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I have several Watchguard X10 and X20e firewalls setting around gathering dust. They are out of their subscription time and therefore no good to anyone.<br />
Is there an open source firewall software that can be installed on them without much modification? I see that PFSense says they are not supported but I assume there are other free firewall programs out there that may work.<br />
Any ideas?
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I have several Watchguard X10 and X20e firewalls setting around gathering dust. They are out of their subscription time and therefore no good to anyone.
Is there an open source firewall software that can be installed on them without much modification? I see that PFSense says they are not supported but I assume there are other free firewall programs out there that may work.
Any ideas?

Replacing the OS on a Watchguard X20e with opensource

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