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Firewalla vs OPNsense/ PFsense for constant travel? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by RemarkableRough4438@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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Hey everyone,

I’m debating between these two. A Firewalla gold and a protectli fw6e with opnsense or pfsense.

I travel to sketchy places often and do cyber security work. I want to bring these with me to have protection between me and hotels/ wherever I’m at working. Which would be better for good security with also the ease of traveling/ setup (software wise)

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[–] finobi@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Does physical fw/router bring extra security compared to locked down software firewall and vpn?

[–] RemarkableRough4438@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

IDs/ ips, more robust logging etc, if I didn’t do cyber work in areas I don’t trust I wouldn’t care but data security is important.

[–] whispershadowmount@alien.top 2 points 11 months ago

Are you going to constantly look at IPS logs hitting your hotel firewall? I’m not sure you’re thinking about your security quite the right way here. Secure your laptop with the firewall in there, block all ingress ports and VPN out. If you’re that much more worried about the foreign country, do like most are doing and bring a burner laptop.