RE: End of the m0n0wall project

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Manuel,
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I, too, find this to be a sad announcement. m0n0wall has been one constant =
in an ever-changing stream of changing technology in my home office.=20
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But I do understand that all things comes to an end. I thank you for your m=
any ears of effort, inspiration and leadership. m0n0wall has been truly ins=
pirational.
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Michael Graves
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--------- Original Message --------- Subject: [m0n0wall] End of the m0n0wal=
l project
From: "Manuel Kasper" <[email protected]>
Date: 2/15/15 7:01 am
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]

Dear m0n0wall enthusiasts,
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 on this day 12 years ago, I have released the first version of
 m0n0wall to the public. In theory, one could still run that version -
 pb1 it was called - on a suitably old PC and use it to control the
 Internet access of a small LAN (not that it would be recommended
 security-wise). However, the world keeps turning, and while m0n0wall
 has made an effort to keep up, there are now better solutions
 available and under active development.
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 Therefore, today I announce that the m0n0wall project has officially
 ended. No development will be done anymore, and there will be no
 further releases.
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 The forums and the mailing list will be frozen at the end of this
 month. All the contents of the website, repository, downloads, mailing
 list and forum will be archived in a permanent location on the web so
 that they remain accessible indefinitely to anyone who might be
 interested in them.
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 m0n0wall has served as the seed for several other well known open
 source projects, like pfSense, FreeNAS and AskoziaPBX. The newest
 offspring, OPNsense (https://opnsense.org), aims to continue the open
 source spirit of m0n0wall while updating the technology to be ready
 for the future. In my view, it is the perfect way to bring the
 m0n0wall idea into 2015, and I encourage all current m0n0wall users to
 check out OPNsense and contribute if they can.
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 Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who
 has been involved in the m0n0wall project and helped in some way or
 another - by contributing code, documentation, answering questions on
 the mailing list or the forum, donating or just spreading the word. It
 has been a great journey for me, and I'm convinced that even now that
 it has come to an end, the m0n0wall spirit will live on in the various
 projects it has spawned.
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 Manuel Kasper
 15 February 2015
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