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Dnsmasq wins the first BlueHats Prize
dnsmasq can be used for wildcard domain aliases in OPNsense firewall, https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/4145#issuecomment-12...
- OPNsense Wildcard Support in Firewall Host Alias (2022)
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How to bypass public IP and NAT
Firmware's like Asuswrt-Merlin or OpenWRT can support dynamic-dns, or you can do like I do and run something like OPNsense in an x86 VM with a NIC passed through, or buy an inexpensive firewall appliance (up to 500mbps/1gbps/10gbps).
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Stop ISP from getting into my Router
The easiest solution is to buy your own router, set it up, disable the router functionality on the Fritzbox 7590 and plug your router into it. It'll be cheaper and easier than a Cisco Firewall, but if you want to go the dedicated firewall route then I would recommenced OPNsense
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Near Constant PTR lookups from localhost
Much searching lead me to a possible patch Unbound.inc for how it was handling aliases for 23.7 -> https://github.com/opnsense/core/pull/5925
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The world in which IPv6 was a good design
[2]: https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/2544
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OpenBSD Innovations
BSDs may not have a significant presence on desktops, but they're well known in the networking world for their reliability. They also were the foundation used to build OSes for specific applications. OpnSense and XigmaNAS, for example, are two excellent FreeBSD based applications aimed at firewalling/security and NAS/services.
https://opnsense.org/
https://xigmanas.com/xnaswp/
- Root user access denied when adding new users?
- OPNsense: Open-source security platform
pfSense
- Open source software to limit/throttle network speed by program or process?
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Router for a 1.5Gbps connection
One option is Firewalla Gold Plus, or you could buy a mini PC like it and run pfSense/OPNsense yourself.
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Have the IT skills you've learnt applied to life outside of work?
Download and install pfsense as a virtual machine or partition: https://www.pfsense.org Configure it with the rules you want: https://youtu.be/VAGFGppSt74 Play with it, but be careful because it will block all traffic unless you check everything properly.
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Looking for Recommendations
Another option is Firewalla, or buy a mini PC like it and run pfSense/OPNsense yourself. Two similar concepts, with the cost being either money or your DIY time. A lot of Firewalla users say that it's much easier for home use than pfSense/OPNsense, so you might find it worthwhile to spend a little more on it upfront and have to tinker less.
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VPN for network filtering
If you want firewall, I think you can use https://www.pfsense.org/ or https://opnsense.org/ , maybe running on an old PC or a Raspberry Pi. Not sure.
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Looking for Guidance and Advice
I've recently started using OPNsense. It's similar to pfSense, but seems to be considered a little more user-friendly.
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Bi-Weekly /r/Technology Tech Support / General Discussion Thread. Have you a tech question or want to discuss tech?
For most router issues, I recommend people always put them in to dumb bridge mode and put a proper firewall like pfsense or opnsense as your gateway.
- TotalPlay intercepta las peticiones de DNS y las suplanta.
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Another ATT outage 5/15
I have found that my historical average packet loss is about 0.02%. Something distinctly changed around 4/20 of this year, and now the average packet loss has gone up to 0.05% with spikes even higher, associated with periods of elevated ping times. It rarely did that before. Typically the IPv6 stack has more problems than v4 (especially an incident of packet loss on 4/28), and neither has been trouble-free since I started service in early 2020. My data comes from a pfSense installation.
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Best OS To Use To Run Off Different IP addresses?
I have done this using the Pfsense
What are some alternatives?
docker-pihole-unbound - Run Pi-Hole + Unbound on Docker
crowdsec - CrowdSec - the open-source and participative security solution offering crowdsourced protection against malicious IPs and access to the most advanced real-world CTI.
openwrt - Linux distribution for embedded devices
openNDS - openNDS (open Network Demarcation Service) is a high performance, small footprint, Captive Portal. It provides a border control gateway between a public local area network and the Internet.
Suricata - Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine developed by the OISF and the Suricata community.
asuswrt-merlin.ng - Third party firmware for Asus routers (newer codebase)
Wazuh - Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform. Unified XDR and SIEM protection for endpoints and cloud workloads.
UTMFW - UTM Firewall on OpenBSD
pfsense-api - The missing REST API package for pfSense
unifios-utilities - A collection of enhancements for UnifiOS based devices
fwknop - Single Packet Authorization > Port Knocking