The first benefit is that pfSense is feature-rich, robust, and very flexible software. Besides the essential firewall features, it has tons of additional features for network routing, remote connectivity, diagnostics, and reporting, along with many more. What's more, it is an extensible platform. You do not have to settle for the functionality provided out of the box with pfSense. You're free to write your own plugins and add-ons. Many members of the community have done just that. You will go over some of its key extensions later in this book.
With all the enterprise-grade features and security pfSense provides, it is incredible that it is a free and open source product. This is possibly its biggest benefit. You can download ...
