On 23/07/07, Jeff Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Roland Giesler wrote: > Is it possible to start a VMware or Xen client inside pfSense? perhaps you've worded that backwards? assuming so; yes, you can run pfSense inside vmware. doubtful that it would work in Xen.
No, I didn't word it backwards. I'm like to build a firewall, that also hosts a spamfilter / mailserver and maybe some other things. But the firewall must be primary or host OS, since part of the object of having a filewall would be defeated if the firewall is not the primary point of entry from outside the network, right? I guess what I'm really asking is, can another program be started and run from inside pfSense? Much in the way that I could start something in FreeBSD? I suspect the ability to do this is limited by the confuration of pfSense as it is with m0n0wall. Alternatively, if I run a debian box for example, and used that as a Xen host, I could run a VM for pfSense, one for a mail server, another for a proxy/cache, etc. but that may be inefficient, since I could just be running one machine to do that all. Problem is that then I would have the very powerful and easy to use interface of pfSense to run the firewall part and I want that without having to install two boxes. comments? thanks -- Roland Giesler Green Tree Systems cc, Stellenbosch, South Africa Mobile: 072-450-2817 http://www.thegreentree.za.net Shop online at http://www.digitalplanet.co.za/?AID=497
