APF & BFD or CSF & LSD
Posted by praveenkv1988, 04-19-2009, 09:43 AM Which of the above is best?
Posted by serveradmin4u, 04-19-2009, 10:33 AM CSF Checkout it's features http://www.configserver.com/cp/csf.html
Posted by eth00, 04-19-2009, 10:45 AM Both work great. People tend to prefer CSF right now because it has a GUI and you don't have to go into ssh to work with it. I personally would prefer to use SSH over WHM but thats just me (which CSF can do as well)
Posted by hD-Scott, 04-19-2009, 03:42 PM Another cote for CSF + LFD. I have only one server with APF (it came with it and have been too lazy to switch), but I much prefer the CSF + LFD combo. I use it in ssh as well but it now integrates with DA and cPanel for a GUI interface.
Posted by BillySharp, 04-19-2009, 04:05 PM I've always used APF on my servers so I stick with that.
Posted by threemints, 04-19-2009, 04:06 PM I also use APF
Posted by sherwood, 04-19-2009, 04:09 PM I prefer CSF because of the GUI because I just find it easier to manage. I still do use it through ssh but yes its a bonus to me that it has the GUI. Also when I first ever tried to install APF I had a lot of problems so that's one reason why I have stayed away from it.
Posted by CiscoMike, 04-19-2009, 04:58 PM In the case of APF, it hadn't been updated in a long time and while nothing was really broken about it, it had become stagnant and didn't receive any new features or functions. I see via the updated website that it's getting some love again. In the end, both APF and CSF do the exact same thing at the system level - a user interface into IPTables. They both do the job and do it well but CSF/LFD has leapfrogged APF/BFD as far as features and functions go and has a pretty active development cycle which is going to be why people (myself included after 3-4 years of APF-only) are leaning more towards CSF/LFD. Just use the one that makes the most sense to you and if you have cPanel or DirectAdmin, you get a gui in the control panel to work with CSF as well which for the non-CLI savvy, is kinda nice.
Posted by LoganNZ, 04-19-2009, 06:47 PM CSF + LFD. Most my clients servers use it ( hosting servers ) No issues for me so far.
Posted by AquariusStorage, 04-19-2009, 06:48 PM CSF if better by far. I highly recommend users of APF to give it a shot. I used APF for a long time simply because it "worked". CSF is however better, and worth the time it takes to learn how to use it. It is more stable and more much configurable.
Posted by ASVJSC, 04-19-2009, 09:43 PM I used APF & BDF and CSF & LFD. I recommended CSF & LFD Work perfect
Posted by Servosupport, 04-20-2009, 12:35 AM Same here I would suggest you to go ahead with CSF & LFD, but in the end its your choice what you would like to go for ..
Posted by timelead129, 04-20-2009, 03:49 AM I would also suggest to install CSF & LFD, also lfd checks on various server security settings which makes the server least vulnerable to attacks.
Posted by barry[CoffeeSprout], 04-21-2009, 09:08 AM CSF works nicely for me. The Webmin / WHM module is icing on the cake, but I still prefer the commandline interface to configure them as I have my own scripts to set things up automatically. I used to like APF too, both are wrappers for setting IPTables
Posted by ServerManagement, 04-21-2009, 10:12 AM They both work well, but CSF/LFD has a lot of newer features that integrate really nicely with cpanel and it's software.
Posted by hD-Scott, 04-21-2009, 10:16 AM They also integrate with DA!
Posted by eBuyerShield, 04-21-2009, 10:19 AM I think everyone agrees CSF is a breeze to use, but I would recommend APF over it for anything requiring the utmost stability as there are a few little glitches with CSF - although they can be worked out with you put the time into it.