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LuLu by Objective-See VS ferm

Compare LuLu by Objective-See VS ferm and see what are their differences

LuLu by Objective-See logo LuLu by Objective-See

LuLu is the free open-source macOS firewall that aims to block unauthorized (outgoing) network...

ferm logo ferm

ferm is a tool to maintain complex firewalls, without having the trouble to rewrite the complex...
  • LuLu by Objective-See Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-25
  • ferm Landing page
    Landing page //
    2019-06-05

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to LuLu by Objective-See and ferm)
Firewall
59 59%
41% 41
Monitoring Tools
61 61%
39% 39
Security & Privacy
51 51%
49% 49
Cyber Security
56 56%
44% 44

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Based on our record, ferm seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 4 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

LuLu by Objective-See mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of LuLu by Objective-See yet. Tracking of LuLu by Objective-See recommendations started around Mar 2021.

ferm mentions (4)

  • DHCP is not blocked by ufw/iptables
    I remember hating shorewall and similar ones because, well, I know iptables, and I know exactly what I want so using anything that tries to abstract it into it's own approach is torture as I need to take the rules I want and translate it to whatever mediocre paradigm shorewall (or ufw, or near-any other firewall manager in the wild) decided to put on top of iptables. I ended up using ferm... - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago
  • what is your favourite firewall frontend?
    I'm a big fan of ferm. Many major distros have it readily available as a package, and it makes for beautifully readable firewall definitions. Source: about 1 year ago
  • anyone use a front-end to iptables?
    The last time I needed to do complex iptables stuff, I found FERM really helpful. The structured config language greatly reduces the amount of boilerplate code you have to type, while still having a pretty direct mapping to the emitted iptables rules. A bit like compiling sass to css. Source: about 2 years ago
  • dog: An open source firewall management system for packs of firewalls (iptables)
    Also just about last thing I want is to deploy another configuration management system alongside the system that manages everything else on machine. Currently we just use Puppet to deploy ferm rules (which is best described as "iptables+", naming convention and such are still iptables-like but a lot of macros/syntax sugar around it). Source: almost 3 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing LuLu by Objective-See and ferm, you can also consider the following products

GlassWire - Visualize network activity in detail, get notified when new apps access the network, look out for...

ufw - Ufw stands for Uncomplicated Firewall, and is program for managing a netfilter firewall.

TinyWall - Lightweight and non-intrusive firewall

Advanced Policy Firewall - Server-based firewall.

Little Snitch - Little Snitch is a firewall application that monitors and controls outbound internet traffic.

Shorewall - The Shoreline Firewall, more commonly known as “Shorewall”, is high-level tool for configuring...