FreeBSD router take 2 (pt. 4): Demoting my ISP’s router

[New to Gemini? Have a look at my Gemini FAQ.] This article was bi-posted to Gemini and the Web; Gemini version is here: gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/kraileth/neunix/2021/bsd_router_take_2_pt4.gmi Since I built my first OPNsense-based router, it had been a secondary router only. Its "WAN" port was connected to my ISP's modem/router box which dealt with establishing the actual Internet …

FreeBSD router take 2 (pt. 3): Excursion – De-hardening OPNsense for 2022?

[New to Gemini? Have a look at my Gemini FAQ.] This article was bi-posted to Gemini and the Web; Gemini version is here: gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/kraileth/neunix/2021/bsd_router_take_2_pt3.gmi After OPNsense announced that they would rebase on vanilla FreeBSD instead of going on with HardenedBSD, I wrote the previous article on what "security" means when it comes to networked devices …

FreeBSD router take 2 (pt. 2): Excursion – FreeBSD and security

[New to Gemini? Have a look at my Gemini FAQ.] This article was bi-posted to Gemini and the Web; Gemini version is here: gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/kraileth/neunix/2021/bsd_router_take_2_pt2.gmi After I completed the previous article, Franco Fichtner announced that OPNsense and HardenedBSD will be parting ways. I'm happy to see that they are parting ways in good terms. So there …

FreeBSD router take 2 (pt. 1): OPNsense ZFS-based installation (by converting FreeBSD)

[New to Gemini? Have a look at my Gemini FAQ.] This article was bi-posted to Gemini and the Web; Gemini version is here: gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/kraileth/neunix/2021/bsd_router_take_2_pt1.gmi In 2017 I wrote my longest (by far) series of posts on a single topic: 8 posts on hardware and the FreeBSD-based firewall solutions pfSense and OPNsense. Even after almost four …