Subj : Re: Got it!
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Gamgee
Date : Thu Jul 17 2025 11:19:35

-=> Sean Dennis wrote to Gamgee <=-

 SD> Hi Dan,

 G> Absolutely.  Thankfully, the only Windows around here is my wife's
 G> desktop, so I only have to turn it off once.  ;-)

 SD> Yeah, at John Deere, they had so many problems becaue HQ -insistred- on
 SD> leaving WF on and every time we had to update Windows via SCCM, that
 SD> firewall would break and a manufacturing line would go down which was
 SD> an expensive process.  I'd log into the master controller system for
 SD> that line, disable WF, and nine times out of ten, the line would
 SD> magically work again.

Yep, I've seen similar.  The *insistence* of HQ/IT sometimes is hard to 
believe or understand.

 SD> I am looking at moving from pfSense on my edge firewall to OpenWRT.
 SD> OpenWRT looks to be easier and much more functional for me since it has
 SD> so many extensions.  I'll probably put that off until next month.  The
 SD> next few weeks are going to be busy for me.

I've been using 'IPFire' on a small-form-factor PC for many years and it 
has been great.  Regular updates and LOTS of features.  Linux-based, and 
free.  Worth a look if you're "shopping around".



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