The release of the distribution for creating inter-sewn screens openSense 25.7 has been published by the developers. OpenSense was originally separated from the PFSENSE project in 2015 to create a fully open distribution with functionality similar to commercial solutions for inter-grid screens and network gateways. Unlike PFSENSE, OpenSense is a community-driven project that is not controlled by one company and has a transparent development process. The components of the distribution and assembly tools are spread under the BSD license on GitHub. The distribution is available in the form of liveCD and a systemic image for recording on Flash-drives (490 MB).
OpenSense is based on the FreeBSD code and offers various features such as fully open assembly tools, support for installation on top of FreeBSD, load balancing tools, web interface for user connections (captive portal), stateful firewall, traffic filtering, VPN creation, LDAP/RADIS integration, DDNS support, and visual reports/graphs. It also supports the implementation of failure-resistant configurations using the CARP protocol for running primary and spare nodes of inter-grid screens.
The new release includes several changes, such as transitioning to FreeBSD 14.3 code base, implementing DNSMASQ for DHCP instead of ISC DHCP, adding user privilege separation for the web interface, introducing automatic table cleaning for the inter-mester screen, and additional authentication profiles for Captive Portal. The development of the interface for setting up inter-sequencers is built using the Bootstrap web-frame and Phalcon MVC, as described in the documentation.