Obligatory plug for pfSense. Nowhere near as all-in-one as ClearOS, but it's far more robust in traditional firewall, routing, QOS, and NAT functions. Third party packages can extend its functionality considerably, too. Scales well to old hardware too (100MHz CPU with 128M RAM and 512MB storage is minimum). It's based on FreeBSD, and it is available free of charge too. It's less a replacement for your typical SOHO D-Link, Linksys, and Netgear equipment and more a functional replacement for commercial-grade devices like a Cisco PIX/ASA, etc.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 8:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] TrojanDownloader:Win32.Mesmer.A > > Clearos is ideal. I love it. Used it since clark. Snap to throw ttogether. I'm > using Clearos on a standard intel Atom mb (59) in an itx basic case (49) 512mb > ddr2 (10) and a 4gb pen drive I boot off of (6). For about 130 or so, I have a > firewall that does every damn thing I want. > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Robert Martin Jr." <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 18:06:51 > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] TrojanDownloader:Win32.Mesmer.A > > <6. Get a cheap system (e.g. noiseless mini-ITX) for use as a > gateway/firewall. > This will do you **very** good in the > > long run.> > > ClearOS (used to be clarkconnect) is really nice for firewall, intrusion > detection, logging, etc. Did I mention FREE? > > Since I've been running our home computer (5) through the web proxy, > using > medium filter rules and some custom tweaking, it's hard to get malware and > viruses even if you try. During testing using VM's I've visited some know bad > sites and nothing as gotten through. Saves you a lot of cleanup and scanning > in > the long run. It will run smoothly on a 500MHz box as long as you have 512+ > RAM. Smoothwall is also pretty slick. > > lopaka
