LOL It looks pretty good, but I need some more stuff. This will be helpful for me with smaller clients, though. Rich!
*ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker>* **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market…*** On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> wrote: > I have to say, it is pretty cool to have basically the same features at > home that I have at work, even if the two user interfaces are completely > different. I dropped a good chunk of change up front, but I'll come out > way ahead over a period of 4+ years. (At least compared to SonicWall > pricing from a really good reseller.) > > Now, if the hardware dies, or Sophos drops the program, I'll be calling > you for the name of your Fortinet vendor... :) > > > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Whoa!!! That looks awesome. Man, I could really have gone for that >> a few weeks back. >> >> My Fortigate 40C arrives tomorrow. :) >> >> >> >> >> >> *ASB >> **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker>* >> **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) >> for the SMB market…*** >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I chose to build a new system so it would be small and silent rather >>> than use an old computer lying around the house. >>> >>> I went with: >>> >>> Intel D2500CCE fanless mini-ITX motherboard (Dual core 1.86 GHz Atom CPU >>> with dual Intel NICs onboard) >>> >>> 4 GB RAM >>> >>> 128GB Vertex 4 SSD >>> >>> It has been in 'production' for a couple of weeks now, and is stable and >>> very fast. I also really like having the content filtering and >>> antivirus capabilities of a UTM firewall at home. >>> >>> The management interface is a little weird at first, but you get used to >>> it. >>> >>> I demo'ed the software in a VirtualBox VM for a week or so before >>> pulling the trigger on the hardware expense. >>> >>> If anyone is interested, the page at Sophos describing the offering is: >>> http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-utm-home-edition.aspx >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Our Sidewinders are EOL at the end of April, and my manager doesn't >>>> like them. >>>> >>>> He's a Cisco bigot, and wants ASAs in here. >>>> >>>> I'm fighting him to at least take a look at the Palo Alto platform, or >>>> perhaps the newest iteration of the Sidewinders (which are now called >>>> McAfee Enteprise Firewalls). >>>> >>>> That's an interesting tip on the Sophos solution. What did you use for >>>> the hardware? >>>> >>>> Kurt >>>> >>>> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > I was going to suggest using the SonicPoint solution from SonicWall, >>>> but >>>> > you've got Sidewinders, don't you? >>>> > >>>> > Does McAfee have anything like SonicWall's wireless solution where >>>> it's all >>>> > managed from the firewall? >>>> > >>>> > PS Sophos has this too, and they give their UTM firewall away free >>>> for home >>>> > use. Just bring your own hardware. I just switched to this the >>>> other day >>>> > and love it so far. I should write a blog post about it. (But then >>>> I'd >>>> > have to create a blog...) >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> All, >>>> >> >>>> >> Quite some time ago, I set up an unsecured guest VLAN in our network, >>>> >> providing wireless access to all of the sundry devices that staff and >>>> >> visitors carry. I set up a small FreeBSD machine to serve IP >>>> addresses >>>> >> via DHCP, and that was dead simple. >>>> >> >>>> >> It is a layer2 VLAN, traversing our backbone, and terminating on our >>>> >> corporate firewall. >>>> >> >>>> >> However, there are now other tenants in our building, and the subnet >>>> >> is getting too much bandwidth and address consumption - the range I >>>> >> set up is completely filled, and the VLAN is consuming about half of >>>> >> our Internet pipe, which is far too much for my comfort. >>>> >> >>>> >> I suspect the other tenants are leeching. >>>> >> >>>> >> What I've read of captive portals seems to indicate that the portal >>>> is >>>> >> part of the firewall. I could be wrong about that, though. >>>> Regardless, the >>>> >> corporate firewall will not be allowed to be part of this solution. >>>> >> >>>> >> The only other alternative I see right now is to set up a password on >>>> >> the SSID, and have the front desk hand it out to guests, after >>>> mailing >>>> >> it to staff, and I'm getting pushback on that from my manager. >>>> >> >>>> >> Does anyone have some ideas I could pursue on this? >>>> >> >>>> >> Thanks, >>>> >> >>>> >> Kurt >>>> >> >>>> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>>> >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>>> >> >>>> >> --- >>>> >> To manage subscriptions click here: >>>> >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>>> >> or send an email to [email protected] >>>> >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>>> > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>>> > >>>> > --- >>>> > To manage subscriptions click here: >>>> > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>>> > or send an email to [email protected] >>>> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>>> >>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>>> >>>> --- >>>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>>> or send an email to [email protected] >>>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>>> >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >>> --- >>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>> or send an email to [email protected] >>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
