----- "Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator" <goetz.reinicke at 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" > > http://www.pfsense.org/ > > "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