RE: alternatives to m0n0

Lee

I also know some PHP programming, but still no clues on unix scripting. =
Willing to learn them if needed.

Thank you
Rendra

-----Original Message-----
From: Jack [mailto:[email protected]]=20
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 11:24 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] alternatives to m0n0

On 16/02/15 18:33, Bao Ha wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Lee Sharp <[email protected]> =
wrote:
>
>> On 02/16/2015 11:01 AM, Thomas Sprinzing wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> maybe it=E2=80=99s worth while to open another thread for those of =
you=20
>>> feeling stranded.
>>>
>> Not a bad plan... :)
>>
>> I also have been doing this a while, and have a lot of firewalls out=20
>> there on single core machines with 256meg flash on board.  (So=20
>> 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=20
>> of the 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=20
>> partner blasted me on LinkedIn, I tried to contact Chris privately to =

>> find out what was going on.  I heard nothing, so I suspect he is=20
>> contractually enjoyed from saying anything.  This means that I can=20
>> not trust Chris (who I still consider a very good guy) to keep=20
>> pfSense trustworthy.  So pfSense is off the table.
>>
> Jim roughed me up too early last year! I still like Chris and he was=20
> very helpful before Jim arrived.
>
>
>> ...
>>
>> Right now, however, I am doing nothing.  I am waiting to see if=20
>> Manual will change his mind, or let others take the project.  (Yes, I =

>> will assist, 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=20
>> up the hosting needed, and I can manage a project.  But I am a poor=20
>> coder. :)  If some of the other devs are interested, we could do a=20
>> small fork.  It would not be too hard, as there is little to fix.  We =

>> do not want to make m0n0wall biger, or we would just use OpenSense.=20
>> :)  We just need to fix bugs, and upgrade some things. (WebGUI, and=20
>> VPN options come to mind)
>
> Contact me when you are ready. I will see what we can do to help then.
>
> Bao
>
>
>>
>>                          Lee
>>
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Lee, also let me now if you are dooing somthing. I could help with =
little PHP coding.

Jakob

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