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Pablo Xannybar 2y ago

Malware Bytes seems a lot shittier than it used to be... :/

Windows plebs: is NOD32 still a good AV and what's a good firewall? I'm talking Linux level firewall management. But with a GUI because this is Windows. The built in Windows firewall is limited and does stuff like open ports for new software automatically when you install it which wtf.

Really it's the firewall I wanna lock down. AV, meh, useful to have but better to be proactive than reactive.

A Windows alternative to Little Snitch on Macs would be perfect.

I've read some good stuff about Panda Dome seems to have a lot of interesting advanced features and is both a firewall and AV.

P.S. I really hate how everything is SaaS now. You will own nothing and you will be frustrated.

#asknostr

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Pablo Xannybar 2y ago

Seeing Bitdefender rated above NOD32 now...

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cloud fodder 2y ago

I know it's prob not what you're looking for but I would run something external to windows, with the full intrusion detection that will alert you to shady stuff on the network.. this one looks nice, it is an opensource and plug-and-play device with GUI.

https://shop.netgate.com/products/2100-base-pfsense?_gl=1*1n5tn2j*_ga*MjAzMjMxMzg3MC4xNjk1NTY3OTc1*_ga_TM99KBGXCB*MTY5NTU2Nzk3NS4xLjEuMTY5NTU2ODAyMS4xNC4wLjA.

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Pablo Xannybar 2y ago

Ohh this is a really good idea. I can run pfSense on a separate machine. Think a Pi 4 8GB is enough? Or need an NUC or similar?

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Justin Nakamoto-San ☑️ 2y ago

I think pfsense is Intel only. Pihole is the router OS for raspberry pis.

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Pablo Xannybar 2y ago

I can get a low end but still reasonably modern NUC for about $100 or possibly less, think I'll do that rather than pay $350 for the linked box.

Then I just need a second NIC for pfSense. Not sure if I can install one internally for an NUC but externally should be easy.

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kidwarp 2y ago

Depending on old wrt could work

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Pablo Xannybar 2y ago

PfSense can run on DD-WRT? Ohhh that's very cost efficient.

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kidwarp 2y ago

Yes

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Pablo Xannybar 2y ago

Is there a good guide you'd recommend for what routers in particular have the best support?

I assume I'd connect this between the modem and router as well so it is checking all network traffic?

Will have to do some reading!

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Justin Nakamoto-San ☑️ 2y ago

You should also follow the haiku OS project releases. The next release will have gpu hardware acceleration for opengl apps and games. But they don't have any API hooks or apps for streaming as of yet, but the OS is very media centric and I think some early podcasters used it to self host their own stuff? A lot of early AmigaOS hackers like it. It is the open-source clone of BeOS.

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Justin Nakamoto-San ☑️ 2y ago

Apparently a Pi running Pihole overheats. The Seeed mini (Pi CM4) is 150usd. https://www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2021/06/11/how-to-build-a-raspberry-pi-router-step-by-step-tutorial/

Being a computer guy, I guess I'm spoiled as I have 15 desktop computers, all of which can have 2 NICs and run pfSense. Even an old desktop computer from 2005 can be used as a router with decent performance: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=h_&q=build+a+router+out+of+an+old+pc&ia=web

Another choice is to check craigslist and compare the results with hardware and features supported by ddwrt/openwrt/tomato.

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Pablo Xannybar 2y ago

My concern there is power usage. We can all get Pentium 4's literally for free but there's a reason for that haha. Very little CPU power but it eats electricity.

This is why I buy NUCs and more recently Asus Mini PC's with AMD Ryzen chips. I'm getting a lot more CPU power with much less energy usage.

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Justin Nakamoto-San ☑️ 2y ago

I see. In that case, the ddwrt/openwrt/tomato is better because it is free& open Linux built on actual risc/mips router hardware using the sources released by Linksys long ago.