Final message - mailing list and forum frozen

Hello,

as announced earlier, the m0n0wall mailing list and forum are now =
frozen. This is the final message, and I would like to take the =
opportunity to thank all those who have sent me emails with kind words =
and expressions of gratitude. They were too numerous for me to reply to =
individually, but they were all very much appreciated!

There have been some questions on what the way forward is for current =
m0n0wall users. If you are happy with the current feature set of =
m0n0wall and just need a security patch, bug fix, hardware compatibility =
update or minor improvement now and then, there are two nascent projects =
started by former m0n0wall developers/users that may have something for =
you: SmallWall (http://smallwall.org) and t1n1wall =
(http://t1n1wall.com).

For a more feature-rich alternative that is still based on FreeBSD and =
has the same roots, both pfSense and OPNsense (which is a fork of the =
former) are excellent choices. They have higher hardware requirements =
than m0n0wall, but on the other hand, a lot of new embedded hardware has =
recently become available, with 2 GB or more of memory and 1 GHz or =
faster CPUs, at a similar price as earlier platforms. It makes sense =
(pun intended) to use these additional resources =E2=80=93 something =
that m0n0wall hasn't been particularly good at in recent times. Just =
keep that in mind for your next hardware upgrade.

Farewell, fellow m0n0wall enthusiasts.

- Manuel


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