On 9/14/2012 2:50 PM, Vieri wrote:
Hi,
I'm new to pfSense and FreeBSD. I'm coming from Gentoo Linux and find FreeBSD
to be very attractive and somewhat similar to the Gentoo way.
I have a noob question though. Very general.
Before digging into the "how to build my own pfsense iso" tutorials, I'd like to know if
there's a way to install some pfSense software components directly into a vanilla FreeBSD system.
What I mean is, if pfSense is a "refactored" FreeBSD distribution, can one install, say,
just the pfSense firewall features or just the pfSense VPN management features into the official
FreeBSD system?
I wouldn't even need the web configurator. I'd settle for command-line config
file editing.
So are there "pfSense modules" I could use within a standard FreeBSD
distribution? I'm asking because I would prefer (if possible) to use pfSense as a package
(or package modules) within a standard FreeBSD distribution instead of a whole tailored
distribution.
Currently, pfSense 2.0.1 is based on FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p6.
If I were to build my own pfSense iso, could I build it so it uses FreeBSD 8.3?
I believe pfSense 2.0 can't use FreeBSD 9 (2.1 will). However, will pfsense.org
release 2.0.x updates that use the latest FreeBSD 8.x releases? Not that I
really need to use 8.3 instead of 8.1 - it's just that I'd like to understand
how pfSense is built and released (and if it's flexible).
I've read the following at:
http://devwiki.pfsense.org/DevelopersBootStrapAndDevIso
"These instructions are unsupported unless you have a BSDPerimeter support
contract"
So, if I have any problems or doubts regarding building my own iso and I don't
have a BSDPerimeter support contract then I suppose I won't get any help from
the pfSense mailing lists or forums?
Alternatively, can one disable pfSense feature sets at least from the web
configurator? (eg. disable everything except interfaces and VPN-related
features) I know one can define web UI users and group privileges but the top
menu items are not removed. They keep showing up and if the user clicks on
them, the dashboard page is loaded.
Thanks and sorry for the novice questions.
Vieri
Vieri,
It is my understanding that there have been a lot of customizations done
to vanilla BSD to make it more specifically suitable to a
router/firewall platform such that adding pfSense software components
would not be advisable and may not even work. As far as getting support
on the list I have found that this list is rather good at answering
questions. I have only been here for a short while but have been
tracking posts from others and have not seen many unanswered questions.
JohnM
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