but can you people please explain what are the features in pfsense that we can call this a Firewall,
Firewalls are filtering traffic by using rules or rule sets, in pfSense this job is done by the packet filter pf.
as i think pfsense have only squid in it?
And ClamAV as a AV, Snort or Suricata as a IDS/IPS, but this are only features, options and functions
that came by default or over a packet system inside of pfSense. There are also on top many different
variants of firewalls available on the market and they all will be differ each from another by using different
techniques and functions. One of them would be the "NG-Firewall" that is working also application based.
Please elaborate.
A router is routing packets from one to another or more networks, a firewall is inspecting packets to
separate packets from one to another or more networks and because that a firewall is also capable to
route packets make them not automatically being in the same area or on the same stage of devices.