Re: alternatives to m0n0

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On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Lee Sharp <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 02/16/2015 11:01 AM, Thomas Sprinzing wrote:
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>> Dear all,
>>
>> maybe it=E2=80=99s worth while to open another thread for those of you f=
eeling
>> stranded.
>>
>
> Not a bad plan... :)
>
> I also have been doing this a while, and have a lot of firewalls out ther=
e
> on single core machines with 256meg flash on board.  (So OpenSense is out=
)
>
> I used to play a bit with pfSense, and recommend it in some cases, but...
> Chris partnered with a new guy, and the new guy is the cause of all of th=
e
> woes you have mentioned.  He is combative, and unprofessional, and is
> constantly looking to maximize revenue at the expense of everything else.
> I had worked with Chris a few times over the years, so when his partner
> blasted me on LinkedIn, I tried to contact Chris privately to find out wh=
at
> was going on.  I heard nothing, so I suspect he is contractually enjoyed
> from saying anything.  This means that I can not trust Chris (who I still
> consider a very good guy) to keep pfSense trustworthy.  So pfSense is off
> the table.
>

Jim roughed me up too early last year! I still like Chris and he was very
helpful before Jim arrived.


>
> ...
>
> Right now, however, I am doing nothing.  I am waiting to see if Manual
> will change his mind, or let others take the project.  (Yes, I will assis=
t,
> if asked)  I do not suspect he will, :) but I want to give him that time.
> He has given us so much, and he deserves that.
>
> But if not, I am looking at who could join me in a fork.  I can set up th=
e
> hosting needed, and I can manage a project.  But I am a poor coder. :)  I=
f
> some of the other devs are interested, we could do a small fork.  It woul=
d
> not be too hard, as there is little to fix.  We do not want to make
> m0n0wall biger, or we would just use OpenSense. :)  We just need to fix
> bugs, and upgrade some things. (WebGUI, and VPN options come to mind)


Contact me when you are ready. I will see what we can do to help then.

Bao


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>                         Lee
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Best Regards.
Bao C. Ha
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