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passively cooled single board computer that's manufactured in a trustworthy country. Not cheap but I use Protectli firewalls [1]. They have the option to be r
by LinuxBender 4y ago
passively cooled single board computer that's manufactured in a trustworthy country.
Not cheap but I use Protectli firewalls [1]. They have the option to be reloaded with either the Coreboot or AMI firmware. They have 2 to 6 NIC's depending on the model. They are passively cooled but have fast processors so that people can run VPN's at wire speed. They are basically a mini-PC optimized to be used as Firewalls and Network-to-Network VPN's. The NIC's are Intel.
[1] - https://protectli.com/solutions/firewall/ https://protectli.com/solutions/firewall/
- chatmasta 4y agoOh cool, those do look nice, thanks! I didn't find this company in the hours I spent researching this yesterday. They look similar in configuration and price to Fitlet [0]. Personally, $300 is more than I'd like to spend, but perhaps that's the price for a trustworthy and sufficiently powerful setup. [0] https://fit-iot.com/web/products/fitlet3/ https://fit-iot.com/web/products/fitlet3/
- aborsy 4y agoI thought Protectli boxes are cheaper mini PCs from AliExpress (Qotom and similar boxes). Protectli sets them up (flashes the firmware in the case of coreboot, and installs the OS), and adds support. But otherwise boxes are pretty good.
- kjs3 4y agoI picked up a Protectli 4-port box (FW4C) recently. So far it's excellent. I did however think/assume it was made in China.