pfSense - Firewall Distribution

pfSense - Firewall Distribution

 pfSense is a free, open source customized distribution of FreeBSD tailored for use as a firewall and router. In addition to being a powerful, flexible firewalling and routing platform, it includes a long list of related features and a package system allowing further expandability without adding bloat and potential security vulnerabilities to the base distribution. pfSense is a popular project with more than 1 million downloads since its inception, and proven in countless installations ranging from small home networks protecting a PC and an Xbox to large corporations, universities and other organizations protecting thousands of network devices.


Features
pfSense includes most all the features in expensive commercial firewalls, and more in many cases. The following is a list of features currently available in the pfSense 1.2.3 release. All of these things are possible in the web interface, without touching anything at the command line. 

In addition to features, this page also includes all limitations of the system of which we are aware. From our experience and the contributed experiences of thousands of our users, we understand very well what the software can and cannot do. Every software package has limitations. Where we differ from most is we clearly communicate them. We also welcome people to contribute to help eliminate these limitations. Many of the listed limitations are common to numerous open source and commercial firewalls. 1.2.3 limitations already fixed in the code that will become the next major release will be noted.


Minimum Hardware Requirements
The following outlines the minimum hardware requirements for pfSense 1.2.x. Note the minimum requirements are not suitable for all environments, see the Hardware Sizing Guidance page for information.
CPU - 100 MHz Pentium 
RAM - 128 MB


Requirements specific to individual platforms follow.
Live CD
CD-ROM drive
USB flash drive or floppy drive to hold configuration file


Hard drive installation
CD-ROM for initial installation
1 GB hard drive


Embedded
512 MB Compact Flash card
Serial port for console

Homepage
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Versions
There are three pfSense platforms, multiple release versions, and development/testing snapshots available. Link


Download
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