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*ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker>* **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market…*** On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 1:21 AM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > I didn't know that Sophos had gotten into the hardware world. > > That's very interesting, and I'll have to take a look at it. > > Just as an aside - I think that wired end-point connectivity is going > the way of the dodo, except for the most demanding loads, so it make a > deal of sense for them to do that. > > Kurt > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> wrote: > > My bad. I bought a Sophos AP 30 to go along with the firewall hardware. > > This AP alone was about 45% of the total cost of the project, but I still > > saved a good chunk of change over the SonicWall TZ + SonicPoint solution > > that I had been planning on buying before finding the Sophos home > license. > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 8:42 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> So your wireless is served elsewise? > >> > >> Kurt > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 5:31 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 > ~ 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
