Netgate

Netgate

Basic information
Founded	2004
Legal structure	Private
Industry	Computer Hardware, Computer Software, Networking Equipment, Firewalls
Official website	https://www.netgate.com

Netgate, officially Rubicon Communications (LLC), is an American technology company based in Austin, Texas. It is the owner and developer of the pfSense firewall project and other networking products.

Consumer impact summary

While Netgate has contributed to BSD, the operating system on which its firewall pfSense is based on, the company has been criticized in recent years for its stance toward the open-source community.

Consumer and licensing changes

In a controversial decision, Netgate discontinued free access to pfSense Home+ Lab, a version previously available at no cost, requiring users to migrate to CE or a paid model. This change was made without prior notice, leading to criticism from the community.

Security concerns with WireGuard implementation

In 2021, Jason Donenfeld, the creator of WireGuard, reviewed pfSense’s WireGuard implementation and identified multiple security flaws. His review was highly critical, highlighting serious vulnerabilities that raised concerns about the security of Netgate's implementation.

Targeting other projects

Netgate's co-founder, Jamie Thompson, has publicly criticized competing projects including OPNsense, a fork of pfSense.^{[citation needed]} OPNsense, which is endorsed by the developers of m0n0wall (the project from which pfSense originated), was also the target of a parody website, allegedly created by Netgate. OPNsense had to file a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to gain control of the disputed domain.

Incidents

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Products

Netgate's notable product line is pfsense. It offers both free and paid support tiers for its pfsense software, which runs as an operating system and is installed using an iso like any other OS. It also offers bespoke hardware appliances with pfsense preinstalled, with varying levels of power and capability.

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