[TriLUG] Firewall Appliance Recommendation?

Alan Sterger asterger at earthlink.net
Wed Jan 8 13:37:09 EST 2014


+1 for the EdgeRouter Lite.  I've implemented it as my main router, 
subjugating the Linksys/Cisco E-3000 to WiFi access point duty.

Cheers,

-- Alan S.

On 1/8/2014 12:00 PM, trilug-request at trilug.org wrote:
> The EdgeRouter Lite is Linux (vyatta derived), has a nice GUI and l2/l3
> hardware acceleration so you get full gigabit routing capability even
> with firewall rules.
>
> About $90-100 depending on where you pick them up, small and silent.
> I've been quite impressed with them so far, and they're my new network
> swiss army knife for a number of applications.
>
> Steve
> On 1/7/14, 5:26 PM, Maxwell Spangler wrote:
>> >
>> >As part of meeting PCI DSS security requirements, I need to wall off a
>> >single PC from the rest of its network with a firewall in order to
>> >control inbound and outbound traffic to/from it.  I'd also like to
>> >enable logging to some (yet undefined) extent so I can monitor things.
>> >
>> >Over a decade ago I used Sonicwall appliances and I think something like
>> >their current TZ 2xx series might work well.  I'd love to hear your
>> >experiences with them or similar.
>> >
>> >I don't want to use a PC running Linux or OpenBSD for this: the form
>> >factor, noise and power requirements are overkill even if the solution
>> >would be low cost and high quality.
>> >
>> >I've thought about rigging up a Linksys router with DD-WRT, but I'd like
>> >to know if Sonicwall offers features and ease of use which make it worth
>> >its price.
>> >
>> >Any comments would be appreciated!
>> >
>> >



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