OpenFerret Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Hi all, I'm thinking about upgrading my home network with an inline IDS and or Firewall between my modem and router. My home network curently resembles this: If I build a box with a couple of Gigabit network cards and add it into the network at the place shown, and install something like pfsense onto it, can I get the box to just function in a bridge mode between the modem and router? Many thanks all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digininja Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 That would work. Have you seen Security Onion? A full IDS distro in a box. Just watch out that you don't end up capturing your traffic going to it while admin'ing it otherwise you create a feedback loop which isn't good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenFerret Posted October 6, 2015 Author Share Posted October 6, 2015 Many thanks digininja, I haven't seen Security Onion, but I will check it out! I was thinking of either using a 3rd ethernet connection or wireless card to be able to access the device. I'll let you know how it goes when it's been build :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digininja Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 My switch allows for port mirroring so I've got a Gigabyte box sat on that with key ports copied to it, works well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry99705 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Don't forget to give it a big drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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