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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 |
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| 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".[2]
Features
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
- Replacement for commercial router
Hardware
m0n0wall is installed on embedded hardware designed and manufactured by some companies.[3]
Articles about m0n0wall
- Three Excellent Linux Router Distros + 1 BSD
- M0n0wall review
- Review: m0n0wall Firewall V1.0 - Part 2
Inclusion in commercial products
m0n0wall is used in some commercial hardware platforms, including Netgate and Logic Supply.
Derivatives
- m0n0wall mod: Original m0n0wall with additional features (DHCP+PPTP, DHCP+PPPoE, static+PPPoE, L2TP, WAN eth interface).
- AskoziaPBX: An embedded telephone system.
- NAS4Free: Network-attached storage distro using FreeBSD 9 and the m0n0wall web GUI.
- pfSense: Builds off of m0n0wall but focused towards full PC installations rather than the embedded hardware focus of m0n0wall.
- OPNsense: Forked from pfSense focused on code quality and easy development with BSD 2-clause license and modern Bootstrap based GUI; recommended by Manuel Kasper.[2]
See also
- BSD based:
- Linux based:
- Browser plugin/App:
References
External links
- Official website
- M0n0wall central management interface project
- M0n0wall review at Linux.com
- m0n0wall mod
- Defend your Network and Privacy - VPN Gateway with FreeBSD
- Defend your Network and Privacy - VPN Gateway with OpenBSD
- The ultimate OpenBSD router
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