[TriLUG] Best appliance for Linux firewall?
Brian Henning
bhenning at pineinst.com
Thu Aug 8 09:57:07 EDT 2013
Hi Gang!
At home, pretty much all my services and stuff run on a single box, and that
box is starting to collapse under the weight. I'm ready to start divvying
up functions across discrete devices. First to go is the firewall; not a
heavy-hitter, but easy to carve off. So, what do people suggest as the best
appliance-form-factor Linux computer? Obviously 2+ NICs is the biggest
priority. Here's what I've considered so far:
1) WRT54GL + OpenWRT
Pros: Inexpensive, solid
Cons: Don't need another WAP
2) Globalscale Mirabox
Pros: Fast ARM CPU, could host additional services w/ outboard USB HDD
Cons: Globalscale's iffy reputation, relatively unproven product, more
expensive, possible to perma-brick
3) ???
Enough storage to do traffic monitoring would be a plus as well.
Cheers!
~Brian
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