M0n0wall
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| Developer | Manuel Kasper |
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| OS family | FreeBSD (8.4-RELEASE) |
| Working state | Discontinued / February 15, 2015 |
| Source model | Open source |
| Latest release | 1.8.1 / January 15, 2014 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic kernel |
| License | BSD |
| Official website | m0n0 |
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 CD-ROMs 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.
On February 15, 2015 it was announced the "m0n0wall project has officially ended. No development will be done anymore, and there will be no further releases".
The pfSense project, which forked from the m0n0wall project in 2004 is still actively maintained. Manuel endorsed both pfSense and OPNsense as "excellent choices" for a successor to the m0nowall project.
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:
m0n0wall is installed on embedded hardware designed and manufactured by some companies.
m0n0wall is used in some commercial hardware platforms.
Similar hardware requirements:
Extended hardware requirements:
Other usages (not a firewall):
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