pfSense

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, making it a fully qualified UTM device. 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.

License

Free

Supported Platforms 1 note on pfSense's platform support

BSD

Link to official pfSense site

Official Website

Features

Content Filtering DHCP Server Integrated Virus scanner LDAP support Load balancing Openvpn OpenVPN compatibility Package Manager RADIUS Services Virtual LAN VPN Zabbix monitoring Add a feature

Category

Security & Privacy

Tags

authentication captive-portal firewall multi-wan proxy-cache snort spam-filter squidguard traffic-shaper utm vpn-server zabbix-compatible

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pfSense was added by -BaSToS- in Jul 2010 and the latest update was made in Aug 2020. There is a history of all activities on pfSense in our Activity Log. It's possible to update the information on pfSense or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.