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OPNSense
DeveloperDeciso B.V
OS familyFreeBSD (11.1-RELEASE)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Initial release2 January 2015; 10 years ago (2015-01-02) as a fork of pfSense
Latest release18.7 / July 31, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-07-31)[1]
Repository
Platformsi386, x86-64
Kernel typeMonolithic kernel
Influenced byM0n0wall
LicenseSimplified BSD / FreeBSD License[2]
Preceded bypfSense
Official websiteopnsense.org
Support status
Community & Commercial

OPNsense is open source, FreeBSD-based firewall and routing software developed by Deciso, a company in the Netherlands that makes hardware and sells support packages for OPNsense. It is a fork of pfSense, which in turn was forked from m0n0wall, which was built on FreeBSD.[3] It was launched in January 2015.[2] When m0n0wall closed down in February 2015 its creator, Manuel Kaspar, referred its developer community to OPNsense.[4]

OPNsense has a web-based interface and can be used on i386 and x86-64 platforms.[5] Along with acting as a firewall, it has traffic shaping, load balancing, and virtual private network capabilities, and others can be added via plugins.[6]

In November 2017, a World Intellectual Property Organization panel found that Netgate, the copyright owner of pfSense, had been using the domain opnsense.com in bad faith to discredit OPNsense, and obligated Netgate to transfer the domain to Deciso. The Netgate party tried to invoke the fair use clause and claimed that the domain name "has been used for a parody website"; it was rejected on the basis that free speech does not cover registration of domain names.[7]

Version history

Version[8] Codename Release date Based on
15.1 Ascending Albatross 2015-01-02 —
15.7 Brave Badger 2015-07-02 —
16.1 Crafty Coyote 2016-01-28 FreeBSD 10.2[9]
16.7 Dancing Dolphin 2016-07-28 FreeBSD 10.3[10]
17.1 Eclectic Eagle 2017-01-31 FreeBSD 11.0[11]
17.7 Free Fox 2017-07-31 —
18.1[12] Groovy Gecko 2018-01-29 FreeBSD 11.1[13]
18.7 Happy Hippo 2018-07-31 FreeBSD 11.2[14]

See also

Further reading

  • Upadhyay, Rajneesh (September 30, 2015). "How To Install OPNsense Firewall". Unixmen.

References

  1. ^ OPNsense 18.7 released
  2. ^ a b "Press release: Deciso Launches OPNsense, a New Open Source Firewall Initiative". Deciso via PRNewsWire. January 2, 2015.
  3. ^ Serdar Yegulalp. "Review: 6 slick open source routers". cio.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  4. ^ Chirgwin, Richard (February 16, 2015). "M0n0wall comes tumbling down as dev throws in the trowel". The Register.
  5. ^ "DistroWatch.com: OPNsense". DistroWatch. November 21, 2017.
  6. ^ Sharma, Mayank; Drake, Nate (September 26, 2017). "What's the best Linux firewall distro?". Linux Format via TechRadar.
  7. ^ "WIPO Domain Name Decision: D2017-1828". WIPO. November 12, 2017.
  8. ^ OPNsense Roadmap - Planned enhancements and innovations
  9. ^ OPNsense 16.1 Released - OPNsense, Your Next Open Source Firewall
  10. ^ OPNsense 16.7 released - OPNsense, Your Next Open Source Firewall
  11. ^ OPNsense 17.1 Released - OPNsense, Your Next Open Source Firewall
  12. ^ OPNsense 18.1 BSD Firewall/Network OS Released - Phoronix
  13. ^ OPNsense 18.1 released - OPNsense, Your Next Open Source Firewall
  14. ^ OPNsense 18.7 released - OPNsense, Your Next Open Source Firewall
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