OPNsense with Dynamic feed of Indicators of Compromise

OPNsense with Dynamic feed of Indicators of Compromise

This is not a commercial. No prior or any contact was made to Q-feeds. With a fresh install of OPNsense, I have been looking for tips on how to cover the most security, the fastest and with the least amount of effort. Not to skip learning, but to enhance security as fast as possible. I

Installing Virtualized OPNsense as VM in Proxmox

Installing Virtualized OPNsense as VM in Proxmox

In this article / guide, I explore installing OPNsense 25.7.11 as a virtual machine in Proxmox 9.1.4. This is ultimately to try and fix slow speed issues when running it bare metal on my Minisforum TH50 mini PC with old Intel i225 NIC. Other good guides, from various older versions of Proxmox / OPNsense: https://www.zenarmor.com/docs/network-security-tutorials/opnsense-installation

Home Network Security – Installing OPNsense and SLOW SPEED PROBLEMS! (part 3)

Home Network Security – Installing OPNsense and SLOW SPEED PROBLEMS! (part 3)

I chose OPNsense over pfSense, from solely reading about it being easier to start with, as pfSense is more “oldschool”. Both OPNsense and pfSense is based on FreeBSD. pfSense apparently contributes to the core underlying FreeBSD project and thus have faster security updates. pfSense has shifted focus onto paying customers, and word is that the

Home Network Security – Finding Hardware (part 2)

Home Network Security – Finding Hardware (part 2)

According to my plan in Home Network Security – The Idea (part 1), there is some hardware that I need to source and buy. I do not have any affiliation with the mentioned brands or shops, these are just my personal choices from my own use-case scenario. I already have a Lenovo ThinkCentre M910q that

Home Network Security – The Idea (part 1)

Home Network Security – The Idea (part 1)

I want a more secure home network. I do not know enough about network security, to do it perfectly from the start. I know some from my professional work. I asked people working with networks in their daily and tried to gather a sense of what I was getting myself into. I have been googling