I have bought a brand new firewall appliance in late Sep 2021 for only SGD$222 to run Snort IDS/IPS

Subject: I have bought a brand new firewall appliance in late Sep 2021
for only SGD$222 to run Snort IDS/IPS

Good day from Singapore,

I have just bought a brand new firewall appliance for only SGD$222,
which comes with pfSense community edition firewall pre-installed.
pfSense firewall is based on FreeBSD. The firewall appliance is Made
in China and ships internationally from China. My order was placed on
Lazada on 19 Sep 2021 Sun at 4.46 PM Singapore Time. I received the
firewall appliance in Singapore on 28 Sep 2021 Tue at 5:50 PM
Singapore Time. International shipping cost from China to Singapore is
about SGD$1.50.

I am planning to try out all the 10+ open source firewalls on my brand
new firewall appliance. No open source firewall is complete without
Snort Intrusion Detection System (IDS)/Intrusion Prevention System
(IPS). Nowadays, an Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) is a must. I
will need to check whether my pfSense firewall comes with Snort
IDS/IPS pre-installed. If it isn't, I will manually install the
package.

You can watch a short 4-minute video clip of my brand new firewall
appliance on YouTube.

Title of YouTube video: Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming Unboxing His
Brand New $222 Firewall Appliance on 28 Sep 2021 Tue
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LNzqCnkJHI

These are the technical specifications of my brand new firewall appliance.

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Intel Celeron J3160 Quad Core (2M Cache, 1.60GHz up to 2.24GHz)
Intel HD Graphics 400
1 x DDR3L SO-DIMM Socket (Up to 8G, 1333/1600MHz)
4 x Intel Gigabit LAN
1 x VGA
1 x HDMI
1 x USB 3.0 + 1 x USB 2.0
1 x mSATA SSD Slot
1 x SATA Port, support 2.5'' HDD / SSD
Support Windows, Linux, Pfsense, OPNsense
support AES-NI
4 GB RAM installed
64 GB SSD installed

Aluminum Case Fanless Intel Celeron J3160 Quad Core Mini PC

with 4 Gigabit LAN,
VGA, HDMI,
USB 3.0
USB 2.0

1) This is Intel Celeron J3160 Quad Core Mini PC, without wifi module antenna
2) Intel Celeron J3160 Quad Core (1.6GHz Up To 2.24GHz 2M Cache)
3) 1 x DDR3L SO-DIMM Socket (Up to 8G, 1333/1600MHz)
4) 4 x Gigabit LAN
5) 1 x VGA + 1 x HDMI
6) 1 x USB 3.0 + 1 x USB 2.0
7) 1 x Mini-PCIe for mSATA SSD
8) 1 x SATA Port, support SATA SSD or 2.5 inch SATA HDD
9) Support Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Linux
10) 4 GB RAM installed
11) 64 GB SSD installed

Cooling Mode: Aluminum Case Fanless Design
CPU: Intel Celeron J3160 Quad Core (1.6GHz Up To 2.24GHz 2M Cache)
CPU TDP: 10W
Memory: 1 x DDR3L SO-DIMM Socket (Up to 8G, 1333/1600MHz)
Storage:
1 x mSATA
1 x SATA Port, support SATA SSD or 2.5 inch SATA HDD
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
LAN Chipset: 4 x Intel I211 Gigabit LAN
WLAN: Optional
OS Support: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Linux, pfSense
Security & Reliability: Support AES-NI (Intel AES New Instructions)
Port:
Front Port:
1 x Power Button (with indicator light)
2 x USB 3.0
1 x HDMI
1 x VGA
1 x RST Button
Back Port:
4 x Intel I211 Gigabit LAN
1 x 12V DC Power Jack
Material: Aluminum
Weight: 1.25KG
Power Adapter: DC 12V
Expansion: 1 x Mini-PCIE for SIM card
What's in Box:
1 x Mini PC
1 x Power Adapter
1 x Power Cable
4 GB RAM installed
64 GB SSD installed

Below is the System Information from the Dashboard of pfSense firewall.

System Information
==================

Name:
pfSense.teo-en-ming-corp.com

User:
admin@192.168.1.110 (Local Database)

System:
pfSense
Netgate Device ID: 51194252252ab8defd14

BIOS:
Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
Version: 5.11
Release Date: Sun Jun 23 2019

Version:
2.5.2-RELEASE (amd64)
built on Fri Jul 02 15:33:00 EDT 2021
FreeBSD 12.2-STABLE

Unable to check for updates

CPU Type:
Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J3160 @ 1.60GHz
4 CPUs: 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)
AES-NI CPU Crypto: Yes (inactive)
QAT Crypto: No

Hardware cyrpto:

Kernel PTI:
Enabled

MDS Mitigation:
Inactive

Uptime:
00 Hour 28 Minutes 29 Seconds

Current date/time:
Wed Sep 29 7:10:27 +08 2021 (wrong date and time, unable to connect to
NTP server without WAN connection yet)

DNS server(s):
127.0.0.1
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4

Last config change:
Wed Sep 29 6:46:48 +08 2021 (wrong date and time, unable to connect to
NTP server without WAN connection yet)

State table size:
0% (260/394000)

MBUF Usage:
0% (3600/1000000)

Temperature:
26.9°C

Load average:
0.24, 0.28, 0.24

CPU usage:
2%

Memory usage:
7% of 3944 MiB

SWAP usage:
0% of 2689 MiB

Disk usage:
/:
2% of 55GiB - ufs

/var/run:
3% of 3.4MiB - ufs in RAM

List of open source firewalls which you can try on this firewall appliance
==========================================================================

(A) 8 Best Open Source Firewall to Protect Your Network

Link: https://geekflare.com/best-open-source-firewall/

(B) Top 10 Best Open Source Firewall to Protect Your Enterprise Network 2021

Link: https://cybersecuritynews.com/best-open-source-firewall/

(C) 12 Best Open Source Firewalls Comparable to Commercial Solutions

Link: https://www.networkstraining.com/best-open-source-firewalls/

(D) List of Top 12 Open Source Firewalls in 2020

Link: https://www.knowledgenile.com/blogs/open-source-firewalls/

(E) Top 9 Best Free and Open Source Firewall Software For Windows and linux

Link: https://cloudsmallbusinessservice.com/blog/top-9-best-free-and-open-source-firewall-software-for-windows-and-linux-69022.html

(F) Open Source Firewalls: The Best in the Business

Link: https://www.opensourceforu.com/2018/12/open-source-firewalls-the-best-in-the-business/

I am wondering if my super duper cheap brand new firewall appliance is
able to run Snort IDS/IPS under heavy workloads. Can I install a SIM
card in the firewall appliance for 4G connectivity?

Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming, 43 years old as of 29 Sep 2021,
is a TARGETED INDIVIDUAL living in Singapore. He is an IT Consultant
with a System Integrator (SI)/computer firm in Singapore. He is an IT
enthusiast.





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