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pfSense Features

pfSense Features

http://www.pfsense.com/


pfSense changes implemented (subject to change daily):
  • FreeBSD 6.1 - CURRENT with ALTQ
  • Wireless a/b/g wpa_supplicant, turbo and _MUCH_ more
  • Incoming load balancing pools
  • PPPoE Server
  • Themes
  • Newsystem->afterfilterchangeshellcmd xml tag which is executed on thesystem after each filter change (or other networking related changes)
  • All of the GREAT m0n0wall features, some improved
  • setup wizard using xml -> web gui toolkit
  • package xml -> web gui toolkit. RAPIDLY create packages and GUI's
  • rebootless changes of settings
  • multiple WAN Support
  • outgoing load balancing pool
  • pf (openbsd's packet filter)
  • CARP - for failover and clustersyncing (rules, trafficshaper, nat, IPSEC SAs...)
  • failovercapable DHCP-Server with advanced settings (specify gateway, DNS, WINS)
  • advancedsupport for wireless devices (including WEP, WPA, HostAP-mode,hardware-encryption if supported by driver, mac-filtering, hide SSID,...) with by freeBSD6 supported wirless devices (atheros recommendedfor full functionality)
  • Systemstatus with realtimegraphs including SWAP usage monitor
  • ALTQ traffic shaping with integrated magic shaper wizard
  • Queuegraphs for Trafficshaper
  • Edit file option
  • Execute command now in menu
  • SSH Support
  • Console support on COM1
  • FTP-Proxy
  • enhanced ALIAS-system
  • enhanced configuration-system featuring a configuration history and partial config down-/uploads
  • a lot of small "helpers" that make admins life easier
  • Packages!
    • ifdepd - building interface-dependencies
    • ifstated - connection-checking
    • pfflowd - converting PF-status-massages to Cisco NetFlow-Datagrams
    • PFStat - Graphing
    • NTOP - Enhanced network history data
    • STunnel - wrap standard ports with SSL
    • Pure-FTPD - Host FTP files
    • Squid Transparent Proxy
    • arpwatch - watch ethernet/ip-adress-pairings
    • assp - Anti-Spam-Proxy
    • doorman - portknocking to temporarily open ports
    • freeradius - Radiusserver
    • mtr - enhanced traceroute
    • nmap - networkscanner for security auditing
    • siproxd - proxy/masquerading for SIP-protocol
    • spamd - fake SMTP-Server as Spam-Tarpit
    • iperf - bandwidth-measuring
    • netio - bandwidth-measuring
(some of the linked screenshots are not up to date as this is work in progress)
m0n0wall base features
  • web interface (supports SSL)
  • serial console interface for recovery
    • set LAN IP address
    • reset password
    • restore factory defaults
    • reboot system
  • wireless support (access point with PRISM-II/2.5/3 cards, BSS/IBSS with other cards including Cisco)
  • captive portal
  • 802.1Q VLAN support
  • stateful packet filtering
  • block/pass rules
  • logging
  • NAT/PAT (including 1:1)
  • DHCP client, PPPoE, PPTP and Telstra BigPond Cable support on the WAN interface
  • IPsec VPN tunnels (IKE; with support for hardware crypto cards and mobile clients)
  • PPTP VPN (with RADIUS server support)
  • static routes
  • DHCP server
  • caching DNS forwarder
  • DynDNS client
  • SNMP agent
  • traffic shaper
  • SVG-based traffic grapher
  • firmware upgrade through the web browser
  • Wake on LAN client
  • configuration backup/restore
  • host/network aliases

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