pfSense and OPNsense are open-source firewall and router operating systems that share a common lineage but have diverged in philosophy and development over the years. pfSense originated as a fork of ...

Netgate, together with InnoGames, wants to bring the outdated FreeBSD version of pf(4) up to the current OpenBSD standard. This should make the core functionality of pfSense significantly more modern ...

My home LAN sits behind a FreeBSD 4.7 box whose firewall is set to allow packets to and from anywhere (I've been too lazy to set up any rules).<BR><BR>I have a WinXP machine on my home LAN that I've ...

The FreeBSD-based router and firewall distribution OPNsense delivers the latest update for the 25.1 branch. At the same time, there is an RC2 for version 25.7. OPNsense, originally a fork of pfSense, ...

I'm looking to set up a FreeBSD bridged-firewall using IPFiltering and FreeBSD's bridge feature, It would need to be able to handle transfer rates of 1Mbps constant and spikes upto 100Mbps. I'm ...

pfSense describes itself as the most trusted open source firewall. The original FreeBSD-based firewall distro, pfSense shares many similarities with OPNsense. For instance, in addition to being a ...

Among the legions of Linux users and admins, there seems to be a sort of passive curiosity about FreeBSD and other *BSDs. Like commuters on a packed train, they gaze out at a less crowded, vaguely ...