The PFsense GUI is very good, the problem I have is when I want to step outside of the GUI, I have to deal with PF which I do not like.
My biggest beef with BSD as a router is that they tend to be badly misconfigured (eg. packet scrubbing is a bad idea made worse when your TCP/IP stack is 5 years or more old) and just left behind without any updates. On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Andrew Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > Flame bait aside... and I won't fault Gustin for having an opinion > (nobody expected that eh? :-), I have had very good experiences with > PFSense. I migrated from IPCOP to various WRT flavors which I mostly > liked... Then on to PFSense which has been great. The web GUI (which > you are not completely limited to) is for the most part intuitive, the > community documentation is concise and seemingly endless. It's overall > feature set is HUGE when you look at the packages one can add on. I'd > give the PFSense live CD a hard look if you haven't already made a > decision. > > -Andrew. > > > On Tue, 2011-06-28 at 12:00 -0700, [email protected] wrote: >> Send clug-talk mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of clug-talk digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Firewall (Gustin Johnson) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:39:58 -0600 >> From: Gustin Johnson <[email protected]> >> To: CLUG General <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Firewall >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> I did not mention it because I do not like it and thus do not use it >> (anymore). I am not a big fan of BSD and PF anyway (I realize that >> this is dangerously close to flame bait, for now just assume that my >> position on BSD is intractable and that any response is a waste of >> your time). >> >> I have bought from logicsupply in the past. They have a good >> selection but found them to be a little pricey. Really good selection >> of mini-ITX systems, though I now buy those main boards from memory >> express. Logicsupply has a better selection of cases still. >> >> I have not used Astaro for close to a decade. It used to be a pretty >> decent firewall/routing distro. >> >> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Peter Van den Wildenbergh >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Nobody mentioning pfSense.org >> > >> > I get my new hardware here : http://www.mini-box.com or >> > http://www.logicsupply.com >> > >> > Others I like (a little bit less than pfSernse) >> > http://www.astaro.com/landingpages/en-worldwide-homeuse >> > http://www.vyatta.org/ >> > >> > Have fun >> > >> > Peter >> > >> > Neil B wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I'm looking at building a firewall type appliance on a small form factor >> >> hardware. I currently have a linksys wireless router with openwrt but I >> >> want >> >> to replace it. >> >> >> >> Looking at something like IP Cop for the software end and looking for >> >> something somewhat quiet and greenish on the hardware end. I'm looking for >> >> success stories and/or failures as far as what worked and what didn't. >> >> >> >> Any information/recommendations would be greatly appreciated. >> >> >> >> Cheers! >> >> >> >> ~Neil B. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> clug-talk mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> >> **Please remove these lines when replying >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > clug-talk mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> > **Please remove these lines when replying >> > >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> >> >> End of clug-talk Digest, Vol 79, Issue 29 >> ***************************************** >> > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by the Cistra > MailScanner and is believed to be clean. > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
