Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:51:19 +0200 From: "FreeBSD-Questions" <FreeBSD-Questions@socruel.nu> To: "DW" <spock@dwinner.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: *bsd firewall appliance? Message-ID: <302F75DC2739FB43B236373398A8C5992958@saturnus.intra.socruel.nu>
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=20 -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of DW Posted At: Thursday, July 13, 2006 2:06 PM Posted To: FreeBSD-Questions Conversation: *bsd firewall appliance? Subject: Re: *bsd firewall appliance? Philippe Lang wrote: > owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org wrote: > =20 >> Hi all, >> >> Just doing some early morning brainstorming, and my crazy thought of=20 >> the day is this: >> >> My life would be so much easier if I could just get rid of my stupid=20 >> PIX firewalls, and replace them what I know and love: >> FreeBSD. It's not that the PIX's have been causing me problems or=20 >> anything like that, it's just that I believe in streamlining whenever >> possible, and since we've already exterminated Microsoft in my server >> room for at least 3 years, the only thing left that's not running=20 >> FreeBSD are my appliances (firewalls and switches) and 2 leftover=20 >> legacy servers still running Redhat that haven't been worth the=20 >> effort to migrate to FreeBSD. I'm a one-man shop, and I can survive=20 >> using the PIX IOS when I have to, but would just as soon use BSD if I >> could. Questions: >> >> 1) If I did this, I would probably only do it if I could figure out=20 >> how to rack up some diskless servers to my 2-post communications=20 >> rack. Any thoughts on hardware candidates, etc.? >> >> 2) If I did this, maybe it would be wiser to go with OpenBSD instead, >> since it is known for security? >> >> 3) Any good tutorials on setting up a diskless servers for=20 >> Free/OpenBSD? >> >> 4) Any other considerations? >> >> 5) Am I just being stupid and should I just keep my PIX's going? I=20 >> know, I know, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. >> =20 > > Hi, > > Maybe a good start for you would be to have a look at http://www.m0n0.ch/wall/. > =20 WOW!!!!!! This is exactly what I was looking for and more! Can't wait to start trying it out! Thanks! > Cheers, > > --------------- > Philippe Lang > Attik System > > =20 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Hi, If you like m0nowall also take a look at pfSense (www.pfsense.com)! Maybe worth your while. Regards, Lars.
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