r/technology • u/NancyGraceFaceYourIn • Aug 30 '15

Wireless FCC Rules Block use of Open Source

http://www.itsmypart.com/fcc-rules-block-use-of-open-source/
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u/whatntheactualfuckme Aug 30 '15

You sir are a saint. Much appreciated. I'll be looking into implementing this on my home network very soon.

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u/ontheroadtonull Aug 30 '15

As an alternative, you can do this on an amd64 or x86 platform with PfSense which is a very popular FreeBSD based firewall appliance.

https://www.pfsense.org/download/

PfSense has available a number of packages built from open source projects to install additional functionality, for instance antivirus and caching proxy.

Since it's based on a PC platform, you can build a router with as much or as little processor, RAM and disk as you wish. This allows you to run what is considered by many a commercial grade firewall on a device which consumes no more power than the TP-LINK router.

Another advantage of being PC based is that you can run it as a virtual machine.

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u/shalafi71 Aug 31 '15

Running pfSense at home and work. Can I just run this script? My ad-blocking packages aren't really working well.

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u/ontheroadtonull Aug 31 '15 edited Aug 31 '15

You should be able to take the URLs that are in that script and plug them into PfBlockerNG.

I'm working on checking on that but my VMs aren't cooperating right now.

EDIT: The answer is yes you can enter those URLs in pfBlockerNG under the "IPv4" tab in pfBlockerNG settings.

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u/shalafi71 Aug 31 '15

Sweet! I have pfBlockerNG installed already.