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Re:Sophisticated Linux Implant Discovered Compromising Forti... by simfree on Saturday January 14, 2023 @08:36PM (#34385912)
The stack didn't seem stable from what I got talking to Fortinet employees at a recent event they hosted. My coworkers certainly ran up their bar tab tho!

What are your alternatives though? Watchguard is another home rolled Linux distro on a box under the hood, SonicWall is a mess, Ubiquiti got rid of their dev team and replaced them with non-US talent, which has caused severe stagnation in their routing products.

I only really trust OpenWRT and Mikrotik, but the latter requires a fair bit of learning and most MSPs and IT groups aren't game for either.

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Re:Sophisticated Linux Implant Discovered Compromising Forti... by nubinetwork on Sunday January 15, 2023 @07:25PM (#34395235)
Mikrotik sure looks daunting once you open winbox, but you can really ignore most of it until you need a specific feature. Setting up a switch with VLANs, or a wireless bridge is no different than on Cisco, its just got a fancy GUI. (Same goes for Checkpoint but I digress)
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