Re: Can HAProxy function as a firewall?

[Tom Browder]

On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 08:51 Shawn Heisey <hapr...@elyograg.org> wrote:
...

> Some things that I can think of that I don't think haproxy can do that
> you'd expect from a firewall:
>
> * Permit or deny any traffic other than TCP or UDP.
> ** Examples:  ICMP, IGMP, GRE, ESP.
> * Examine certain application protocols to track and automatically allow
> related connections.
> ** FTP and RPC are the examples that come to mind.


Thanks, Shawn.

Then how about using pfsense software instead in the same setup?

-Tom