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General Discussion / Re: Run OPNsense virtualized and handle all traffic for the host and it's VMs?
« on: August 20, 2016, 02:01:26 am »
I enjoy this topic. I see a lot of people say they hate the idea actually. Hate and fear mostly. However, I think it's a cool idea and could be a natural fit for services such as spam filters, etc. In fact, IDS/IPS, proxy, routing, VPN with AD auth, are are separate services that this firewall is capable of. Even the LDAP integration to Directory services (like AD) are available on firewalls. So we are ok with these features being on our favorite firewall right?
The real question is, where does the fear stem from? Don't let the systemic change confuse our judgements. Is it security and reliability or both maybe? I can see a case for all 3 sides, but my views and thoughts are not strong enough to justify dropping the idea all together. We all have opinions, but there are reasons for there existence. Anyone interested in exploring, I'm up for it.
That said, I'm a veteran at this stuff too, I remember a day when all these services were on separate metal devices in Lans and DMZs. There can be a strange comparison to component stereo systems and compact ghetto blasters one last point, small biz cannot afford component stereo systems, they buy the compact ones.
The real question is, where does the fear stem from? Don't let the systemic change confuse our judgements. Is it security and reliability or both maybe? I can see a case for all 3 sides, but my views and thoughts are not strong enough to justify dropping the idea all together. We all have opinions, but there are reasons for there existence. Anyone interested in exploring, I'm up for it.
That said, I'm a veteran at this stuff too, I remember a day when all these services were on separate metal devices in Lans and DMZs. There can be a strange comparison to component stereo systems and compact ghetto blasters one last point, small biz cannot afford component stereo systems, they buy the compact ones.