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by deprave 3328 days ago
If I had to guess, I'd say Netgate is working on an SD-WAN service of sorts. Many players in this market are displacing the edge firewall, and offering a built-in service of their own or in partnership with a third-party might be a smart move.
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gonzo 3328 days ago
What if we just added and SD-WAN implementation to pfSense?
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deprave 3328 days ago
I see pfSense playing two possible roles the SD-WAN. The first is customer-centric, and will allow pfSense edge devices to connect to a third-party SD-WAN service or one provided by Netgate itself. The other is vendor-centric, and will allow SD-WAN vendors to use pfSense for their Point-of-Presence software when building the geographically distributed network for SD-WAN traffic optimization.

Both are smart strategies and well within your core competency. As long as you're not building your own SD-WAN service you're golden.

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gonzo 3328 days ago
> As long as you're not building your own SD-WAN service you're golden.

Thanks! Running our own SD-WAN service seems a lot like opening a cute little coffee shop: A fine way to spend a lot of money with no result.

There is a third option, which is also customer-centric: Allow the customer to run their own SD-WAN.

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