[ale] Firewalls

[Chuck Payne]

I tried to get it working it, but it was so hard and it didn't work.

SonicWall I put the put ip, and then the private ip need to talk, 5 min of
work.

On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 12:20 PM Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> Oh, by VIP you mean reverse-NAT?  Or "port forwarding"?
> I am pretty sure both will do that.
> I'm actually suprised the pfSense wont do that.
>
> -derek
>
> On Fri, April 2, 2021 12:17 pm, Chuck Payne wrote:
> > So I have 5 ip from Comcast. On my Sonic Wall, I have three ip setup. One
> > is for the hardware, the other two are vips, Virtual IP. I might not be
> > using the correct terminology. But anything out there comes to the vips
> on
> > my Sonicwall it can NAT/Route to the host's needs. I hope that makes
> > sense.
> >
> > I will take a look at those two, to be honest, I haven't heard of them.
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 12:08 PM Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Chuck,
> >>
> >> What exactly do you mean by "set up vip with the IPs"?
> >>
> >> Have you considered a Mikrotik or Unifi product?  I've got OpenVPN and
> >> L2TP set up with my Unifi Edgerouter.
> >>
> >> -derek
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, April 2, 2021 12:04 pm, Chuck Payne via Ale wrote:
> >> > So, I have a quick question. I have two firewalls in my house. A
> >> Sonicwall
> >> > NAS3500 that is end of life and pfSense.
> >> >
> >> > I use the SonicWall because my old work gave it to me, I love it
> >> because
> >> > it
> >> > simple and I can set up vip with the IPs I have. pfSense is a pain to
> >> do
> >> > vip, but it rocks because I have openvpn setup and I can get into my
> >> > network from anywhere be it my phone or laptop. I use it as my primary
> >> > dhcp
> >> > server and something NAT'ing.
> >> >
> >> > I am looking a new firewall. I like to find a Sonicwall, not sure if
> >> there
> >> > a place that sells them at a huge discount for students. I like
> >> something
> >> > that is new. Or something like that, be Juniper or Fortinet. Are there
> >> > such
> >> > sites or places?
> >> >
> >> > I was told that Sophos has a free firewall that is good. You can
> >> install
> >> > it
> >> > on hardware or a virtual. So I am wondering if anyone used it and can
> >> give
> >> > feedback?  Can you do VIP and NAT'ing easily or is this more of a home
> >> > firewall? By that, meaning very limited what you can do.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for any feedback/help you can give. Trying to upgrade my home
> >> > network.
> >> >
> >> > Not related, but nice to have when you are working on your home
> >> > network. Sweetwater Blue is a very nice wheat ale. I tend to support
> >> local
> >> > beers. I can recommend "The Gate" in Roswell, their Copper Head a
> >> great
> >> > amber beer. Blind pirate from Monday Night Brewing another local
> >> brewery
> >> (
> >> > Oh, Allen, they have one in Birmingham as well )
> >> > --
> >> > Terror PUP a.k.a
> >> > Chuck "PUP" Payne
> >> > -----------------------------------------
> >> > Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux.
> >> > -----------------------------------------
> >> > openSUSE -- Terrorpup
> >> > openSUSE Ambassador/openSUSE Member
> >> > skype,twiiter,identica,friendfeed -- terrorpup
> >> > freenode(irc) --terrorpup/lupinstein
> >> > Register Linux Userid: 155363
> >> >
> >> > openSUSE Community Member since 2008.
> >> > _______________________________________________
> >> > Ale mailing list
> >> > Ale at ale.org
> >> > https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> >> > See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
> >> > http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>        Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
> >>        derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
> >>        Computer and Internet Security Consultant
> >>
> >>
> >
> > --
> > Terror PUP a.k.a
> > Chuck "PUP" Payne
> > -----------------------------------------
> > Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux.
> > -----------------------------------------
> > openSUSE -- Terrorpup
> > openSUSE Ambassador/openSUSE Member
> > skype,twiiter,identica,friendfeed -- terrorpup
> > freenode(irc) --terrorpup/lupinstein
> > Register Linux Userid: 155363
> >
> > openSUSE Community Member since 2008.
> >
>
>
> --
>        Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
>        derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
>        Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>
>

-- 
Terror PUP a.k.a
Chuck "PUP" Payne
-----------------------------------------
Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux.
-----------------------------------------
openSUSE -- Terrorpup
openSUSE Ambassador/openSUSE Member
skype,twiiter,identica,friendfeed -- terrorpup
freenode(irc) --terrorpup/lupinstein
Register Linux Userid: 155363

openSUSE Community Member since 2008.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://mail.ale.org/pipermail/ale/attachments/20210402/b1979083/attachment.htm>