a leader in high-performance intelligent networking solutions, today announced the release of eBPF/XDP offload for Agilio SmartNICs. This ...
ZDNet

Linux kernel to include IPv6 firewall

Version 2.6.12 of the Linux kernel is likely to include packet filtering that will work with IPv6, the latest version of the Internet Protocol. Netfilter/iptables, the firewall engine that is part of ...