[pfSense] Is pfSense the Best Open Source Firewall/IDS/IPS in the World?

Good Afternoon Everybody from Sunny Singapore! I have just deployed pfSense Community Edition version 2.4.2 firewall on my home desktop computer (Intel Pentium Dual Core E6300 @ 2.8 GHz, Intel DQ45CB Motherboard and 1 TB SATA Harddisk) not too long ago. More recently, I have upgraded my

[pfSense] Is this a state of the art DNS Resolver setup?

Hi folks, I come across this post https://airvpn.org/topic/27460-opinion-best-solution-against-dns-leak-on-pfsense/ which provides what I think (although I'm no expert here) is an elegant solution to those that have VPNs setup on pfSense. The reason being that: a) it prevents DNS leaks b) it

Re: [pfSense] Diagnosing DNS Resolver SERVFAIL issues

Is the pfSense set to forward DNS requests? Maybe the ISP on the VPN side is blocking DNS requests that leave their network to a third-party DNS server? I have seen that before, over the years. -- Steve Yates ITS, Inc. -Original Message- From: List

Re: [pfSense] memstick-2.4.3-RELEASE-amd64.img debugflags needed for ZFS

On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 4:10 PM, Jason Hellenthal wrote: > Sorry for the long subject but has anyone experienced in the ZFS install > for a mirrored setup of two disks that you need to set > kern.geom.debugflags=16 to allow shooting yourself in the foot just to get > the

Re: [pfSense] Is pfSense the Best Open Source Firewall/IDS/IPS in the World?

On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 4:56 AM, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming < tdteoenm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Questions are: > > (1) Is pfSense, coupled with Snort IDS, the best open source > firewall/IDS/IPS in the world? > It is my preferred one, for sure, and I have used it for multiple office locations