> IMO, iptables has a steep learning curve. Nevertheless, IMO the learning > investment in iptables is worthwhile.
I agree! I've written a couple iptables rules for my web server. > pfsense uses its own firewall language. So this would just add to an already > *huge* Linux learning burden (iptables plus *tons* of other stuff) The barrier here is time. I'm pretty sure most of the things I want to do are mountains that other folks have already climbed. Al Sent via mobile device On Jul 17, 2013, at 5:48 PM, Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday, July 17, 2013 05:00:16 PM Alan Jachimiak wrote: > > > > I'm okay sacrificing a some resources for good looks, but pfsense only > suggests <512MB RAM for some isolated use cases. That sounds pretty > efficient to me. So, I'm going to bite the bullet and give pfSense a try. > (pfsense.org) My current FreeNas based on FreeBSD has been OK to deal with > so, I think I've got a fighting chance. > > I'm dissatisfied with the firewall in my Westell 6100 DSL modem/router and > have thought about alternatives including pfsense. > > ISTM that a valuable Linux skill to possess is to be able to specify custom > firewall rules in the native firewall language (as opposed to using a > firewall GUI front-end). For Linux, this language is iptables. IMO, iptables > has a steep learning curve. Nevertheless, IMO the learning investment in > iptables is worthwhile. pfsense uses its own firewall language. So this would > just add to an already *huge* Linux learning burden (iptables plus *tons* of > other stuff). > > I'd be interested if anyone has any counterarguments to this. > > > -- > Phenom II X2 555 | Biostar TA890FXE | 2 x 4G DDR3 1333 | Maxtor 80G PATA | > GeForce 210 > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > Aug 7 - Scripting Your World with Python > Sep 4 - NoSQL and MongoDB > Oct 2 - OpenFlow: Open Standard for Networking Hardware
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