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WireGuard VPN

WireGuard is a communication protocol and free and open-source software that implements encrypted virtual private networks (VPNs), and was designed with the goals of ease of use, high speed performance, and low attack surface.

OPNcentral

Is a centralized management plugin, it utilizes OPNsense’s restAPI to offer a range of centralized features.

GeoIP database

Is a database that maps IP addresses to geographical locations, such as a country, city, or region.

AMD EPYC

Is a brand of multi-core x86-64 microprocessors designed and sold by AMD, based on the company’s Zen microarchitecture.

IPsec

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is a secure network protocol suite that authenticates and encrypts packets of data to provide secure encrypted communication between two computers over an Internet Protocol network.

FreeBSD

FreeBSD is an open source operating system based on UNIX. The source code of FreeBSD is open source, which means that anyone can view and edit this source code. The operating system is widely used in servers, mainframes, workstations & embedded computers.

OSI

The Open Source Initiative defines open source software as software that is distributed with human readable source code in order to allow the user freedom to run, review, alter, enhance and modify the code for any purpose.

Firewall

A firewall is a computer network security system that restricts Internet traffic to, from, or within a private network. This software or special hardware software unit works by selectively blocking or allowing data packets.

Forward caching proxy

When using a forward proxy configuration, Caching Proxy machines are located between the client and the Internet. Caching Proxy forwards a client’s request to content hosts located across the Internet, caches the retrieved data, and delivers the retrieved data to the client.

Traffic shaping

Traffic shaping is used to optimize or guarantee performance, improve latency, or increase usable bandwidth for some kinds of packets by delaying other kinds.

MVC framework

The Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework is an architectural/design pattern that separates an application into three main logical components Model, View, and Controller. Each architectural component is built to handle specific development aspects of an application.

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Deciso announces the next major release of OPNsense 18.7 “Happy Hippo”

July 31st, 2018 – Middelharnis, The Netherlands – For three and a half years now, OPNsense is driving innovation through modularising and hardening the open source firewall, with simple and reliable firmware upgrades, multi-language support, HardenedBSD security, fast adoption of upstream software updates as well as clear and stable 2-Clause BSD licensing.

Deciso is proud to announce the immediate availability of version 18.7 nicknamed “Happy Hippo”.

This release shows the power of open source software and a lively community. More than ever the involvement of our community is visible in the work that has been done since the previous release. This is where the structured development and the modular design really pays off.

Our friendly and helpful OPNsense community has grown significantly, for example the number of forum visitors has doubled in the past year.

This new major release offers users a considerable amount of IPv6 connectivity improvements including 6RD support, greater multi-WAN stability, an extensible backup framework with Nextcloud support, latest Intel NIC drivers and the core integration of Monit for fine-grained system monitoring.

The Intrusion Prevention System has received a major upgrade with Suricata V4, improved and new rule sets, such as our own application detection rules.

Developer support has been improved with the easily accessible API documentation and tools to support local frontend development.

New plugins in this major release include e.g. Telegraf (agent for collecting and reporting), NUT (Network UPS tools), OpenConnect client, Shadowsocks (secure SOCKS proxy), Net-SNMP (SNMP daemon) and several themes.

Our team believes that open source improves knowledge sharing and helps to build better products.

“As with the real Hippo, the power of open source development and the enormous energy a friendly community generates are greatly underestimated.”

“It is this power and energy that makes this ‘Happy Hippo’ charging ahead to become the most widely used open source security platform.”

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About Deciso
Deciso B.V. (https://www.deciso.com) is a globally operating manufacturer of networking equipment. The company designs and produces complete products for integrators, OEMs and resellers. Deciso believes in the power of open source and actively contributes to the open source community. The company was founded in 2000 and is located in Middelharnis, the Netherlands

For more information on OPNsense software, see project website: OPNsense.org