A couple of years ago, Bitdefender released the Bitdefender BOX, which was a router designed for security that was aimed at home users. They are taking another shot at it for this year’s CES with the second-generation Bitdefender BOX. It is now running on a 1.2 GHz, dual-core ARM Cortex A9 SoC, backed with 1GB of RAM.
The goal is to have a security-conscious company stand between all of your internet-of-things devices, allowing your TVs, security cameras, and whatever else to function without being a foothold for malicious actors.
Pricing and availability has not yet been finalized, but PCWorld cites a spokesperson for the company that expects the device to sell for $199 USD with a $99/year subscription. If the service is the same as the first-generation device, and I understand the product page correctly, then this subscription also provides a license to their TotalSecurity antivirus as well.
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PFSense box running Squid
PFSense box running Squid Guard would cost a lot less, and no subscription to contend with.
$150 dollar barebones Zotac Z Box offers a lot more.
Yeah, I expect the
Yeah, I expect the subscription fee (especially with it being that much) is going to be a real turn off for people.
I don’t think subscription is
I don’t think subscription is that bad, it just makes the product feel incomplete even though a lot of times the subscription isnt that much in the grand scheme of things.this page is pretty informative