Thanks for: [OT] best (Linux based!) all-in-one NAS-VPN-firewall?

2019-07-07 Thread M. Fioretti
Many thanks to all who answered this request, and added very useful general comments. I have synthesized all the feedback collected here and elsewhere, and forwarded the result to the client. We'll know how it ends next month. For the record, and to give more context: both the client and I know,

Re: [OT] best (Linux based!) all-in-one NAS-VPN-firewall?

2019-06-30 Thread Tim via users
On Mon, 2019-07-01 at 08:56 +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote: > Returning to the "do not put the NAS on the firewall/VPN host", the > NAS really ought to be a non-external service. So hosting on the > firewall itself is a security risk because a small misconfiguration > can expose it to the outside wor

Re: [OT] best (Linux based!) all-in-one NAS-VPN-firewall?

2019-06-30 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 6/30/19 5:57 AM, Alexander Dalloz wrote: Am 29.06.2019 um 10:51 schrieb M. Fioretti: One of my jobs in the next months will be Free Software teaching/ consulting for a small private school. Part of the consulting consists of helping the school to evaluate how to set up some infrastructure, us

Re: [OT] best (Linux based!) all-in-one NAS-VPN-firewall?

2019-06-30 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 6/30/19 5:57 AM, Alexander Dalloz wrote: Am 29.06.2019 um 10:51 schrieb M. Fioretti: Greetings, One of my jobs in the next months will be Free Software teaching/ consulting for a small private school. Part of the consulting consists of helping the school to evaluate how to set up some infr

Re: [OT] best (Linux based!) all-in-one NAS-VPN-firewall?

2019-06-30 Thread Alexander Dalloz
Am 29.06.2019 um 10:51 schrieb M. Fioretti: Greetings, One of my jobs in the next months will be Free Software teaching/ consulting for a small private school. Part of the consulting consists of helping the school to evaluate how to set up some infrastructure, using Linux/Free Software as much a

Re: [OT] best (Linux based!) all-in-one NAS-VPN-firewall?

2019-06-29 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Nethserver is Centos based and has all you ask for and more. Community version to do it your self and commercial version and consultants to hire. Give it a spin. On 6/29/19 4:51 AM, M. Fioretti wrote: Greetings, One of my jobs in the next months will be Free Software teaching/ consulting for

Re: [OT] best (Linux based!) all-in-one NAS-VPN-firewall?

2019-06-29 Thread Ed Greshko
On 6/29/19 4:51 PM, M. Fioretti wrote: > I know how to handle this stuff the 100% > DIY/hacker way, but that is not an option in this case. I could be wrong, but it sounds as if you're asking for a "commercial" solution as opposed to build one. -- Right: I dislike the default color scheme Wro

Re: [OT] best (Linux based!) all-in-one NAS-VPN-firewall?

2019-06-29 Thread Jack Craig
as it hardens, you might want to explore WireGuard for vpn. just saying,.. On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 1:46 PM Seth Kenlon wrote: > If I were the consultant in this situation, I'd install CentOS or RHEL on > a well-supported server (probably not rack mountable, since I'm guessing > they don't have a

Re: [OT] best (Linux based!) all-in-one NAS-VPN-firewall?

2019-06-29 Thread Seth Kenlon
If I were the consultant in this situation, I'd install CentOS or RHEL on a well-supported server (probably not rack mountable, since I'm guessing they don't have a server room as such), and then install OpenVPN for the VPN, set up a https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/secure-linux-network-firewall-

Re: [OT] best (Linux based!) all-in-one NAS-VPN-firewall?

2019-06-29 Thread Richard Ibbotson
Hi > I have been just asked to, quoting, "suggest an all-in-one > NAS-VPN-firewall for the school". We are talking ~80 students in the > 8/13 years age range, maybe more after summer, plus teachers and > administration. The "all-in-one" part is the key requirement, and also > the reason why I am a

[OT] best (Linux based!) all-in-one NAS-VPN-firewall?

2019-06-29 Thread M. Fioretti
Greetings, One of my jobs in the next months will be Free Software teaching/ consulting for a small private school. Part of the consulting consists of helping the school to evaluate how to set up some infrastructure, using Linux/Free Software as much as possible. I have been just asked to, quotin