[lug] Firewall Appliance Recommendation?
Dan Ferris
dan at usrsbin.com
Tue Jan 7 15:36:49 MST 2014
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
> http://www.maxwellspangler.com/
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