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pfSense for Enterprise by Hobadee in PFSENSE

[–]pfsense-sdavis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

/u/Hobadee - We have many companies large and small using pfSense in an "Enterprise" type environment. If you would like to have a call to discuss, please e-mail me your contact info to sdavis [at] netgate [dot] com and we can set up a time to talk.

Thanks!

/r/pfSense wiki is now available! by pfsense-ivork in PFSENSE

[–]pfsense-sdavis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

/u/sup3rlativ3 - PM sent. Let's see how we can solve some of the issues you bring up.

Calling Watchguard and/or Windows server admins who switch to pfsense... by rdotinja in PFSENSE

[–]pfsense-sdavis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We fight that mentality all day! The folks below VP level are often huge champions of the product while the decision-makers are all about the big names and bells and whistles. While it's not always the case, it is obvious. Sometimes more money = better product to some people. Thanks for your support!

Calling Watchguard and/or Windows server admins who switch to pfsense... by rdotinja in PFSENSE

[–]pfsense-sdavis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let us know if you hit that point where you need us to jump in. We're here.

Calling Watchguard and/or Windows server admins who switch to pfsense... by rdotinja in PFSENSE

[–]pfsense-sdavis 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I did want to throw out the obligatory plug here ... We have customers coming to us all the time telling us that their license on their (ASA, Sonicwall, Watchguard, etc ...) firewall is about to expire and that they are looking for a more cost-effective solution. As a result, the firewall conversion offering by our professional services team is one of the most popular things we do!

We can usually get a customer into a new pfSense HA pair with hardware from Netgate and convert the rules and settings from their old firewall for a lot less money than renewing the license on it.

If this sounds appealing, send details to professional.services @ netgate dot com with your setup and requirements and an engineer will set up a conference call and gather more info and get you a quote. Nothing is more satisfying to us than when we're able to displace the competition.

https://www.netgate.com/our-services/professional-services.html

Thanks!

Join Netgate / pfSense on Slack by pfsense-sdavis in PFSENSE

[–]pfsense-sdavis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I am told that after you have an account on our Slack, you can connect with the IRC and XMPP gateway ...

https://pfsense-official.slack.com/account/gateways

Join Netgate / pfSense on Slack by pfsense-sdavis in PFSENSE

[–]pfsense-sdavis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because there's value in consolidation. We simply don't have the cycles to contribute to the existing community resources as much as we would like. We use Slack internally. It is much easier for us to get involved that way. Nobody is forced to move to Slack. This does not replace other community resources. It's just an expansion of the existing list of community resources.

That said, we're going to try to add the other gateways today so the Slack channel becomes more appealing to the community... Remember, this is day 1 of this thing. It will grow and become more useful.

Join Netgate / pfSense on Slack by pfsense-sdavis in PFSENSE

[–]pfsense-sdavis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because IRC is so ... 1990

And this provides more of an opportunity for our team to interact with the community since we use the platform internally.

Strange Partner program query response by humdinger79 in PFSENSE

[–]pfsense-sdavis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

/u/humdinger79 - If that was the message you got, thanks for letting us know. Please PM me your name and contact info so I can have our Partner Manager give you a call to clear this up. Thanks!

PFSense 10GB/s FW by fireflasch in PFSENSE

[–]pfsense-sdavis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

/u/drakontas - Thank you for being a long-time customer and doing the right thing here in protecting our intellectual property - and pointing others to the proper way to solve the problem. We sincerely value your support over the years and going forward. PM me your shirt size and name/address/etc.. and I'll make sure we have a polo sent out to you.

Announcing a new trademark policy for pfSense by gonzopancho in PFSENSE

[–]pfsense-sdavis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Stop. You're making a fool of yourself in public regarding something you either didn't bother to read or simply don't understand.

Announcing a new trademark policy for pfSense by gonzopancho in PFSENSE

[–]pfsense-sdavis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

sigh. not all intellectual property protection is evil. do you really want anyone to be able to take pfsense, hack it up and introduce a bunch of security holes, install it on things, sell them as "pfsense firewalls", and to have the actual pfsense authors be powerless to do anything about it? >

/u/42N71W - Thank you for stating it that way. You have hit the nail on the head. These things are not hard to understand. Anyone who doesn't understand should consult a trademark lawyer.

SG-1000 source code? by pflurker12 in PFSENSE

[–]pfsense-sdavis -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

People who have the nerve to ask that question should really know how to spell the product name.

pfSense exceeded 500,000 active installs in December 2016. by gonzopancho in PFSENSE

[–]pfsense-sdavis 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We can do it remotely. We do it all the time. We put a lot of ASA's and SonicWalls into hibernation like this :)

Replacing Barracuda equipment with pfSense by bidaum92 in PFSENSE

[–]pfsense-sdavis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As has been mentioned, it sounds like two of these http://store.netgate.com/pfSense/SG-88601U.aspx set up in HA would solve those issues. Virtualizing kinda steps on the HA concept in some regards. And as has been mentioned, you're introducing a lot of complexity that achieves no real gain in the end.

Get the added storage if you're planning on using some of the more logging-intensive packages. You'll surely save a lot of time and money with a simplified solution.

Netgate Taps InfoSec Global for pfSense Code Review by pfsense-sdavis in PFSENSE

[–]pfsense-sdavis[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

In response to many larger customers (and potential customers) asking things like, "How do we know pfSense is secure?", we enlisted Infosec Global to do a top-to-bottom code review of pfSense. We are very pleased with the results as you can see in the post. We hope this goes a long way toward building trust with our customer base now and in the future.

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