Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 10:20:06 +0100 (CET) From: "Manuel Kasper" <mk@neon1.net> To: <freebsd-small@freebsd.org> Subject: m0n0wall released (embedded FreeBSD-based firewall) Message-ID: <49162.192.168.0.196.1045387206.squirrel@bss>
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Hi folks, I thought that since my project involves FreeBSD on embedded systems, I'd let you know that I have finally released the first public beta version of m0n0wall, my all-in-one firewall package with web interface. At the moment, it's only available for the net4501 communication computers from Soekris Engineering, but it shouldn't be hard to port to other platforms, so I'll release something like a "platform builder kit" soon. In the meantime, you can have a look at http://neon1.net/m0n0wall for details, screenshots and the download. The goal is that once it is installed, it should resemble a commercial firewall box as much as possible (ease of use, speed, etc.) - minus the price. :) It's based on FreeBSD 4.7, thttpd, PHP, MPD, ipfilter, isc-dhcp and ez-ipupdate. Features include: * web interface * serial console interface for recovery * stateful packet filtering * NAT/PAT * DHCP client and PPPoE support on the WAN interface * DHCP server * DynDNS client * traffic shaper * firmware upgrade over FTP I think that the traffic shaper is an especially nice gimmick - most commercial firewalls I know don't offer anything like that (or QoS that works on the upstream only). The next version will most likely have VPN support (IPsec and PPTP) as well. At the moment, m0n0wall seems to be stable enough for "production" use at home (I had development versions running for weeks, transferring gigabytes of data without any problems), but as always: YMMV. Also, I won't make any promises concerning security (who can, anyway?). I'm grateful for feedback, bug reports (especially with fixes ;), suggestions etc. (please check the wishlist first before submitting feature requests). Also, please bear in mind that since this is a spare-time project, it may take awhile for new versions to be released. And yes, of course, m0n0wall is free software and open source (as if I had a choice with PHP ;) under the BSD license. Greets, Manuel To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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