Software firewall used in network

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Hi,

I have a medium sized organization with users between 300-500 users. I am looking for software firewall for this type orgnization.

Which type of software do you guys prefer, am not looking for hardware firewall...Can u suggest me some names of software firewall for this kind of organization.

thanks,

Gary

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