OPNsense is a fork of pfSense, which in turn is a fork of the FreeBSD firewall software m0n0wall. pfSense took what made m0n0wall so good and dialed it up further to create an excellent, robust ...

I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...

Just like every other subset in the home lab ecosystem, the router/firewall faction is mostly split between pfSense and OPNsense, and rightfully so. The former is known for its solid stability, while ...

When taking steps to ensure your business’s network security, the pfSense firewall solution and Netgear routers are top choices. Choosing the right router and firewall combination is a key element ...

pfSense is a free and open source firewall and router based on FreeBSD. Here’s everything you need to know about setting up your own OpenVPN server on pfSense pfSense is a popular firewall/router that ...

Roughly 1,450 pfSense instances exposed online are vulnerable to command injection and cross-site scripting flaws that, if chained, could enable attackers to perform remote code execution on the ...

Those of us who work in the depths of high technology are not immune to the age-old adage of the shoemaker’s children having no shoes. We probably have the most technologically advanced homes of ...

Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building PCs since young, and when not creating content, you can often find him ...