Don't think a firewall / router is going to give you any sort of
protection against ransomware attacks. Even if is able to block dodgy
sites it's of little use against that memory stick someone just dropped.
Regards,
Marco
On 15/06/2021 18:12, gvim via GLLUG wrote:
Didn't OpenWRT have some security holes a while back? I'm trying to
sell clients on a first line of defence against potential ransomware
attacks so I need something rock solid.
gvim
On 14/06/2021 17:02, Travis Mooney via GLLUG wrote:
There are off the shelf OpenWRT routers. I use:
* Turris Omnia as edge routers:
https://www.turris.com/en/omnia/overview/
* GL iNet Convexa-B as access points
Both work well, and are native OpenWRT solutions. The Omnia is a bit
expensive, but you could just stick with GL iNet devices if cost is a
problem.
Kind regards,
travis
On 14/06/2021 16:56, Peter Grant via GLLUG wrote:
On Mon, 14 Jun 2021 at 16:43, Martin A. Brooks via GLLUG
<gllug@mailman.lug.org.uk <mailto:gllug@mailman.lug.org.uk>> wrote:
On 2021-06-14 15:42, gvim via GLLUG wrote:
> With ransomeware becoming a threat to both small and large
businesses
> I'm inclined to advise small businesses to change their router
as a
> first line of defence. What is currently the best NIX-based
> router/software? pfSense?
If I was installing such a thing at a customer site I would first
suggest a reasonable off the shelf product rather than a custom
built
black box.
I have run pfsense very happily at work (and home) for many years -
it's nicely comprehensive and easy to use. Netgate (owners of
pfsense) make some devices with pfsense preinstalled, which I can't
speak from much experience with. Until we moved office and I got the
budget to replace it, we have an old Pentium dual core Dell desktop
running pfsense.
Peter
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