[Novalug] OpenBSD vs Fortigate?

Jason P. Thomas jthomasp@gmualumni.org
Thu Oct 9 07:10:46 EDT 2008


Nick Danger wrote:
> I would like to propose a situation and see what everyone has to say. 
> Suppose you have a few offices, each using Fortigates (firewall, 
> routing, and Im guessing some VPN facilites? But not positive). The 
> yearly maintenance contract is due and its pretty costly.
>
> Now, suppose you also have a bunch of people who are pretty good with 
> OpenBSD (not me). I am sure we can do most of the same functions just 
> without any pretty interface.
>
> Anyone familiar with either Fortigates or OpenBSD point me in the right 
> direction? I know pf would do the firewalling, but other then that I'm 
> not sure what to look at. I'd rather get most of my ducks in a row 
> before I even suggest anything to management which is why I ask. The 
> more complete my idea, the better the reception will be. If I just walk 
> in and go "we can do this with free software, but I dont know how", it 
> won't get very far. ;-)
>
> Think of this as a precursor for a good question you might get at FOSE. 
> Or can hope for anyway.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nick
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You could take a look at pfsense at pfsense.org.  It's based on FreeBSD, 
but it uses pf and ALTQ and some other stuff.  It has add on packages 
like squid and the like.  On top of that, it has a pretty interface to boot.

--Jay




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