Re: [opensource-wg] Most popular open source firewall in the world

2024-03-01 Thread Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming via opensource-wg
Dear Martin, I prefer to use the open source firewall that is the most popular in the world to get a feel-good feeling. Based on my research in online shopping platforms like Lazada, many online shops are selling hardware appliances that claim to be compatible with pfsense and opnsense.

Re: [opensource-wg] Most popular open source firewall in the world

2024-03-01 Thread Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming via opensource-wg
Dear Julius, I prefer to use a firewall distro that could secure the entire network like pfsense, opnsense, ipfire, etc. I personally feel that UFW, shorewall and CSF are too basic and they are host-based solutions, that is, they can only secure the computers they are installed on, not the

Re: [opensource-wg] Most popular open source firewall in the world

2024-03-01 Thread Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming via opensource-wg
Dear Klaas, Thanks for the link. IPCop is an abandoned opensource firewall project. I personally feel ipfire is not as good as pfsense. Regards, Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming Targeted Individual in Singapore On Monday, February 19th, 2024 at 10:53 PM, Klaas Tammling wrote: > Hi, > >

Re: [opensource-wg] Most popular open source firewall in the world

2024-02-19 Thread Martin Winter
I think the whole question is wrong. I don't see there to be one BEST product. It all matters for the application. What is required (i.e. features, support, performance etc). What is the know-how of the enduser? Does it require a simple graphic interface? Or is a CLI preferred? Or both needed? Do

Re: [opensource-wg] Most popular open source firewall in the world

2024-02-19 Thread Julius ter Pelkwijk
Hey, As someone who works a lot with AI, I have to say that chatGPT relies on what it can find on the internet. The first page I found was from pfsense, claiming it to be the "world's most trusted open source firewall". The Dutch call this a "wij van wc-eend", a phrase made by a company to claim

Re: [opensource-wg] Most popular open source firewall in the world

2024-02-19 Thread Klaas Tammling
Hi, I mean just from a quick search there are a bunch of great opensource firewalls. Some more popular than others, depending on the use case. The first one which would come into my mind is OPNSense, a fork of pfsense. I use it myself and it works great. Another one could be IPFire and IPCop.