[AusNOG] Application Firewall Recommendations

[Joshua D'Alton]

pfsense is pretty hard to beat as a fairly full-featured firewall, I've
used it in a lot of situations that don't warrant the cost of a cisco or
similar setup. Works brilliantly in a VM as well.


On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Alex Samad - Yieldbroker <
Alex.Samad at yieldbroker.com> wrote:

>  Hi****
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> So what is the current industry thought on using VM firewalls. And to take
> that further what is the thought of using a plan OS for a firewall,
> thinking Linux or BSD.****
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> Alex****
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> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of *James
> Braunegg
> *Sent:* Thursday, 8 August 2013 9:49 PM
> *To:* Michael Andreas Schipp; Ed Hallett
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> *Cc:* ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Application Firewall Recommendations****
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> Dear Ed****
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> A10 Networks have the SoftAX Virtual machine which you can run as a VM –
> Further WAF information on the A10 Solution can be found here – ****
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> http://www.a10networks.com/resources/files/A10-SB-Web_Application_Firewall_WAF.pdf
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> Also the new A10 Cloud offering coming soon, will provide WAF as SaaS****
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> Both options I highly recommend****
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> Kindest Regards****
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> *James Braunegg
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> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net<ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>]
> *On Behalf Of *Michael Andreas Schipp
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 08, 2013 9:50 AM
> *To:* Ed Hallett
> *Cc:* ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Application Firewall Recommendations****
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> Hi Ed,****
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>               If as others have say, you decide to look at WAF and reverse
> proxies, I would suggest you to look at the following vendors;****
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>               A10 Networks****
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>               Citrix****
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>               F5****
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> Imperva****
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> Radware****
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> Narrow it down to 2 or 3 and do a PoC (most If not all of us will be able
> to offer hardware appliances or VM’s)****
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> I can help in getting anything you may need from the A10 (
> www.a10networks.com) side, just let me know.****
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> Thank you,
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> *Michael A Schipp*
> *Regional SE Manager ANZ****
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> *A10 Networks*****
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> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net<ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>]
> *On Behalf Of *Ed Hallett
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 6 August 2013 10:12 AM
> *To:* ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> *Subject:* [AusNOG] Application Firewall Recommendations****
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> Hi people,****
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> Just a simple question, but with a not so simple answer.****
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> We manage considerable clients with ‘cloud’ based servers within Telstra’s
> utility hosting.****
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> We used to use TMG as a firewall / gateway / security for clients who
> requested these features,  but this is no longer possible.****
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> I need recommendations on application based (non VM) firewalls which can
> be installed on server 08 / 12 and capable of the same feature set as TMG.
> Not as easy to find now..****
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> So, I ask my esteemed peers for words of wisdom.****
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> Well, words, anyway.****
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> Kind regards,****
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> Ed Hallett****
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