[ale] Firewalls

[Chuck Payne]

James,

A few years back, Allen B. was selling some USF Dells I bought a couple. So
that what I am using for my pfSense, I had to add a usb ethernet, but it
works.

On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 6:27 PM James Sumners (ALE) <james+ale at sumners.email>
wrote:

> After the eye opening Ars article (see earlier thread “Well, goodby
> pfSense”), I’m going to rebuild my router and load it up with OPNSense. But
> with the sorry state of the parts market, it’s going to be a while. But, if
> you can get your hands on a passively cooled Celeron setup, that’s what I’d
> recommend. Though, my current build is an actively cooled Celeron; just
> want passive to remove moving parts.
>
>
> On April 2, 2021 at 12:04:56, Chuck Payne via Ale (ale at ale.org) 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 )
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