[lug] Firewall Appliance Recommendation?

[Dan Ferris]

PFsense running on a Soekris device is good.  The hardware will probably
run you around $250.

Ubiquiti makes these little firewall boxes that run Linux.  I haven't
used them before, but supposedly they are ok.

Dan

On 01/07/2014 03:25 PM, Maxwell Spangler wrote:
> As part of meeting PCI DSS security requirements, I need to wall off a
> single PC from the rest of its network with a firewall in order to
> control inbound and outbound traffic to/from it.  I'd also like to
> enable logging to some (yet undefined) extent so I can monitor things.
> 
> Over a decade ago I used Sonicwall appliances and I think something like
> their current TZ 2xx series might work well.  I'd love to hear your
> experiences with them or similar.
> 
> I don't want to use a PC running Linux or OpenBSD for this: the form
> factor, noise and power requirements are overkill even if the solution
> would be low cost and high quality.
> 
> I've thought about rigging up a Linksys router with DD-WRT, but I'd like
> to know if Sonicwall offers features and ease of use which make it worth
> its price.
> 
> Any comments would be appreciated!
> 
> -- 
> Maxwell Spangler
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> Linux & Open Source Systems Engineer
> Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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