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Open Source Firewall - pfSense


     Features of pfSense Firewall / UTM


  • BLOCK ALL TIME WASTING WEBSITES – eg. facebook, twitter, youtube etc
  • Enable facebook, twitter usage as per timing for eg. allow facebook at lunch time or after office hours.
  • Blocking can be userwise or pcwise – every user can have different sites blocked.
  • Built in anti virus for enhanced safety.
  • Report of all internet usage including websites visited. (user-wise and pc-wise) 
  • Reduce Internet Bill by conserving  Bandwidth.
  • Use two or more internet connections simultaneously with fail-over and load balancing. 
  • Categorized Blocking of websites  ( e.g. job sites will be blocked for everyone except the
    HR department )
  • Interconnect all branch offices and enable work from home using VPN technology.
  • Make your systems more resilient to hacking and malicious attacks.
  • Get all these features for a very attractive price without any recurring costs.





  • about pfSense Firewall / UTM

     pfSense is a free, open source customized distribution of FreeBSD tailored for use as a firewall and router. In addition to being a powerful, flexible firewalling and routing platform, it includes a long list of related features and a package system allowing further expandability without adding bloat and potential security vulnerabilities to the base distribution. pfSense is a popular project with more than 1 million downloads since its inception, and proven in countless installations ranging from small home networks protecting a PC and an Xbox to large corporations, universities and other organizations protecting thousands of network devices.  


  • pfSense is based on FreeBsd which is a very stable operating system.
  • pfSense is free because it is open source.
  • You only have to pay Installation charges which is fraction of the cost of other commercial firewalls
  • pfSense is suitable for all sizes of organizations from small offices to large organizations with thousands of network devices.






I can also install the following open source firewalls as per the requirement.

  • IPCOP

    The IPCop Firewall is a Linux firewall distribution. It is geared towards home and SOHO users. The IPCop web-interface is very user-friendly and makes usage easy.

  • SMOOTHWALL

    The SmoothWall GPL project was founded in the summer of 2000 by Lawrence Manning (Principle Code Author) and Richard Morrell (Project Manager). Their goal was to create a Linux distribution that could convert a redundant PC into a hardened internet firewall device.

  • ZEROSHELL

    Zeroshell is a Linux distribution for servers and embedded devices aimed at providing the main network services a LAN requires. It is available in the form of Live CD or Compact Flash image and you can configure and administer it using your web browser.

  • TOTALLY CUSTOMIZABLE FIREWALL

    I can install a totally customizable firewall from scratch using any common Linux Distribution like Debian,
    Ubuntu , Fedora , Red Hat etc.. Because this firewall will be built from scratch it can have a very huge number of features and can be suited to any type of installation requirement. All required packages will be individually installed and configured.




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