Load balancer inside firewall or not...
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@wrx7m said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
@travisdh1 said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
@wrx7m said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
Wasn't pfsense in production, I guess I would say, "frowned upon"?
Yes it is.
If you wanted to run a VM as your firewall, is there something that would be recommended?
VyOS
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@travisdh1 said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
@wrx7m said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
@travisdh1 said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
@wrx7m said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
Wasn't pfsense in production, I guess I would say, "frowned upon"?
Yes it is.
If you wanted to run a VM as your firewall, is there something that would be recommended?
VyOS
Oh yeah. I remember that now. Thanks.
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@travisdh1 said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
@wrx7m said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
Wasn't pfsense in production, I guess I would say, "frowned upon"?
Yes it is.
I disagree, pfSense is an absolutely solid choice.
VyOS is even better, but there is nothing wrong with pfSense.
It is how some people use it that causes problems.
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@JaredBusch said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
@travisdh1 said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
@wrx7m said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
Wasn't pfsense in production, I guess I would say, "frowned upon"?
Yes it is.
I disagree, pfSense is an absolutely solid choice.
VyOS is even better, but there is nothing wrong with pfSense.
It is how some people use it that causes problems.
Do you have some points on how people's use causes problems? TIA
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@JaredBusch said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
@travisdh1 said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
@wrx7m said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
Wasn't pfsense in production, I guess I would say, "frowned upon"?
Yes it is.
I disagree, pfSense is an absolutely solid choice.
VyOS is even better, but there is nothing wrong with pfSense.
It is how some people use it that causes problems.
And maybe the hardware they put it on. An old decommissioned desktop PC might not be the best option for a firewall.
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@Pete-S said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
@JaredBusch said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
@travisdh1 said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
@wrx7m said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
Wasn't pfsense in production, I guess I would say, "frowned upon"?
Yes it is.
I disagree, pfSense is an absolutely solid choice.
VyOS is even better, but there is nothing wrong with pfSense.
It is how some people use it that causes problems.
And maybe the hardware they put it on. An old decommissioned desktop PC might not be the best option for a firewall.
#truestory
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@JaredBusch said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
@travisdh1 said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
@wrx7m said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
Wasn't pfsense in production, I guess I would say, "frowned upon"?
Yes it is.
I disagree, pfSense is an absolutely solid choice.
VyOS is even better, but there is nothing wrong with pfSense.
It is how some people use it that causes problems.
Old PCs, silly consumer hardware or hobby hardware... typically we see pfSense in some pretty weird spots.
If you are doing a VM, then pfSense makes way more sense as there isn't any concern about weird or bad hardware choices.
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@wrx7m said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:
Wasn't pfsense in production, I guess I would say, "frowned upon"?
PfSense is awesome. Avoid turning into a UTM so it can stay stable.
