Faster because it has all the tools I need right there. Plus it has a cute web interface. LOL I have decided to go with Pfsense.<br><br><br>Thanks all.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/5/9 Michael H. Warfield <<a href="mailto:mhw@wittsend.com">mhw@wittsend.com</a>>:<br>
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On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 14:33 -0400, Brandon Colbert wrote:<br>
> All,<br>
<br>
> I am building the VPN network for my company. I am trying to figure<br>
> out if I should use Pfsense or build my own off: CentOS5, iptables,<br>
> OpenVPN, VLANs, and etc. I do like the option of adding whatever<br>
> application I need.<br>
<br>
> Pfsense will be a faster deployment!<br>
<br>
</div></div> Ok... Pfsense is the FreeBSD / pf filter based firewall. What kind of<br>
VPN are you going to use, then? IPsec based?<br>
<br>
I don't quite see where Pfsense would be any faster to deploy than say<br>
a CentOS system with IPSec.<br>
<br>
At one time, OpenVPN use to be able to claim it was simpler to deploy<br>
than IPSec but IPSec has gotten vastly easier, with certificates and<br>
keys, and OpenVPN has gotten significantly more complicated (try making<br>
heads or tails or those scripts for pushing routes and addresses).<br>
<br>
IPSec certainly makes a lot of sense. All of that, Pfsense, CentOS,<br>
Fedora, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, etc, etc, etc, should all interoperate and be<br>
relatively simple to deploy. Now, FreeBSD vs Linux and pf filter vs<br>
iptable, that may be more to what your taste is. Pfsense may have some<br>
fancy deployment tools that may make it better than CentOS or Fedora or<br>
monowall. Why do YOU feel it will be faster?<br>
<br>
> ?<br>
<br>
Mike<br>
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