OPNsense Primary Use Case
The primary use case is managing security and commercial network traffic.
View full review »It is a firewall.
View full review »The solution is basically an open-source firewall - a next-generation firewall solution. Now we actually use it at a client or company's request. They use it if they prefer something that is more versatile than a Cisco or Fortinet device.
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OPNsense
April 2024
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I use it for firewall purposes and OpenVPN. Another use is to protect the servers inside my company.
I am using its latest version. It is deployed on my own server.
View full review »We use the solution to secure our network and kid’s Internet usage. Since COVID-19, remote work has become relatively standard.
I moved to OPNsense because it's more secure and more reliable. I use it to secure access to the servers. I have a core backing server, an e-banking server, the main server, and other features with the solution. I make the multi-DMZ packs, so each service is in one DMZ bay, and I use it as a virtual chain.
OPNsense can be deployed in the cloud and on-premises.
I have used OPNsense in many different types of companies, such as financial and metropolitan.
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Wael Sadek
IT Infrastructure and Enterprise Systems Director at Orascom Investment Holding
I'm using it as a proxy in several scenarios.
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Raj Ashish
Founder - Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
We started working with a tier-four data center cloud service provider company, and we wish to develop our cloud instance/VM hosted.
We use OPNsense for content filtering, securing networks through DNSs and overcoming the challenges of ransomware, and securing different types of malware-virus attacks.
This is causing a lot of issues because we are focusing more and more on securing our customers' data.
It includes backup, recovery, archival, and now coming up with securing cloud instances/VMs. It is really essential for us.
Example: a firewall as a service can be provided to those who mainly work from home or Soho, Freelancers - clients.
View full review »We are using it for intrusion detection and prevention. The firewall comes with a lot of third-party modules, and we also use proxy functionalities.
In our company, we are using it as an appliance, but we are bringing companies to the cloud. We ourselves do not have an Azure layer, but we have got a contract from a customer to bring them to the cloud. So, we are installing it there and monitoring it, but it is not owned by our company. OPNsense is available on appliances, but we have made a special integration with Azure. There is a special mechanism in Azure to deploy firewalls, and we have installed three or four of them.
We always have the latest version on the firewalls. One should run the updates very frequently.
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Mario Lozancic
IT System Administrator at Boreas d.o.o. Kresevo
The primary use case of OPNsense for me is VPN and firewall rules.
View full review »The primary use case of this solution is to detect and block malicious traffic, malicious files, and malicious links to protect the internal network from any external malicious website that may contain a virus or malware.
View full review »We use OPNsense in our company to secure our servers.
View full review »OPNsense is a firewall.
View full review »The solution is being used for monitoring and as a firewall.
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Michal Konecny
Consultant at INCONSYS GmbH
Our primary use case of this solution is for VPN connections. We are currently supporting an SAP company, which has many customers, and most customers need a site-to-site active set connection for maintaining the SAP systems. We currently have round about 200 VPNs.
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Tahir Siddique
Director at CIIT
I'm using OPNsense as an open VPN and a firewall to control the traffic.
View full review »I use OPNsense for network security.
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reviewer1372230
Cloud and Infrastrcture manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
We upgrade our clients when they are ready for the newer versions of OPNsense.
We are one of the local cloud providers in Indonesia. We implement OPNsense for the VPN and IPSec. We also collaborate with Zerotier to provide SD-WAN.
Our customers have solutions that integrate between on-premises and our cloud.
We provide this solution for several clients, in multi-location offices. We have several retail customers in the city and we provide OPNsense with plug-in remote access.
We also use OPNsense for remote access, and IPSec gives them access to a cloud environment as well as on-premises.
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reviewer1027455
Senior Network Engineer at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
We just use the solution normally for its basic firewall functionality. OPNsense with WireGuard and CrowdSec bouncers handles all our requirements.
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reviewer1591197
Director at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
We use the solution for an SD-WAN firewall.
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Samo Primožič
Technical support engineer at ADVANT računalniški inženiring, komunikacije, svetovanje in distribucija d.o.o.
I use it for network traffic and routing for management. It improves the overall management and the traffic.
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Hermann Potgieter
Senior Network Architect at Virtua Technologies
I am currently working with OPNsense to see if I can learn it. This product is used in small to medium-sized businesses for security, UTM, and other similar operations. We are a solution provider and this is one of the security solutions that we implement for our clients.
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Chirosca Alecsandru
Owner and business consultant at networks srl
It is the main firewall for one of our locations. We use it for intrusion detection and prevention. We are using the latest software version, but the hardware is not the latest.
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Faris Khan
Support Engineer at Techaccess Pakistan
The solution is primarily used as a basic firewall. I'm running my WiFi through it.
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Antonio EugenioBurriel
CIO at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
Our primary use case for this solution is using it as a VPN to connect our data centers and our offices with Windows servers.
Also, we use OPNsense as a general firewall for protocol warnings on IIS.
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Neil Wurzel
Senior Solution Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
I am using OPNsense as a security platform at work but am currently working from home and using it for network access.
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FiorindoDi Agostino
System Administration Specialist at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
We have primarily been using it for testing at our company, but the normal primary use for the product is as a firewall.
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OPNsense
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about OPNsense. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
768,857 professionals have used our research since 2012.