OPNsense has recently released version 24.7 of its distribution for the creation of inter-sewing screens. The project, which broke away from the PFSENSE project 9 years ago, aims to provide an open distribution with functionality comparable to commercial solutions for deploying inter-sections and network gateways. Unlike PFSENSE, OPNsense is a community-driven project, free from control by any single company, and boasts a transparent development process. The distribution components and assembly tools are distributed under the BSD license. The assemblies are available in the form of LiveCD and a systemic image for recording on Flash-boaters (488 MB). For more information, click here.
OPNsense is based on FreeBSD code and offers a wide range of capabilities, including completely open assembly tools, load balancing tools, Web interface for setting up Captive Portal Connections, monitoring tools, traffic filtering, VPN support, LDAP and RADIS integration, Dynamic DNS support, and visual reports and graphs. To learn more about its features, click here.
The distribution supports the creation of fault-tolerant configurations using the CARP protocol, allowing for a spare node to automatically take over in case of a primary node failure. The administration interface is modern and user-friendly, built using the Bootstrap web framework and Palcon MVC. More information on the architecture can be found here.
Some of the key changes in version 24.7 include transitioning to the codeBSD 14.1 base (previously used FreeBSD 13.2) and a new implementation of the information page (Dashboard) with a modern design and updated widgets format. For further details, read the full article here.