I have to say, it is pretty cool to have basically the same features at home that I have at work, even if the two user interfaces are completely different. I dropped a good chunk of change up front, but I'll come out way ahead over a period of 4+ years. (At least compared to SonicWall pricing from a really good reseller.)
Now, if the hardware dies, or Sophos drops the program, I'll be calling you for the name of your Fortinet vendor... :) On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Andrew S. Baker <asbz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Whoa!!! That looks awesome. Man, I could really have gone for that a > few weeks back. > > My Fortigate 40C arrives tomorrow. :) > > > > > > *ASB > **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker>* > **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) > for the SMB market…*** > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Richard Stovall <rich...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I chose to build a new system so it would be small and silent rather than >> use an old computer lying around the house. >> >> I went with: >> >> Intel D2500CCE fanless mini-ITX motherboard (Dual core 1.86 GHz Atom CPU >> with dual Intel NICs onboard) >> >> 4 GB RAM >> >> 128GB Vertex 4 SSD >> >> It has been in 'production' for a couple of weeks now, and is stable and >> very fast. I also really like having the content filtering and >> antivirus capabilities of a UTM firewall at home. >> >> The management interface is a little weird at first, but you get used to >> it. >> >> I demo'ed the software in a VirtualBox VM for a week or so before pulling >> the trigger on the hardware expense. >> >> If anyone is interested, the page at Sophos describing the offering is: >> http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-utm-home-edition.aspx >> >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Our Sidewinders are EOL at the end of April, and my manager doesn't like >>> them. >>> >>> He's a Cisco bigot, and wants ASAs in here. >>> >>> I'm fighting him to at least take a look at the Palo Alto platform, or >>> perhaps the newest iteration of the Sidewinders (which are now called >>> McAfee Enteprise Firewalls). >>> >>> That's an interesting tip on the Sophos solution. What did you use for >>> the hardware? >>> >>> Kurt >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Richard Stovall <rich...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > I was going to suggest using the SonicPoint solution from SonicWall, >>> but >>> > you've got Sidewinders, don't you? >>> > >>> > Does McAfee have anything like SonicWall's wireless solution where >>> it's all >>> > managed from the firewall? >>> > >>> > PS Sophos has this too, and they give their UTM firewall away free >>> for home >>> > use. Just bring your own hardware. I just switched to this the other >>> day >>> > and love it so far. I should write a blog post about it. (But then >>> I'd >>> > have to create a blog...) >>> > >>> > >>> > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> All, >>> >> >>> >> Quite some time ago, I set up an unsecured guest VLAN in our network, >>> >> providing wireless access to all of the sundry devices that staff and >>> >> visitors carry. I set up a small FreeBSD machine to serve IP addresses >>> >> via DHCP, and that was dead simple. >>> >> >>> >> It is a layer2 VLAN, traversing our backbone, and terminating on our >>> >> corporate firewall. >>> >> >>> >> However, there are now other tenants in our building, and the subnet >>> >> is getting too much bandwidth and address consumption - the range I >>> >> set up is completely filled, and the VLAN is consuming about half of >>> >> our Internet pipe, which is far too much for my comfort. >>> >> >>> >> I suspect the other tenants are leeching. >>> >> >>> >> What I've read of captive portals seems to indicate that the portal is >>> >> part of the firewall. I could be wrong about that, though. >>> Regardless, the >>> >> corporate firewall will not be allowed to be part of this solution. >>> >> >>> >> The only other alternative I see right now is to set up a password on >>> >> the SSID, and have the front desk hand it out to guests, after mailing >>> >> it to staff, and I'm getting pushback on that from my manager. >>> >> >>> >> Does anyone have some ideas I could pursue on this? >>> >> >>> >> Thanks, >>> >> >>> >> Kurt >>> >> >>> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >> >>> >> --- >>> >> To manage subscriptions click here: >>> >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>> >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >>> >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>> > >>> > >>> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> > >>> > --- >>> > To manage subscriptions click here: >>> > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>> > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >>> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >>> --- >>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
