Subj : Re: Pro-active firewall?
To   : Digimaus
From : Shurato
Date : Fri Jul 19 2024 14:10:00

* In a message originally to Shurato, Digimaus said:

 > -=> Shurato wrote to Nick Andre <=-

 >  Sh> I've just for Windows Firewall for a firewall.  It will only hold a
 >  Sh> total of 1000 rules, though, so I need a solution that won't require
 > me
 >  Sh> to purge the list every 2-3 days.

 > I highly recommend looking at running pfSense as your edge firewall.  I
 > run it here, along with iptables and fail2ban, and while I do get
 > script kiddies  on ports 22 and 23, I can automatically block
 > troublesome subnets for 26  weeks (!) using a special f2b filter
 > (Linux only).

Wouldn't I need extra hardware for this?  I don't have that capability.

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