pfSense: What is it?
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So I'm seeing this program and I'm going to be working with it shortly. What exactly is it, what does it do, and is there any competing or similar products?
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@Mike-Ralston It's a router / firewall that you can install on pretty much any old computer with two NIC's.
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It's also a opensource, and a BSD derivative.
https://www.pfsense.org/ -
Hmm, clears some things up. Thanks!
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If you are interested in configuring pfsense check this video series http://www.youtube.com/user/nobluescreen
This channel has a full configuration tutorial of pfsense
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Competition products would include Vyatta and Untangle.
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I like pfSense, but I am now using Vyatta simply because it is what is on the Ubiquiti EdgeRouters that I have spread around.
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@JaredBusch said:
I like pfSense, but I am now using Vyatta simply because it is what is on the Ubiquiti EdgeRouters that I have spread around.
We have Vyatta in our Toronto DC.
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Give pfSense a go; I think you'll like it. If I'm looking for a low-resource business firewall that can handle multiple interfaces, WAN failover, and include outbound traffic filtering, I go with pfSense. It's my go-to product for tiny networks that deal with PCI compliance.
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compared to an Asa 5505? Why one over the other?
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@Hubtech said:
compared to an Asa 5505? Why one over the other?
Cost and ease of management primarily.
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i'll play with it in my sweet new lab
i could, once more, make some happy clients by saving them some money -
It only saves so much as you still need hardware for it. But you can push more packets for cheaper.
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@scottalanmiller said:
It only saves so much as you still need hardware for it. But you can push more packets for cheaper.
you can potentially have it on your virtualization platform though. I would recommend some dedicated hardware (basic super-micro or something) though.
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@JaredBusch said:
@scottalanmiller said:
It only saves so much as you still need hardware for it. But you can push more packets for cheaper.
you can potentially have it on your virtualization platform though. I would recommend some dedicated hardware (basic super-micro or something) though.
We run Vyatta on vSphere for one of our hosted environments.
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@scottalanmiller said:
We run Vyatta on vSphere for one of our hosted environments.
I ran ClearOS 5.2 on a VMWare system along with most of my other stuff in my coloation space for 3 years. I dumped it for the Ubiquiti gear. A hardware Vyatta box for < $100 is just a no brainer IMO.
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@JaredBusch said:
@scottalanmiller said:
We run Vyatta on vSphere for one of our hosted environments.
I ran ClearOS 5.2 on a VMWare system along with most of my other stuff in my coloation space for 3 years. I dumped it for the Ubiquiti gear. A hardware Vyatta box for < $100 is just a no brainer IMO.
Which model do you have? Might want to check one of those out. Have thought that they looked interesting but was not aware that they were in that price range!!
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pfSense is a very powerful firewall, it provide many services in form of packages, including proxy server, openvpn, dhcp, traffic statistics .....and more and mor, all in one, it is really a very good firewall
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FreeBSD, in which pfSense is built, is famous for the quality and performance of its TCP/IP stack.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@JaredBusch said:
@scottalanmiller said:
We run Vyatta on vSphere for one of our hosted environments.
I ran ClearOS 5.2 on a VMWare system along with most of my other stuff in my coloation space for 3 years. I dumped it for the Ubiquiti gear. A hardware Vyatta box for < $100 is just a no brainer IMO.
Which model do you have? Might want to check one of those out. Have thought that they looked interesting but was not aware that they were in that price range!!
@scottalanmiller
[here you go scott. ](link http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax#edge-router-lite url) these look like something I may need to play with. Currently i Use cisco cause it's what I know. so many less expensive options out there right now.
