pfSense has a completely redesigned user interface since several versions. All settings can be easily reached and adjusted with this interface. The freely configurable dashboard is also a fine thing. However, there is sometimes the case that you would like to make settings via an API or the command line. Read more…
As the system administrator of a school, you are constantly faced with the question of how far you should filter content from the Internet. This question must be answered wherever children and young people have access to the Internet, whether in schools, clubs, libraries, at home or any other public Read more…
For the monitoring of our network infrastructure we use Check_MK. Check_MK supports a variety of services and agents. Data can be monitored with the Check_MK agent, SNMP or simply by ping. In the past, we used to monitor our firewall via SNMP, which is already integrated in pfSense (You can Read more…
Since 1.5 years our school uses almost exclusively Open Source software. This step has already saved us more than 5000€ in license costs in this short time. But that’s not our main reason for using open source software. The reasons are as follows: Freedom and independence from a vendor the low Read more…