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    • DanpD
      Danp @travisdh1
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      @travisdh1 Thanks for the feedback. Do the inexpensive hardware firewalls offer the same features as Untangle, pfSense, etc? Things like web filtering, openVPN, virus blocking, and so on.

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      • JaredBuschJ
        JaredBusch @Danp
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        @Danp said in Alternatives to Untangle:

        @travisdh1 Thanks for the feedback. Do the inexpensive hardware firewalls offer the same features as Untangle, pfSense, etc? Things like web filtering, openVPN, virus blocking, and so on.

        Those are UTM functions and do not belong on your firewall IMO. Stand up something behind your firewall for those and proxy if you want them. but honestly I hate those functions anymore. they do nothing but waste resources.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
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          I like using Ubiquiti EdgeRouter. If you need more functionality out it on a VM behind the router.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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            @JaredBusch said in Alternatives to Untangle:

            @Danp said in Alternatives to Untangle:

            @travisdh1 Thanks for the feedback. Do the inexpensive hardware firewalls offer the same features as Untangle, pfSense, etc? Things like web filtering, openVPN, virus blocking, and so on.

            Those are UTM functions and do not belong on your firewall IMO. Stand up something behind your firewall for those and proxy if you want them. but honestly I hate those functions anymore. they do nothing but waste resources.

            I'm with Jared here. Keep those things off the firewall.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
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              pfSense is fine but I find the build your own router thing to be silly outside of the home.

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              • travisdh1T
                travisdh1
                last edited by

                I'm with @JaredBusch and @scottalanmiller, those things don't belong on a corporate firewall as a general rule.

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller said in Alternatives to Untangle:

                  pfSense is fine but I find the build your own router thing to be silly outside of the home.

                  Does it really make sense in the home either though? $55 for an ER-X with VERY low power consumption. A PFSense box typically requires a whole PC and many times the power costs. Granted the PC itself is typically just a left over old machine, but it's still a cost.

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                  • gjacobseG
                    gjacobse @Dashrender
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                    @Dashrender said in Alternatives to Untangle:

                    @scottalanmiller said in Alternatives to Untangle:

                    pfSense is fine but I find the build your own router thing to be silly outside of the home.

                    Does it really make sense in the home either though? $55 for an ER-X with VERY low power consumption. A PFSense box typically requires a whole PC and many times the power costs. Granted the PC itself is typically just a left over old machine, but it's still a cost.

                    agreed.

                    I liked the options that Untangled offered. But took the approach from @JaredBusch and @scottalanmiller and with with an ERL. Now there are times I still wish I could use Untangled,.. but there just are 'cheap' options for a build in a small form factor and multi-NICs...

                    I am running an ERL and with some help from @JaredBusch have it running nicely. I need to get into the back end more and do some control... but for the most part, haven't touched it other than to update the vOS on it.

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                    • DanpD
                      Danp
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                      What to do with the Dell SC440 server that is currently being used? Scrap it?

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                      • travisdh1T
                        travisdh1 @Danp
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                        @Danp said in Alternatives to Untangle:

                        What to do with the Dell SC440 server that is currently being used? Scrap it?

                        Use it for running the other features you were talking about, VPN, Intrusion Management, etc, or a lab/test environment. I don't know how old the SC440 is, so no idea if the power draw alone is making it not worth running yet or not.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @Danp
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                          @Danp said in Alternatives to Untangle:

                          What to do with the Dell SC440 server that is currently being used? Scrap it?

                          Definitely scrap it.

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