Re: Equipment for OBSD based firewall

2018-09-10 Thread Jordan Geoghegan
On 09/10/18 08:22, Sonic wrote: How does the Edgerouter compare in performance to an Atom 2358/2558 based system? Especially interested in firewall performance using site-to-site VPN's. There's trade-offs for everything. The x86 platform is fundamentally flawed and contains innumerable backdo

Re: Equipment for OBSD based firewall

2018-09-10 Thread Sonic
How does the Edgerouter compare in performance to an Atom 2358/2558 based system? Especially interested in firewall performance using site-to-site VPN's. On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 8:01 PM Jordan Geoghegan wrote: > > On 09/03/18 16:17, Bogdan Kulbida wrote: > > Ladies and gentlemen, > > > > I need to

Re: Equipment for OBSD based firewall

2018-09-05 Thread Nick Holland
On 09/04/18 00:57, Joel Wirāmu Pauling wrote: > But - The thing that isn't mentioned here is basically Power Cost and > Consumption vs PPS(Packet Processing Speed). > > IMNSHO running on anything that doesn't ; > > A) Have passive Cooling > B) Is older than a couple of years (in intel/amd terms a

Re: Equipment for OBSD based firewall

2018-09-05 Thread Bob Smith
I am a big fan of Decisio (https://www.deciso.com/product-catalog/) Yes, it comes out of the box with "another BSD" preloaded, but you can easily take care of that in a few minutes courtesy of a USB console and a USB key with Mr de Raadt's opus magnum on it. ;-) ‐‐‐ Original Message

Re: Equipment for OBSD based firewall

2018-09-04 Thread Zbyszek Żółkiewski
for APU it’s worth mentioning there are 2 versions in regards of network performance: i210 and i211 NIC chip. i210 (apu2c4) suppose to be faster and more feature-rich, while i211 is “value product”. But since i have only i210AT version and never see head-to-head comparisons there is nothing to

Re: Equipment for OBSD based firewall

2018-09-03 Thread Peter N. M. Hansteen
On 09/04/18 01:17, Bogdan Kulbida wrote: > Ladies and gentlemen, > > I need to build a pf OBSD firewall for a small office. What minimally > feasible equipment would you recommend in order to achieve this goal? 'minimally feasible' hardware for a small office firewall includes most (i386 or amd64

Re: Equipment for OBSD based firewall

2018-09-03 Thread Joel Wirāmu Pauling
But - The thing that isn't mentioned here is basically Power Cost and Consumption vs PPS(Packet Processing Speed). IMNSHO running on anything that doesn't ; A) Have passive Cooling B) Is older than a couple of years (in intel/amd terms anything with a TDPW above 65W) - is probably not a great i

Re: Equipment for OBSD based firewall

2018-09-03 Thread Bogdan Kulbida
Ingo, I so much enjoyed reading your answer. Thanks a lot for sharing. -Bogdan On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 20:04 Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Hi Bogdan, > > Bogdan Kulbida wrote on Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 04:17:51PM -0700: > > > I need to build a pf OBSD firewall for a small office. What minimally > > feasib

Re: Equipment for OBSD based firewall

2018-09-03 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi Bogdan, Bogdan Kulbida wrote on Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 04:17:51PM -0700: > I need to build a pf OBSD firewall for a small office. What minimally > feasible equipment would you recommend in order to achieve this goal? I seriously doubt that you can find anything in the trash that isn't seriously

Re: Equipment for OBSD based firewall

2018-09-03 Thread Tracey Emery
https://pcengines.ch On September 3, 2018 5:17:51 PM MDT, Bogdan Kulbida wrote: >Ladies and gentlemen, > >I need to build a pf OBSD firewall for a small office. What minimally >feasible equipment would you recommend in order to achieve this goal? > >Thank you! >-- >--- >Best regards, >Bogdan

Re: Equipment for OBSD based firewall

2018-09-03 Thread Bogdan Kulbida
Thank you. Much appreciated. On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 17:03 Tracey Emery wrote: > https://pcengines.ch > > > > > On September 3, 2018 5:17:51 PM MDT, Bogdan Kulbida > wrote: >> >> Ladies and gentlemen, >> >> I need to build a pf OBSD firewall for a small office. What minimally >> feasible equipme

Re: Equipment for OBSD based firewall

2018-09-03 Thread Shawn Webb
On Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 04:17:51PM -0700, Bogdan Kulbida wrote: > Ladies and gentlemen, > > I need to build a pf OBSD firewall for a small office. What minimally > feasible equipment would you recommend in order to achieve this goal? Hey Bogdan, The PC-Engines APU devices are wildly popular amon

Re: Equipment for OBSD based firewall

2018-09-03 Thread Jordan Geoghegan
On 09/03/18 16:17, Bogdan Kulbida wrote: Ladies and gentlemen, I need to build a pf OBSD firewall for a small office. What minimally feasible equipment would you recommend in order to achieve this goal? Thank you! I've ran multiple office networks on octeon devices. I've found the Edgerouter a

Equipment for OBSD based firewall

2018-09-03 Thread Bogdan Kulbida
Ladies and gentlemen, I need to build a pf OBSD firewall for a small office. What minimally feasible equipment would you recommend in order to achieve this goal? Thank you! -- --- Best regards, Bogdan Kulbida Founder and CEO, Konstankino LLC +1.802.793.8295