m0n0wall was an embedded

firewall Firewall may refer to: * Firewall (computing), a technological barrier designed to prevent unauthorized or unwanted communications between computer networks or hosts * Firewall (construction), a barrier inside a building, designed to limit the spre ...

distribution of

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, one of the BSD

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descendants. It provides a small image which can be put on

Compact Flash CompactFlash (CF) is a flash memory mass storage device used mainly in portable electronic devices. The format was specified and the devices were first manufactured by SanDisk in 1994. CompactFlash became one of the most successful of the e ...

cards as well as on

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s and

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s. It runs on a number of embedded platforms and generic PCs. The PC version can be run with just a

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and a

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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 and decreases the risk of system failure through elimination of moving parts found in older hard drives. On February 15, 2015 Manuel Kasper announced the "m0n0wall project has officially ended. No development will be done anymore, and there will be no further releases," encouraging "all current m0n0wall users to check out OPNsense and contribute if they can."

Features

m0n0wall provides for a

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-based configuration and uses PHP exclusively for the

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and

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configuration. Additionally, it adopts a single

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file for configuration parameters. Some functions of m0n0wall are: * Stateful packet filter

IPsec In computing, Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is a secure network protocol suite that authenticates and encrypts packets of data to provide secure encrypted communication between two computers over an Internet Protocol network. It is used in ...

and

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VPNs * Inbound and Outbound Network Address Translation *

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* Traffic shaper * Inbound and Outbound port filtering * Support for

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compatible VLANs * Multiple IP addresses on LAN and WAN ports * IPS

Hardware

m0n0wall is installed on embedded hardware designed and manufactured by some companies.

Derivatives

;Similar hardware requirements:
t1n1wall
2015 fork of m0n0wall after it was discontinued.
SmallWall
Another 2015 fork of m0n0wall after its end-of-life, no activity since 2016.
m0n0wall mod
Original m0n0wall with additional features (DHCP+PPTP, DHCP+PPPoE, static+PPPoE, L2TP, WAN eth interface), no activity since 2013. ;Extended hardware requirements: * OPNsense: Forked from pfSense in 2015. *

pfSense pfSense is a firewall/ router computer software distribution based on FreeBSD. The open source pfSense Community Edition (CE) and pfSense Plus is installed on a physical computer or a virtual machine to make a dedicated firewall/router for ...

: Forked from the m0n0wall project in 2004, first released in 2006. ;Other usages (not a firewall): * AskoziaPBX: An embedded telephone system. * XigmaNAS: NAS

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distro using FreeBSD, uses portions of m0n0wall web

. Formerly NAS4Free.

References

External links

* * {{Firewall software 2003 software BSD software Firewall software Free routing software FreeBSD Gateway/routing/firewall distribution Routers (computing)

Features

Hardware

Derivatives

See also

References

External links