Smallest Firewall / Router VM (FreeSCO) in My Vmware ESXi and Workstation

dingding • 2023-12-03 21:57 • 好物分享

In my home lab virtual environment, VMware ESXi and Workstation used to host most of my testing virtual machines. To get those VMs working together in a multi networks diagram, I always need to have a router or firewall VM. I were using all kinds of virtual routers or firwealls, such as those major vendors, Cisco, CheckPoint, Juniper, Fortinet, Palo Alo, also some small vendors, such as OpenWRT,PFsense, RouterOS, etc. But recent I found one small Virtual image surprised me. The whole virtual image file is only 1.4MB. Memory only needs 16MB.

Login System

After imported into VMWare Workstation, power it on, you will see following login window:

Default Login: root

Default Password: Welcome1

Enter a name and country code. you will be placed into console.

 _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ v0.4.5 _/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ Powered _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ by _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ LiNUX Registering your system is NOT required and the system will run perfectly without registering, but it is helpful in accurately counting the number of systems running FREESCO. No personal information is needed except for a name to register the system with. Once registered this prompt will never appear again. Register your system now (y/n)? [y] Registration name? freesco1 Your two letter country code? US error: HTTP error from server: HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error Error ile rev 2.7freesco [root@freesco]