Recent content by grahamsaa

Another vote for pfSense. I've set it up for a few small business clients and it works well and has been very stable for many years. One of them has been running continuously for nearly 7 years. It's powerful, the UI is intuitive and it's hard to beat the price :)

I'm not sure if you're being serious. Where can I find a PA firewall for under $500? How widely are they deployed? What advantages would I get by using a PA? What does "identity aware" even mean? I'm a Linux / Unix systems engineer by day, and I'm increasingly handling networking stuff on...

Thanks, will do :)

Thanks for all your input! I think I've made a decision to go with the SRX210HE2, which I was able to find new on Amazon for under $400. This seems like a very good deal -- not much more than I would pay for a used ASA. I already work with ASAs at work, so I can continue to gain experience...

Hey all, I'm interested in getting a 'branch' class firewall / router at home -- these are more expensive than what most people are willing to install at home, but as I'm learning more about enterprise networking I think it would be useful to have a lab environment at home and having a device...