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I'll certainly agree that they do a pretty good job of bundling it all up and slapping a web interface on top of it... but the operating system and firewall (pf

I'll certainly agree that they do a pretty good job of bundling it all up and slapping a web interface on top of it... but the operating system and firewall (pf) and 95% of the software that comes with it? That's an incredible job done (mostly) by many other people.

gonzo 11y ago
While what you say is in some sense true, we also make fairly large contributions back to FreeBSD as well. Case-in-point: AES-GCM, including AES-NI support, and support for same for IPsec. There are other, more minor contributions, such as the new 'tryforward' code (replaces what was 'fast-forward', but doesn't break IPsec). r290383 Or r290028, where we eliminated the performance impact of IPsec (which is now on by default in -CURRENT). I could go on to detail around 30 recent changes to FreeBSD, but I think the point is made. In any case, it's a bit more than "bundling it all up and slapping a web interface on top of it", as you assert, but you're not the only person who thinks this way. Your point that we leverage others work is correct.
- killerpopiller 11y ago
  thank you guys for you work, our pfsense is a bastion since 10 years
  - gonzo 11y ago
    you are welcome. thanks for your support.
- zxv 11y ago
  Kudos for the AES-GCM and AES-NI work, and for your contributions back to FreeBSD. Best wishes for your 2.3 release and the new bootstrap based webGui!
  - gonzo 11y ago
    Thank you!