About Khalijiah NGFW

Khalijiah NGFW® is an easy-to-use routing platform based  on FreeBSD.

Khalijiah NGFW presents a robust firewall and routing platform, built on the reliable foundation of FreeBSD. With a focus on security, ease of use, and flexibility, our solution delivers a comprehensive feature set comparable to high-priced firewalls, and often surpasses them. Enjoy the advantages of our verifiable source code while accessing the rich functionality typically found in commercial offerings.

Khalijiah NGFW started back in 2023, releasing its first official release in January 2024. Throughout its development, we have maintained a steadfast commitment to security and code quality, driving the advancement of the project. As part of this dedication, we provide weekly security updates that swiftly address emerging threats, ensuring your system remains protected within an optimal timeframe.

Experience the reliability, versatility, and security of Khalijiah NGFW as we continue to innovate and provide an exceptional firewall and routing solution. Join us on this journey as we prioritize your network’s safety and offer an intuitive platform designed to meet your evolving needs.

MISSION STATEMENT
To be the best investment that our customers have made by deploying high quality cost effective solutions implemented and managed by best resources.

FEATURES

The feature set of Khalijiah NGFW includes high-end features such as forward caching proxy, traffic shaping, intrusion detection and easy OpenVPN client setup. The latest release is based upon FreeBSD for long-term support and uses a newly developed MVC-framework based on Phalcon.

Khalijiah’s focus on security brings unique features such as the option to use LibreSSL instead of OpenSSL (selectable in the GUI) and a custom version based on FreeBSD.

The robust and reliable update mechanism gives Khalijiah the ability to provide important security updates in a timely fashion.

  • Traffic Shaper
  • Two-factor Authentication throughout the system
  • Captive portal
  • Forward Caching Proxy (transparent) with Blacklist support
  • 802.1Q VLAN support
  • Granular control over state table
  • Stateful inspection firewall
  • Intrusion Detection and Prevention
  • Virtual Private Network (site to site & road warrior, IPsec, OpenVPN & legacy PPTP support)
  • Encrypted configuration backup to Google Drive
  • Dynamic DNS
  • DHCP Server and Relay
  • DNS Server & DNS Forwarder
  • Support for plugins
  • Network Flow Monitoring
  • Built-in reporting and monitoring tools including RRD Graphs
  • Netflow Exporter
  • High Availability & Hardware Failover ( with configuration synchronization & synchronized state tables)

OUR TEAM

Alkhalijiah is developed by a professional core team.The core team members are as follows:
Dr. Marwan Alahmadi

Founder,
Chairman of Board of Directors & CEO

Dr. Marwan (Ph.D. in computer science from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta), Founder, CEO of Virtustream-MENA, has been the key source in initiating cloud-based ICT services in KSA region during his tenure with Mobily Business Services as Chief Business Officer. He has been an important source of inspiration for many government entities to adopt innovative technology and cloud-based solutions. He is credited with the remarkable achievement of being the first leader to introduce Enterprise Cloud Services in KSA by signing an alliance with Virtustream Inc. USA (Ranked #1 globally for Providing Hosted & Managed Private Cloud for Enterprise) As CEO of Zain KSA, he successfully lead Zain Group to achieve license as 3rd Telecom Provider and founded Zain KSA as a public limited company. Under his leadership, Zain KSA acquired 7% market share in the first year itself. He was awarded as the most successful country manager globally during his assignment as Country Manager from 2002-2004 as Country Manager of CISCO. He is an inspirational leader committed to innovation and providing customer focused value based services for achievement of cost effective operational excellence by government and enterprises of KSA.
SALMAN AWAN

Tech Lead Network and Security Services

Tech Lead Network and Security Services Salman on his role as Tech lead of Cloud services has been a well determined and accomplished Network and Security Engineering personality for more than ten years with proven records in designing, deploying, migrating and supporting the critical multi-site redundant data center, cloud infrastructure. He is an expert in designing and implementing Cloud Security such as Encryption, Protections against Threats including Network and Security Virtualization and has won multiple CISCO certifications and was also the lead deployment of Virtustream commercial Public Cloud in Mobily KSA. With his years of experience in leading technical delivery and service management teams, he could successfully deploy complex cloud solutions for multiple customers..
MOHAMMED AL MARRI

Vice President Operations

Tech Lead Network and Security Services Salman on his role as Tech lead of Cloud services has been a well determined and accomplished Network and Security Engineering personality for more than ten years with proven records in designing, deploying, migrating and supporting the critical multi-site redundant data center, cloud infrastructure. He is an expert in designing and implementing Cloud Security such as Encryption, Protections against Threats including Network and Security Virtualization and has won multiple CISCO certifications and was also the lead deployment of Virtustream commercial Public Cloud in Mobily KSA. With his years of experience in leading technical delivery and service management teams, he could successfully deploy complex cloud solutions for multiple customers..
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