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Over 7 years ago

Contributed a review of Netgate pfSense: I use pfSense because it gives me the flexibility to greatly expand basic firewall features.

Over 9 years ago

Answered a question: Cyberoam or Fortinet?

Never used either. But for personally, this is how I would set it up: pfSense in a virtual environment. I've done this for years pushing bandwidth quite like you're talking about (a little more actually), all while using open source software. I don't have experience with…

Over 9 years ago

Commented on It's a straightforward setup with easy to follow instructions, however, some IDS/IPS appliances can be too complicated and too time consuming to properly deploy.

I use pfSense at home and HIGHLY recommend this over anything else. But for a very distributed environment, checkout Aanval and Suricata combo with rules from Emerging Threats. At my old employer, I developed a plan to replace their $250K/year SourceFire deployment with a…

Over 9 years ago

Contributed a review of Cisco Secure Firewall: It's a straightforward setup with easy to follow instructions, however, some IDS/IPS appliances can be too complicated and too time consuming to properly deploy.