pfSenseBackup
Console Application for Windows, Raspberry Pi, Linux and macOS which allows for creating scripted backups of a pfSense or OPNSense server (by KoenZomers)
nxfilter-pfsense
NxFilter install on pfSense (by DeepWoods)
| pfSenseBackup | nxfilter-pfsense | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |
| 90 | 18 | |
| - | - | |
| 5.5 | 1.5 | |
| 9 months ago | 20 days ago | |
| C# | Shell | |
| - | BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License |
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pfSenseBackup
Posts with mentions or reviews of pfSenseBackup.
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This guy is now officially my Router and Firewall!
I believe I'm using this to automate backups of the config. https://github.com/KoenZomers/pfSenseBackup
nxfilter-pfsense
Posts with mentions or reviews of nxfilter-pfsense.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-04-02.
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Updated script to install NxFilter on pfSense
I've updated my script to install NxFilter on pfSense and similar FreeBSD based systems like OPNsense. It's been lightly tested to work on v2.5.x and v2.6.x of pfSense. Instructions and download for the script are in the Github repository here: https://github.com/DeepWoods/nxfilter-pfsense Please report any issues or issue a pull request with any fixes or improvements on the Github repository as well.
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Content Filter
I’m using a dedicated VLAN for the kids Wi-Fi, behind a pfsense VM which also runs nxfilter (https://github.com/DeepWoods/nxfilter-pfsense), I’m very happy with the level of customization and control it affords me.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing pfSenseBackup and nxfilter-pfsense you can also consider the following projects:
pfSense-Dashboard - A functional and useful dashboard for pfSense that utilizes influxdb, grafana and telegraf
pihole-blocklist - Pi-Hole blocklist.
awesome-bsd - A collection of awesome BSD related stuff
Pi-hole - A black hole for Internet advertisements
ansible-opnsense - Ansible role to configure OPNsense firewalls
pfelk - pfSense/OPNsense + Elastic Stack
Duplicati - Store securely encrypted backups in the cloud!
PfSense-Auto-Reboot - A simple script to reboot you pfsense box while there is not internet.
openvpn-learn-address - Script that allows OpenVPN to update DNS servers via RFC2136