Microsoft Tools & Utilities

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Virtual Firewalls & Network Security Appliances

📦 VM / ISO Resources for IT Engineers, Network Engineers & Security Labs

🟢 Open Source / Free

1️⃣ OPNsense
🔗 Download⁠
VM: VMware • Hyper-V • KVM • VirtualBox

2️⃣ pfSense CE
🔗 Download⁠
VM: VMware • Hyper-V • KVM
📀 ISO available

3️⃣ IPFire
🔗 Download⁠
VM: VMware • KVM • VirtualBox
📀 ISO available

4️⃣ VyOS
🔗 Download⁠
VM: VMware • KVM • Hyper-V

5️⃣ OpenWrt
🔗 Downloads⁠
VM: x86-64 • VirtualBox • KVM

6️⃣ Endian Community
🔗 Community Edition⁠

7️⃣ IPCop
🔗 Official Website⁠

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🔵 Enterprise Virtual Firewalls

8️⃣ FortiGate-VM
🔗 Fortinet Downloads⁠
VM: VMware • Hyper-V • KVM • Xen
☁️ AWS • Azure • GCP • Other clouds

9️⃣ Palo Alto VM-Series
🔗 VM-Series⁠
VM: VMware • KVM • Cloud
⚠️ VM images require Palo Alto support access.

🔟 Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual (FTDv)
🔗 Cisco Secure Firewall⁠
VM: VMware • KVM • Cloud

1️⃣1️⃣ Sophos Firewall
🔗 Firewall Installers⁠
VM: VMware • Hyper-V • KVM • Xen
📀 Software ISO available

1️⃣2️⃣ Juniper vSRX
🔗 vSRX Documentation⁠
VM: VMware • KVM • Hyper-V • Nutanix

1️⃣3️⃣ Check Point CloudGuard Network Security
🔗 CloudGuard⁠

1️⃣4️⃣ SonicWall NSv
🔗 SonicWall NSv⁠

1️⃣5️⃣ WatchGuard Firebox Cloud
🔗 Firebox Cloud⁠

1️⃣6️⃣ Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
🔗 CloudGen Firewall⁠

1️⃣7️⃣ Forcepoint NGFW
🔗 Forcepoint NGFW⁠

1️⃣8️⃣ Stormshield Network Security Virtual Appliance
🔗 Stormshield⁠

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🟣 Network OS / Firewall Lab Appliances

1️⃣9️⃣ MikroTik CHR
🔗 Cloud Hosted Router⁠
VM: VMware • Hyper-V • KVM • VirtualBox

2️⃣0️⃣ Arista vEOS
🔗 Arista vEOS⁠

2️⃣1️⃣ Cisco IOSv / IOSvL2
🔗 Cisco Modeling Labs⁠

2️⃣2️⃣ FRRouting (FRR)
🔗 FRRouting⁠
Linux-based routing platform useful for network/security labs.

2️⃣3️⃣ FreeBSD + PF
🔗 FreeBSD⁠
Useful for building firewall/router labs using PF.

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🧪 Security / Firewall Lab Platforms

2️⃣4️⃣ Kali Linux
🔗 Download⁠
Security testing and network-security lab environment.

2️⃣5️⃣ Parrot Security OS
🔗 Download⁠
Security testing and network analysis.

2️⃣6️⃣ Security Onion
🔗 Download⁠
Network security monitoring, IDS/IPS and threat hunting.

2️⃣7️⃣ SELKS
🔗 Download⁠
Suricata-based network security monitoring platform.

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🖥️ Hypervisors for Your Firewall Lab

💻 VMware ESXi / vSphere
🔗 Broadcom Support⁠

💻 Microsoft Hyper-V
🔗 Microsoft Hyper-V⁠

💻 Proxmox VE
🔗 Download⁠

💻 KVM / QEMU
🔗 KVM⁠

💻 Oracle VirtualBox
🔗 Download⁠

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⭐ Recommended for IT Labs

🟢 OPNsense → Best all-around open-source firewall lab

🟢 pfSense → Firewall + routing + VPN lab

🟢 IPFire → Lightweight firewall lab

🟢 VyOS → Advanced routing + firewall lab

🟢 OpenWrt → Router/firewall/networking lab

🔵 FortiGate-VM → Enterprise firewall learning

🔵 Sophos Firewall → Enterprise firewall lab

🔵 Palo Alto VM-Series → NGFW/security lab

🔵 Cisco FTDv → Cisco security ecosystem

🟣 Juniper vSRX → Juniper firewall/routing lab

⚠️ Download only from official vendor/project sources.
Enterprise VM images may require an account, license, subscription or support entitlement. Do not use modified/cracked firewall images.

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OPNsense

Download - OPNsense

Depending on your hardware and use case different installation files are provided to Install OPNsense®. Select the right version for your system and download the best open source firewall.

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