[ale] Firewall convo

[Derek Atkins]

Must it run TRUE Linux?  Could you use something like a Ubiquiti ER-X?

-derek

On Thu, April 9, 2020 10:05 am, Jerald Sheets via Ale wrote:
> The parameters are that I need an appliance-sized device that will go in a
> small cabinet.  A “Linux PC” is out of the question.  This is a specific
> query in regards to hardware appliances, and the smaller the better.
>
> I’m looking at the Firewalla Blue and it looks like what I need, and I was
> wondering if a) anyone had used it and what their thoughts are, and b) if
> not, any other tiny firewalls you may have used that would fit that
> specific size requirement.
>
>
> Sorry for the specificity, but of anyone I would trust this list to steer
> me right.
>
>
> —j
>
>
>
>> On Apr 9, 2020, at 9:45 AM, Chuck Payne <terrorpup at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Shorewall isn't small? I use the built in firewall on my SUSE box
>> because it's there and it backup gateway.
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 9:33 AM Jerald Sheets via Ale <ale at ale.org
>> <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
>> I need a tiny firewall appliance.  Interested in the Firewalla Blue.
>>
>> Anyone have any experience?  It has to be STUPID small, and that box
>> appears to fit the bill.
>>
>>
>> —j
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