pfsense vs Fritzbox securety
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is a pfsense router in the default settings more secure than a Fritzbox?
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@julian-3 define "more secure"?
Out of the box WAN does not allow ANY traffic in from the outside.
LAN traffic is let out but you can scale that back to only certain types to certain places. -
@julian-3 said in pfsense vs Fritzbox securety:
is a pfsense router in the default settings more secure than a Fritzbox?
I'm pretty sure they do exactly the same thing when used in nearly default mode. That is : you've changed the password, and that's it.
After that moment, 'security' stays the same : it is strongly related to what you do with it. -
Really depends what the Fritzbox has enabled by default. Many SOHO style routers have a bunch of things enabled by default that can only make them less secure; UPnP, wifi, samba even!
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As the Fritzbox can be accessed and adjusted remotely by your ISP (similarly to most ISP supplied boxes) you can not guarantee your configuration as well as one can with a pfsense box. It is worthwhile with a Fritz!Box looking at the security tab to see what open ports exist and the services supported.
Configuring pfsense to work with a Fritz!Box in modem mode is a whole other kettle of fish!
