[asterisk-users] Best Firewall Suggestions?

[Darren Wiebe]

Steve Totaro wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 2:41 PM, SIP <sip at arcdiv.com 
> <mailto:sip at arcdiv.com>> wrote:
>
>     David Wathen wrote:
>     >
>     > Hi,
>     >
>     > My customer has a outdated firewall that is also presenting a NAT
>     > nightmare for getting the Asterisk server reachable from the
>     internet.
>     >
>     > What firewalls work good with VOIP? I really want to steer away from
>     > any ALG supported firewall. I just want a good firewall that works
>     > well with Asterisk.
>     >
>     > Thanks,
>     >
>     > David Wathen
>     >
>     Depends on what level of firewall you're looking for.
>
>     For a full firewall on either a dedicated system or one of your own, I
>     cannot strongly enough recommend Astaro Linux firewall. Better
>     throughput than a pix, worlds easier to operate and configure, and
>     comparable in price. Very SIP/VoIP friendly. Loads of optional modules
>     (we use its mail filter module to filter spam/viruses for several
>     hundred thousand user mailboxes, for instance) to limit the cost
>     to what
>     you need.
>
>     Also has a built in SIP Proxy, although I've never used it.
>
>     Excellent platform.
>
>
>     Of course, at home, I just use a little Linksys WRT box. It's hardly a
>     corporate-grade firewall, but it's quite SIP-friendly.
>
>     N.
>
>
> No votes for Vyatta?  I have been seriously checking it out.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve T
I played with a demo of Vyatta and it looks pretty good.  We've been 
using mostly Endian (www.endian.com) or M0n0wall.  I've had good luck 
with both of those.

Darren Wiebe
darren at aleph-com.net