M0n0wall

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 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.

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.
*Replacement for commercial router

Inclusion in Commercial Products

m0n0wall is used in some commercial hardware platforms, including [http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?products_id=312 Netgate] and [http://www.logicsupply.com/index.php Logic Supply] .

Derivatives

* pfSense: Builds off of m0n0wall but focused towards full PC installations rather than the embedded hardware focus of m0n0wall.
* FreeNAS: Network-attached storage distro using FreeBSD 6 and the m0n0wall web GUI.
* AskoziaPBX: An embedded PBX solution based on m0n0wall.

ee also

* Untangle - Open Source Platform that runs 12 apps like firewall, spam blocker, virus blocker, webfilter & more
* Ipcop - Open Source Firewall

External links

* [http://m0n0.ch/wall/ m0n0wall]
* [http://m0n0.ch/wall/list/ m0n0wall Mailing List]
* [http://m0n0wall-cmi.sourceforge.net/ M0n0wall central management interface project]
* [http://www.linux.com/articles/43495 Review] at Linux.com