OPNsense 22.1 Released With This Open-Source Firewall Now Powered By FreeBSD 13

[edwaleni]

Did they finally get the Realtek support under BSD fixed and integrated? Or is it still futzware?

[kylew77]

I'm curious why more firewall projects based on pf don't use OpenBSD as a base since it is more secure and the origin project for pf. FreeBSD is less secure, but has faster networking than OpenBSD so I suspect the faster networking part might be why more routers/firewalls use FreeBSD as the base.

[peterhoeg]

We're using it for work as well - it's awesome. I much prefer it to the various proprietary firewall products.

What I meant (and expressed poorly) was that all home users with moderate technical proficiency (and up) should absolutely use this.

[Ground0]

Why you mean defult for moderatly? I use it in bigger Project for ex. Gov and like Biotech companys...

[peterhoeg]

Unless you have specific requirements that only another product will fulfill, I would argue that OPNsense should be the default choice for moderately technical users. It is simply phenomenal.

[phoronix]

Phoronix: OPNsense 22.1 Released With This Open-Source Firewall Now Powered By FreeBSD 13

OPNsense, the FreeBSD-based firewall/router software stack forked from pfSense, is out with its first major release of 2022...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OPNsense-22.1-Released