最初pfSense仅有的两名项目发起人之一斯考特，他觉得原本的项目使用pf分包pocker filtering软件还不错、很make sense，于是就把FreeBCD里原先VCS项目Projectx，叫做“分包很对”（pfSense, pf being the packet filtering software used, as in making sense of pf），这也就是现在的pfSense名字的来由，我对此很无感，但几个礼拜下来也确实没什么别的名字更合适，于是我也就这么用下来了，不是说了吗，不高兴用了随时可以改名字，但现在很多朋友觉得这个名字很make sense。
这事儿就这样婶儿的😂😂。
论坛上也有些朋友开玩笑说pfSense意思是“就他妈有道理”，这是你们说的，我可没说！🤭
如今2007年了，项目成员多了，有人提到替换项目名称的事，但说实话还名字这事也没这么多人上心因为基本不影响啥，倒是私底下很多人电邮告诉我就用pfSense。客户为大，见到大家都喜欢这名字，吾甚欣慰！！
This question came up on the forum, I thought I would answer it here to a wider audience.
This project ran for a couple months with no name. In fact, the FreeBSD jail that runs our CVS is still called “projectx”.
Scott and I were the only two members of the project at the time, as the founders. We ran through numerous possibilities, with the main difficulty being finding something with domains available. Scott came up with pfSense, pf being the packet filtering software used, as in making sense of pf. My response was less than enthusiastic. But, after a couple weeks and still having nothing better, we went with it. It was even said “eh, we can always change it.”
Others have suggested it stands for things including Plain F…. Sense, but I won’t go there. 🙂
I started a thread on the private developers list sometime last year proposing changing the name of the project. Most people didn’t care one way or the other. A couple said they thought pfSense was fine. There wasn’t any serious interest in changing. We had some extensive lists of options put together, but never really came up with anything compelling enough to change.
Got an idea for a replacement name with domains available? Think the name is fine as it is? Think we should change? Feel free to leave comments or email me. I don’t think a name change is very likely, but thought I would mention it.
Update: From numerous emails and the comments here, the opinion of the vast majority seems to be “keep the name!” I’m glad our user base thinks it’s good, I’m certainly satisfied with it then.