Hardware Firewalls

Zico

Zico

Zico

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Anybody use/have a seperate hardware firewall box that could recommend one to me??

I'm looking at the standalone hardware firewall boxes like those similar to router/access point in size (was looking at one from 3Com but can't remember the name of it at the moment).

Here is the 3Com device that I had a quick look at:

http://www.3com.com/prod/en_UK_EMEA/detail.jsp?tab=features&sku=3CR870CF-95
 
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I use a cisco ASA 5505 at home, which is most definitely overkill for most people.
You could probably pick up a Cisco Pix 501 for pretty cheap online.
 
Yeah I have a Netscreen 5GT (Wireless + ADSL version, though I'm not using the ADSL interface) for my setup at home and it's a great piece of kit. They're not cheap but I was lucky enough not to have to pay for mine anyway :)
 
To be honest I think pretty much any hardware firewall unit (from Home Office to Enterprise level) would be overkill for my needs.

I was looking to put a hardware firewall in between my brother's pc LAN connection and our Speedtouch 780 router. I can't be bothered (at this moment in time) completeling locking down the Speedtouch just because of his single connection (would require more work to unlock every other port/service for the rest of our pc's to work correctly).

I have thought about using a software firewall on his pc but I want to be able to access the settings anytime I want rather than having to go on his pc to do changes (remote desktop was a thought but still a bit of a hassle to do).

With a hardware firewall I could plug his connection into that, then plug the hardware firewall into my router. I would then have complete control over his seperate connection and wouldn't need to access his pc or re-configure my router for the rest of the PC's. Again, this is probably all overkill, but it was a thought.
 
fluff said:
pfSense on an ALIX.
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I bought an old Watchguard X700 that was out of support and hence cheap on the Bay, popped in a small solid state IDE device and dropped pfSense on it.


1U, bright red and even added the LCDProc to get the LCD working too. :D
 
Zico said:
To be honest I think pretty much any hardware firewall unit (from Home Office to Enterprise level) would be overkill for my needs.

I was looking to put a hardware firewall in between my brother's pc LAN connection and our Speedtouch 780 router. I can't be bothered (at this moment in time) completeling locking down the Speedtouch just because of his single connection (would require more work to unlock every other port/service for the rest of our pc's to work correctly).

I have thought about using a software firewall on his pc but I want to be able to access the settings anytime I want rather than having to go on his pc to do changes (remote desktop was a thought but still a bit of a hassle to do).

With a hardware firewall I could plug his connection into that, then plug the hardware firewall into my router. I would then have complete control over his seperate connection and wouldn't need to access his pc or re-configure my router for the rest of the PC's. Again, this is probably all overkill, but it was a thought.
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Don't run NAT on the internal hardware firewall then, 2 levels of NAT can cause issues with many applications.
 
the box you have has a built in firewall... am i missing something?

the nat alone will protect against most things... unless you are starting up a bank / large corp / web hosting company from home you dont need a dedicated firewall..
 
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