Re: [pfSense-discussion] pfSense comment packetpushers.net

2011-05-25 Thread Ian Bowers
I think the gist of what he's saying is that because it's running on a *nix, anyone can log in and install any software they want on it. Ultimately this is a gaping security hole from certain perspectives. I don't mean that the firewall software or the OS contains gaping security holes. Don't get

Re: [pfSense-discussion] pfSense comment packetpushers.net

2011-05-25 Thread Tim Dressel
This sort of points the finger then at a commercial need for a hardened pfsense product running on a specialized ASIC of some sort. So when can Chris sort that out? :) On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Ian Bowers iggd...@gmail.com wrote: I think the gist of what he's saying is that because it's

RE: [pfSense-discussion] pfSense comment packetpushers.net

2011-05-25 Thread Greg Hennessy
Doesn’t seem to be unreasonable TBH. It's a case of horses for courses. Some use cases take seperation of duties really seriously. Can completely understand where he is coming from. The commentary on Chokepoint is particularly apt. Greg From: BSDwiz [mailto:bsd...@gmail.com] Sent: 26 May 2011