[opensource-wg] Most popular open source firewall in the world

I think the whole question is wrong.

I don't see there to be one BEST product. It all matters for the
application. What is required (i.e. features, support, performance
etc). What is the know-how of the enduser? Does it require a simple
graphic interface? Or is a CLI preferred? Or both needed? Do you just
need a single setup or is this which should be rolled out to various
remote locations? Do you require it to run on a specific hardware or
OS?

If you really want to help to select something and not just doing some
marketing research, then explain your situation and ask for
suggestions for it.

Regards,
   Martin Winter

On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 4:57 PM Julius ter Pelkwijk <pelkwijk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey,
>
> As someone who works a lot with AI, I have to say that chatGPT relies on what it can find on the internet. The first page I found was from pfsense, claiming it to be the "world's most trusted open source firewall". The Dutch call this a "wij van wc-eend", a phrase made by a company to claim that their product is the best.
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> I tend to use UFW, but I know people who use Shorewall and CSF. Its a case of "preference" and what you want to use the firewall for.
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> Greetings,
>
> Julius
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> On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 3:54 PM Klaas Tammling <klaas at tammling.hamburg> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> I mean just from a quick search there are a bunch of great opensource firewalls. Some more popular than others, depending on the use case.
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>> The first one which would come into my mind is OPNSense, a fork of pfsense. I use it myself and it works great.
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>> Another one could be IPFire and IPCop.
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>> This site is in German but it lists a few, you could evaluate if you search for something new (not affiliated with that site): https://aware7.com/de/blog/die-12-besten-open-source-firewalls/
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>> All the best,
>>
>> Klaas
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>> Subject: Most popular open source firewall in the world
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>> Good day from Singapore,
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>> I am using pfsense community edition 2.7.2 firewall at home.
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>> Recently I asked ChatGPT. ChatGPT says pfsense is the singular most popular open source firewall in the world.
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>> Is pfsense really the most popular open source firewall in the world?
>> If there is more than one, please provide a list of the most popular open source firewall(s) in the world as well.
>> Preferably from well accredited sources.
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>> Thank you.
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>> Regards,
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>> Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
>> Targeted Individual in Singapore
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