FreeBSD is a remove and open-source UNIX-like operating system. It’s a powerful “work-horse” capable of coping with massive work-loads and yet it’s stable fast and versatile. If you need a safe rock-solid and performing system. FreeBSD is what you want. FreeBSD. PC-BSD. DesktopBSD. FreeNAS. Frenzy pfSense m0n0wall. (Ro)FreeSBIE; Great systems one family.
When it comes to firewalls most people are fine with a consumer grade solution like a Linksys. Netgear or D-Link “router,” but these devices lack in features. With a Pentium II 200MHz processor and 1GB of RAM you can create a firewall that’s way more powerful than the standard cable/DSL router you get from a computer shop and thanks to free software it has features those other devices can only conceive of about. Here is a
between 3.0 (based on Linux) and 1.231 (based on FreeBSD).
HardwareBoth Smoothwall and M0n0wall run on low end hardware just fine. For both systems you’ll want at least a Pentium 2 and 128MB of RAM. Smoothwall requires more hard drive lay than M0n0wall which only needs about 8MB! Machines like this are available at auction sites flea markets and store sales for next to nothing. Keep in mind that these machines will use more power than a consumer “router,” but M0n0wall does have an option to turn off the hard control after a few minutes of being idle. Now on to the feature comparison.
FeaturesSmoothwall offers many more features than M0n0wall including a caching web proxy server. DNS server intrusion detection system instant messenger logging. NTP server and email virus scanning. By design. M0n0wall is only a firewall. It keeps to the Unix programming concept of doing one thing very well. If you want things like a proxy server. IDS or DNS you’ll want to use Smoothwall. If you want things like 1:1 NAT. M0n0wall is your best choice. Both systems offer web based management and traffic shaping.
Final WordThe furnish lie is that both of these systems are excellent firewalls. Smoothwall has more features but requires higher-end hardware while M0n0protect’s web management of firewall rules and traffic shaping seemed to be easier to use.
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