pfSense

pfSense
Developer Rubicon Communications, LLC (Netgate)
OS family FreeBSD (11.1-RELEASE)
Working state Current
Source model Open source
License Apache License 2.0[1]
Official website www.pfsense.org

pfSense is an open source firewall/router computer software distribution based on FreeBSD.

It is installed on a physical computer or a virtual machine to make a dedicated firewall/router for a network. It can be configured and upgraded through a web-based interface, and requires no knowledge of the underlying FreeBSD system to manage.[2][3]

History

The pfSense project started in 2004 as a fork of the m0n0wall project by Chris Buechler and Scott Ullrich and the first release was in 2006.[4] The name was derived from the fact that the software uses the packet-filtering tool, PF.[5]

On Sept 24, 2018 version 2.4.4 was released.[6]

In November 2017, a World Intellectual Property Organization panel found that Netgate had been using the domain opnsense.com in bad faith to discredit OPNsense, a competing open source firewall, and compelled Netgate to transfer the domain to Deciso, the developer of OPNsense.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "pfSense adopts Apache 2.0 License". Serve The Home (Loyolan Ventures, LLC). 19 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "You should be running a pfSense firewall". InfoWorld. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Miller, Sloan (June 26, 2008). "Configure a professional firewall using pfSense". Free Software Magazine (22).
  4. ↑ Fields, Robert (October 28, 2016). "Happy 10th Anniversary to pfSense Open Source Software". Netgate Blog.
  5. ↑ Mobily, Tony (August 14, 2007). "Interview with Jeff Starkweather, Chris Buechler and Scott Ullrich". Free Software Magazine.
  6. ↑ "pfSense 2.4.4 Release Announcement".
  7. ↑ "WIPO Domain Name Decision: D2017-1828". WIPO. November 12, 2017.

Further reading

  • Mastering pfSense, Second Edition Birmingham, UK: Packt Publishing, 2018. ISBN 978-1788993173. By David Zientra.
  • Security: Manage Network Security With pfSense Firewall [Video] Birmingham, UK: Packt Publishing, 2018. ISBN 978-1789538991. By Manuj Aggarwal.
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