I expose quite a few services to the web, so having that extra layer of protection is nice. And it allows me to control what leaves my network from an application perspective, not just TCP/UDP

ZenArmor. It integrates nicely with Opnsense and offers all of the features that I was looking for.

I run a pretty hefty home lab, so my costs are fairly high compared to some.

• Electricity: $70/mo
• Internet: $55/mo (1000x35)
• Cloud backup: $20/mo
• Web firewall/IDS/IPS: $8.30/mo ($99/yr)
• Domain/email: $15/yr
• VPS: $1/mo

Overall: $155/mo

It’s been done to death because memes from Australia will kill you…