[olug] Firewall / VPN Devices

[Christopher Cashell]

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Dave Rowe <dave at roweware.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for opinions / advice on the above.  I'm by no means a network guy, but need to evaluate / recommend a setup for our network at work.  Cross platform client support is a must (nix, mac, and win).  SSL VPN, IDS, etc.  Where should I look?  I'm coming here to prevent marketing / buzzword overload.  Also, while I'm not afraid of configuration, I'd prefer a more 'RonCo' approach, where maintenance is lower.
>
> If nothing else, the correct places / companies to look at.

There's a *lot* of options here, but I'd start by checking out Vyatta.
 They make "Open Source Routers", everything is built on Linux, and
they're very fully featured (they call them routers, but they have
firewall support at least comparable to most commercial firewalls).
VPN support includes OpenVPN and IPSec.  I believe they have some
level of IDS (Snort based, probably) support.  Available as a
(supported) software subscription, or as a hardware appliance.  Or,
they do "Community Edition" releases regularly, too, if you want to
roll your own.

> -Dave

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Christopher