M0n0wall
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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 CDROMs and hard disks. It runs on a number of embedded platforms and generic PC's.
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
- Replacement for commercial router
Derivatives
- pfSense - Builds off of m0n0wall and adds plugins such as ntop, nmap, pure-ftpd, and more.
- FreeNAS - Network attached storage distro using FreeBSD 6 and the m0n0wall web gui.
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