pfSense: a legend proven over decades
2025-11-03
pfSense — a tank in the world of firewalls.
Is updated less often, but runs for years without surprises.
🏢 Who pfSense is for
- Corporation with 100+ users
- Needs official support
- Has old but reliable hardware
- Value stability
📚 pfSense Features
- Multi-WAN and automatic failover
- Traffic Shaping — bandwidth management
- Captive Portal — guest authentication
- OpenVPN and IPsec — encrypted tunnels
⚙️ Installation
- ISO → USB
- Install → configure WAN/LAN
- In about 10 minutes — a ready firewall
Example HAProxy config: