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Hello! I recently created a CSGO server on my Dell Poweredge 1950. It is open to the public and I want to make sure I am safe from things that shoudnt be happening. Should I build a pFsense machine off a spare PC or just buy a used WatchGaurd Firebox. I can also get software firewalls. Which is the best? I have a full rack so if the switch matters etc it is a Dell Powerconnect 2724.

 

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A hardware firewall will always be better.

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get hardwere, usiually better from what i know

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Wait, what? Hardware firewall? Do you guys just mean dedicated hardware for firewalls like prebuilt firewall boxes from Cisco (or another network brand, don't know if cisco make them but...) or something like pfSense? Or is there actually something that doesn't require any software which acts like a firewall, if so, how?

 

Or do you simply mean dedicated hardware with more advanced firewall things and not just a bundled software on your router and/or firewall with antivirus softwares on PCs?

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Wait, what? Hardware firewall? Do you guys just mean dedicated hardware for firewalls like prebuilt firewall boxes from Cisco (or another network brand, don't know if cisco make them but...) or something like pfSense? Or is there actually something that doesn't require any software which acts like a firewall, if so, how?

 

Or do you simply mean dedicated hardware with more advanced firewall things and not just a bundled software on your router and/or firewall with antivirus softwares on PCs?

pfSense mainly or a WatchGaurd Firebox. I understand firewalls and I just want some opinions.

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pfSense mainly or a WatchGaurd Firebox. I understand firewalls and I just want some opinions.

I'm sure you do. I don't ;)

So, this WatchGuard Firebox does still contain software right? What you meant by hardware firewall was to simply get something more advanced that requires its own dedicated hardware?

Right?

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