m0n0wall
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| Developer | Manuel Kasper |
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| OS family | FreeBSD (8.4-RELEASE) |
| Working state | Discontinued / February 15, 2015[1] |
| Source model | Open source |
| Latest release | 1.8.1 / January 15, 2014 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic kernel |
| License | BSD |
| Official website | m0n0 |
m0n0wall is an embedded firewall distribution of FreeBSD, one of the BSD operating system descendants. It provides a small image which can be put on Compact Flash cards as well as on CD-ROMs and hard disks. It runs on a number of embedded platforms and generic PCs. The PC version can be run with just a Live CD and a floppy disk to store configuration data, or on a single Compact Flash card (with an IDE adapter). This eliminates the need for a hard drive, which reduces noise and heat levels.
On February 15, 2015 it was announced the "m0n0wall project has officially ended. No development will be done anymore, and there will be no further releases".[1][2] PfSense was forked from the m0n0wall project in 2004 and OPNsense was forked from Pfsense in 2015.
Features[edit]
m0n0wall provides for a web-based configuration and uses PHP exclusively for the GUI and bootup configuration. Additionally, it adopts a single XML file for configuration parameters.
Some functions of m0n0wall are:
- Stateful packet filter firewall
- IPsec and PPTP VPNs
- Inbound and Outbound Network Address Translation
- Captive portal
- Traffic shaper
- Inbound and Outbound port filtering
- Support for 802.1q compatible VLANs
- Multiple IP addresses on LAN and WAN ports
- IPS
Hardware[edit]
m0n0wall is installed on embedded hardware designed and manufactured by some companies.[citation needed]
Derivatives[edit]
- Similar hardware requirements
- t1n1wall : 2015 fork of m0n0wall after it was discontinued.
- SmallWall: Another 2015 fork of m0n0wall after its end-of-life.
- m0n0wall mod: Original m0n0wall with additional features (DHCP+PPTP, DHCP+PPPoE, static+PPPoE, L2TP, WAN eth interface), no activities since 2013.
- Extended hardware requirements
- pfSense: forked from the m0n0wall project in 2004, first released in 2006[3]
- OPNsense, forked from pfSense in 2015[4][5]
- Other usages (not a firewall)
- AskoziaPBX: An embedded telephone system.
- NAS4Free: NAS Network-attached storage distro using FreeBSD, use portions of m0n0wall web GUI.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Final message - mailing list and forum frozen; m0n0.ch
- ^ Chirgwin, Richard (February 16, 2015). "M0n0wall comes tumbling down as dev throws in the trowel". The Register.
- ^ Fields, Robert (October 28, 2016). "Happy 10th Anniversary to pfSense Open Source Software". Netgate Blog.
- ^ Yegulalp, Serdar (August 16, 2016). "Review: 6 slick open source routers". Infoworld via CIO.
- ^ Chirgwin, Richard (February 16, 2015). "M0n0wall comes tumbling down as dev throws in the trowel". The Register.
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