Re: End of the m0n0wall project

Hi,

As many people, I found in m0n0wall just what I needed, nothing more, 
nothing less. I want to thank Manuel and all the contributors for that.
Many things have been said by others that I would not say better.
It's been a pleasure both to use this software and to interract with its 
community and to learn from both of them.
I don't know if a fork would be either desirable and/or feasible, but, 
IMHO there's a tiny place for such a size and power constrained solution.

Best regards,

Pierre

Le 15/02/2015 14:01, Manuel Kasper a écrit :
> Dear m0n0wall enthusiasts,
>
> 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.
>
> Therefore, today I announce that the m0n0wall project has officially
> ended. No development will be done anymore, and there will be no
> further releases.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Manuel Kasper
> 15 February 2015
>
>
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