[ale] Firewall convo

askabt askabt at gmail.com
Thu Apr 9 15:44:26 EDT 2020


You can put Pfsense on one of these. Will have to order it in parts and 
put it together. Would require usb console cable since there is no video 
port. Or you can install Debian or Centos from a usb stick and make your 
own what ever.

https://www.pcengines.ch/apu4d4.htm


On 4/9/20 11:00 AM, Derek Atkins via Ale wrote:
> Last I checked Ubiquiti does not require any kind of subscription?
>
> -derek
>
> On Thu, April 9, 2020 10:30 am, Jerald Sheets wrote:
>> I would prefer to not have a subscription to maintain, otherwise I’d be on
>> the Cisco stuff for WiFi.  :)
>>
>> It doesn’t have to be TRUE Linux, just a hardware firewall that would fit
>> in about a 4-inch wide cabinet with a lock on it.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Apr 9, 2020, at 10:13 AM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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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