Not to take anything away from pfSense. Because pfSense rocks at layer 2 & 3.
But you might look at IPcop w/ L7-filter. http://l7-filter.sourceforge.net/ http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?module=pnWikka&tag=IPCopAddons In fact we use pfSense with this very same add-on(s) (IPcop & L7-Filter) at several clients to address this exact scenario. HTH -- David L. Strout Engineering Systems Plus, LLC ----- Original Message ----- SUBJECT: Re: [pfSense Support] Filtering streaming - peer to peer - instant messaging FROM: [email protected] TO: [email protected] DATE: 07-15-2009 2:44 pm On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 8:48 AM, bsd wrote: > Hello, > > I am about to answer a public tender and am looking for a reliable > open-source filtering solution. > I need to filter layer 3 and 4 of TCP/IP stack (TCP and Application layer) > specially for stream such as Peer to Peer - IM - Streaming - Virus. > You have your layers wrong. L3 (IPs) and L4 (protocol, TCP, UDP, GRE, ESP, etc.) are fully supported. I presume you mean higher layers, identifying what traffic is based on the actual payload rather than L3/4 header. 2.0 does have some application intelligence but that's not an option for immediate use. There aren't any similar open source options that do have that kind of functionality unless you build it yourself. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
