quad interface fierwall PC with good bios security/update

[Patrick M. Hausen]

I have for many many years ran 100% asic based soho hardware for home fw.

What exactly? Most SOHO products ship a more or less current and more or less competently hacked together Linux system. E.g. Fritzbox, which are exceptionally good at updates at least.

[BrandyWine]

I have for many many years ran 100% asic based soho hardware for home fw.

What exactly? Most SOHO products ship a more or less current and more or less competently hacked together Linux system. E.g. Fritzbox, which are exceptionally good at updates at least.

SonicOS(sonicwall), ScreenOS(netscreen/juniper), FortiOS.


Today the common soho architecture is hybrid, all asic for data.plane, some nix version in mgmt.plane.

There's also FPGA based devices that can do security functions at specific hardware points in the system, de-centralizing sec functions. Silicom FPGA nics and such. I recall seeing this sec architecture model being touted by MIT many many years ago.

OPNsense is just a nix with some software packages installed.

[nero355]

This is something I might agree with you on totally, because : Who builds/maintains those CoreBoot/LibreBoot releases ?!

Coreboot for Protectli devices is outsourced to a well known and reputable open source firmware company 3mdeb. https://3mdeb.com/

- If it's the manufacturer and they have a dedicated team for it that does it for all their devices : OK, let's do it!

They have dedicated team(s) for this. And all their work is hosted on github. You can find it here https://github.com/protectli-root/protectli-firmware-updater

That's something to dig into then when considering one of their products. Thnx! :)

some random basement dwellers from XDA forums.

I'm not talking out of my ass nor im shilling for Protectli or any other brand. Stop playing detective.

By that logic, life is not worth living.

Your reply makes no sense.

Please stop embarrassing yourself. 

I... i just cant...

Exactly the kind of replies I was expecting after checking your posting history here... Too bad! :-/

Yes, I like to know who I am dealing with and if that makes me a detective : So be it! ;)

Talking about neutrality with TopTon signature.

I just happen to own one by chance...

Could have been this one too :

Our relative proximity to one or two Chinas makes CWWK boxes very popular.
Been there, done that, in fact finally have it on ebay at the moment.

Or any other brand since I don't mind ordering stuff via eBay/AliExpress/Banggood/etc. and finding gems like my good old ZUK Z2 Pro phone which was simply a bargain many years ago! :)

I have for many many years ran 100% asic based soho hardware for home fw.

What exactly? Most SOHO products ship a more or less current and more or less competently hacked together Linux system. E.g. Fritzbox, which are exceptionally good at updates at least.

For xDSL connections the products made by DrayTek are my absolute favorite! :)

It has been now 10 years later and my Vigor 2860 still got a firmware update! Impressive! :o

[Nullman]

That's something to dig into then when considering one of their products. Thnx! :)

You are welcome.

[passeri]

For xDSL connections the products made by DrayTek are my absolute favorite! :)

Yes, I had two (serially) for ADSL connections. They were very solid and by reputation very secure. Fibre and a wish to do some things entailing a Draytek business licence overrode.

I handed off the first to family and sold the second only last year for a better price than one usually expects for older networking gear.