by iXsystems | Feb 26, 2008 | pfSense
The pfSense development team has announced the release of version 1.2! This brings the features and bug fixes from more than 16 months of development since the 1.0 release. Already widely tested and deployed throughout the Release Candidate phase, this release...
by iXsystems | Feb 25, 2008 | pfSense
Chris Buechler announced that the final required item for the 1.2 release is now finished: the new website (based on one of the best, if not THE best, open source content management systems, Joomla) is now available. I really like the new look-n-feel. Check it out...
by iXsystems | Jan 28, 2008 | M0n0wall, pfSense, X vs Y
Wayne Richardson reviewed in total 7 different Linux and BSD firewalls back in Nov 2007 (ClarckConnect, Endian, Gibraltar, IPCop, m0n0wall, pfSense, SmoothWall) and compared them on basis of the following categories: setup, web-gui, extensibility and speed. Since this...
by iXsystems | Jan 17, 2008 | M0n0wall, pfSense, X vs Y
A common misconception about pfSense is that it is intended as a rival to m0n0wall as a BSD-based firewall system, since they are similar in structure and goals. This is not the case; some developers even contribute to both projects. m0n0wall is targeted at a specific...
by iXsystems | Jan 17, 2008 | pfSense
The pfSense development team is happy to bring you the final release candidate in the 1.2 series (RC4)! The FreeBSD based pfSense firewall is designed to be a secure and easy to setup firewall server appliance. pfSense 1.2 promises a number of great features to make...
by iXsystems | Jan 16, 2008 | M0n0wall, pfSense
The m0n0wall project now offers a couple of screencasts that walk you through different configuration steps of a m0n0wall. Since pfSense is based on m0n0wall, some of them apply to pfSense as well. Carla Schroder from Serverwatch.com recommended m0n0wall in the Tip of...
