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Every time I say this I feel like a shill because I worked for them briefly, but Sophos has a Home version of their UTM firewall (0). It has pros and cons, but
by click170 12y ago
Every time I say this I feel like a shill because I worked for them briefly, but Sophos has a Home version of their UTM firewall (0). It has pros and cons, but overall I think it's pretty good (even after working there).
Some other options include Sonicwall and pfsense, and I encourage others to post their suggestions as well. I haven't used SonicWall, though I have used pfsense strictly as a firewall.
(0) http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-utm-home-edition.aspx http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-utm-h...
- nl 12y agoAny hardware solution recommendations - or things that will run on a RPi/router? I don't like the idea of having to keep a desktop/laptop computer on 24/7.
- corford 12y agohttps://www.pfsense.org/hardware/#pfsense-store https://www.pfsense.org/hardware/#pfsense-store
- nl 12y agoYeah, I saw that. Not exactly consumer prices are they? Reading the forums there are some dual LAN Atom based mini PCs that seem OK. Edit: Also http://store.netgate.com/Desktop-Systems-C83.aspx http://store.netgate.com/Desktop-Systems-C83.aspx has some preconfigured options at under $300.
- listic 12y agoThose are the same things. If you do not want to financially support pfSense, you can buy hardware from Netgate directly, starting from $299. Even cheaper as a kit or with older hardware, but you decide for yourself whether it will be adequate for you. I'm planning on buying an assembled APU from Netgate for myself; right now I'm using m0n0wall on a separate P3 PC (Celeron 1000), modded for silence. Probably will try out pfSense beforehand, on a separate CF card I just ordered.
- nl 12y agoThe Netgate APU2/APU4 devices don't appear to be available directly from pfsense. They do say money from them goes to pfsense though (and they advertise them on the pfsense site)
- corford 12y agoOpenWRT on a Buffalo WZR-HP-AG300H is a another very nice and cheap solution.
- mixblast 12y agoThrow pfsense on an alix box. www.pcengines.ch/apu.htm
- ToastyMallows 12y agoCurious as to why you don't want to keep a desktop on 24/7?
- freehunter 12y agoDesktops use a fair amount of power and almost always have some amount of noise associated with them.
- click170 12y agoThere are some nice form factor cases out there now-a-days, and I would like to explore using those to make a firewall I could offer to friends and family to protect them too, but I'm just using an old desktop right now.
- narrowrail 12y agoI've been looking at this AMD-based barebones machine with dual LAN: newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856107110 Reviews suggest pfsense runs well, and with 4GB RAM and a decent SSD one could probably run snort and squid as well. Probably about $330 all assembled.