Re: Best firewall applience

[Ricardo Ferreira <ricardo.ferreira () sotechdatacenter com br>]

On Monday 18 January 2010 11:26:44 pm Kurt Buff wrote:
> soekris comes to mind.
>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 01:12,  <Paul.Simons () thomsonreuters com> wrote:
> > Hum... OK lots of suggestions - Thanks.
> >
> > So if I go down the do-it-yourself path I would like to find the most
> > unobtrusive 'box' to build my own UTM system on.
> >
> > I don't have a problem building one (old guy talking here 30+ years
> > experience) but it MUST BE - small, quiet, low power and reliable (Gbit
> > interfaces would be nice-to-have).
> >
> > I don't think an 'old' PC with numerous NICs would fall into these
> > categories. Which begs the next question;
> >
> >       What hardware would be suitable for my needs?
> >
> > I don't mind spending to get the 'right' system so it could be anything
> > (old or new.
> >
> > In answer to the various other questions posed...
> >
> > I am using a Sofaware appliance (embedded Check Point) - nice because it
> > is al-in-one box - but as I said too expensive and their licensing
> > policy sucks (always has - but they are not going to change so I am).
> >
> > I need a firewall at home because I run a WEB server, media server,
> > OS-X, XP, BSD, etc and I have two teenage boys trying to get to all
> > sorts of sites and download stuff I don't want them to ;-) so I would
> > like to restrict access by time (when they have done their homework or
> > at weekends or time to sleep) and sites (free surfing for some time -
> > only educational sites at others)
> >
> > Anybody who has kids should be doing this sort of thing - suppliers are
> > starting to wake up to this but not many yet
> >
> > Thanks
> > Paul
> >
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I have two teenagers and this is what I have deployed at home and work as a 
charm..


Firewall
OpenBSD 4.6 + Packet Filter + PFSense

Web Content Filter + Proxy 
OpenBSD 4.6 + Squid 2.7 + Calamaris + SquidGuard...

So I have full  access control and how to turn the buttons on and off depending 
on time, performance at school, etc, etc......( msn, skype, orkut, facebook, 
porn, photos, violence, crimes,... etc...)

The hardware are Sun-based machines, very robust and stable...

Costs: HW-> $1250,00
SW -> $0.00 + a bunch of hours at desk configuring...etc....
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