----- "Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator" goetz.reinicke@filmakademie.de wrote:
Hi,
I followed the "Optimizing CentOS for gigabit firewall" posting and as
some posters wrote pf is soo sooo ssooooo mutch faster, I was thinking
to give it a try. But I'm not familier to BSD so I was looking for some tools and found "pfsense"
"pfSense is a free, open source customized distribution of FreeBSD tailored for use as a firewall and router"
Has any of the firewall guys on the list ever tested this distri?
What do you think?
Right now we run a iptables Shorewall system and had no problems so far, but having a "managed" firewall distri which rocks whould be an alternative.
pfSense is fantastic, amazing, etc. You get the rock solid foundation of FreeBSD along with pf and a nice GUI around it. Features, package addons, performance, and of course price are all very nice. Plus, their support is top notch, both community and paid versions. I doubt you'll find a better open source firewall distro anywhere. </soapbox>
Tim Nelson Systems/Network Support Rockbochs Inc. (218)727-4332 x105