1) Cost is the biggest advantage.
2) Open Source is also huge, if Cisco goes bankrupt I'm out of luck for
support, If pfsense stops, i just need the source code and some
knowledge of how it works and i can support pfsense forever.
3) pfSense can be customized to the nth degree. Good luck trying to get
a feature added to Cisco ASA.
4) As long as your hardware is good, pfSense can be pretty reliable.
I just started deploying some Cisco ASA (I would have deployed pfsense,
wasn't my choice). I had high hope for the Cisco ASA line-up, but after
configuring them my love for pfsense just grew more and more.
I have configured and used most firewalls. pfSense is #1 followed
closely by m0n0wall.. :)
Adam
Ron García-Vidal wrote:
I realize this is a support forum, so if there is a better place to
post this, I will take it there.
So, I'm trying to get a pfsense box in the shop because I've enjoyed
working with it on my own setup. The boss is fairly open-minded and
open to a healthy discussion on the topic, but in the end, he wants to
know why this would be preferable to a Cisco solution.
Since I've never worked extensively with Cisco, can someone give me a
few salient points to throw at him. I already used the cost argument,
he wants more.
Thanks.
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