[ale] Firewall convo

[Alex Carver]

No subscription required for the ER-X.  I have one and I have an RPi set
up as my main firewall.  Both work fine.

The ER-X is most certainly an appliance.  It can also be powered by
passive 24V PoE if that is useful (it doesn't do 802.11af/at at this time).

Depending on the data flowing through be cautious about Banana and
Orange.  At work someone tried out one of those (I think a Banana) and
discovered that it was phoning back to some IP even though the OS was
installed fresh.

On 2020-04-09 08:00, Derek Atkins via Ale wrote:
> Last I checked Ubiquiti does not require any kind of subscription?
> 
> -derek
> 
> On Thu, April 9, 2020 10:30 am, Jerald Sheets wrote:
>> I would prefer to not have a subscription to maintain, otherwise I’d be on
>> the Cisco stuff for WiFi.  :)
>>
>> It doesn’t have to be TRUE Linux, just a hardware firewall that would fit
>> in about a 4-inch wide cabinet with a lock on it.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Apr 9, 2020, at 10:13 AM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Must it run TRUE Linux?  Could you use something like a Ubiquiti ER-X?
>>>
>>> -derek
>>>
>>> On Thu, April 9, 2020 10:05 am, Jerald Sheets via Ale wrote:
>>>> The parameters are that I need an appliance-sized device that will go
>>>> in a
>>>> small cabinet.  A “Linux PC” is out of the question.  This is a
>>>> specific
>>>> query in regards to hardware appliances, and the smaller the better.
>>>>
>>>> I’m looking at the Firewalla Blue and it looks like what I need, and I
>>>> was
>>>> wondering if a) anyone had used it and what their thoughts are, and b)
>>>> if
>>>> not, any other tiny firewalls you may have used that would fit that
>>>> specific size requirement.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for the specificity, but of anyone I would trust this list to
>>>> steer
>>>> me right.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> —j
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 9, 2020, at 9:45 AM, Chuck Payne <terrorpup at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Shorewall isn't small? I use the built in firewall on my SUSE box
>>>>> because it's there and it backup gateway.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 9:33 AM Jerald Sheets via Ale <ale at ale.org
>>>>> <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
>>>>> I need a tiny firewall appliance.  Interested in the Firewalla Blue.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone have any experience?  It has to be STUPID small, and that box
>>>>> appears to fit the bill.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> —j
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