On 23 April 2013 19:14, Arch Angel <[email protected]> wrote: > For what it's worth I have been running on Astaro on an old desktop > computer for something like 5-8 years now, with gig network cards for my > different segments. I run seperate wireless networks; one for my mobile > devices such as phones and laptops as well as one for my son's Xbox > consoles. It has served me very well for years and cost me virtually > nothing. I have had some recent snags with false positives but once I > tracked them down and tuned themout it was back humming along. I have used > it for VPN, web filtering, network segmentation, all purpose firewall, etc > and haven't had a bit of trouble. > > Vyatta will do your firewall for you but this is not it's primary focus. > Vyatta is a router/switching platform which was upposed to provide an open > source solution to enterprises, but I found it works great for educational > purposes in learning routing and switching. It is a rock solid platform > but keep in mind it is just that, a router/switch platform so many of the > things pfSense and Astaro do for you behind the scenes you have to do > manually. That being said if you have the time to get everything > configured, tested, and running you can learn a great deal from building a > Vyatta box. > > pfSense, most likely the platform I would switch to if I left Astaro. > Last time I checked pfSense did not provide as many uses as the Astaro > platform but does offer a rock solid, proven firewall. Just becareful with > the BSD core as Robin mentioned. Wireless N is not there yet. > > I have been told Untangle has one of the best web filters of all of them, > however I take that with a grain of salt since I haven't proven it myself. > It did look promising but since my Astaro box is still kicking CPU cycles I > haven't wanted to go redoing all my networks and firewall rules to try > something else, but so far it ha had positive "word of mouth" reviews. > > If it was me and I had to do over again I would most likely still stick > with Astaro, then pfSense, then Untangle, then Vyatta with all running > wireless on a seperate segmented network. If you want more than basic > routering/switching/firewall abilities dumb Vyatta and pfSense; look at > Astaro and Untangle. > > Hope it helps, > > Robert Miller > (arch3angel) > > A quick take away from the hotel I'm staying in, whatever you chose, keep it up-to-date. Don't put it on a box in the corner and forget about it. This place is using m0n0wall which hasn't been updated since 2010.
Robin > > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:30 AM, James Shewmaker <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Just deployed a few fit-pc3 with pfsense. More pricey than Alix, but you >> get 5 gigabit ports (on the model I use), dual core Athlon fusion, 8 GB RAM >> ... can do a lot with that. >> >> Regards, >> >> James Shewmaker >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Tim Krabec <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Alix looks cool >>> On Apr 22, 2013 10:08 PM, "Robin Wood" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> pfSense running on an Alix board. If you put a wifi card in one you can >>>> run it as your AP as well but watch out that because it is based on BSD at >>>> the moment it is limited to 802.11abg and not n. >>>> >>>> Robin >>>> >>>> On 22 April 2013 21:08, Jon Molesa <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> +1 >>>>> >>>>> Jon Molesa >>>>> On Apr 22, 2013 3:00 PM, "Matt Nels" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Not Debian/Ubuntu, but you should add pfSense to your list. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Jason Drury <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Folks, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I would like to setup an Internet security box for my home network >>>>>>> for firewalling, dhcp, IDS, web filtering, and possibly VPN. It has >>>>>>> been a >>>>>>> long time since I've looked at the various Linux security distros that >>>>>>> do >>>>>>> this (I think Astaro Security was the best choice back then). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I did a few searches and it seems like there are a LOT of >>>>>>> distros/products available now. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Here are just a few I came across: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 1. Untangle - http://www.untangle.com/ >>>>>>> 2. Vyatta - http://www.vyatta.org/ >>>>>>> 3. Zentyal - http://www.zentyal.org/ >>>>>>> 4. Sophos UTM (formley Astaro) - >>>>>>> http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-utm-home-edition.aspx >>>>>>> 5. Engarde Linux - http://www.engardelinux.org/ >>>>>>> 6. Smoothwall - http://www.smoothwall.org/ >>>>>>> 7. ClearOS - http://www.clearfoundation.com/Software/overview.html >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I do not care if it is gui or cli based. I would prefer something >>>>>>> based on Debian/Ubuntu, but not absolutely necessary. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Does anyone have any experience with the above distros/products or >>>>>>> could you recommend something else you like? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>> Jason >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Pauldotcom mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >>>>>>> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Pauldotcom mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >>>>>> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Pauldotcom mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >>>>> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Pauldotcom mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >>>> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pauldotcom mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >>> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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