Projects tagged ‘firewall’ and ‘vpn’

OpenVPN is a robust and highly configurable VPN (Virtual Private Network) daemon which can be used to securely link two or more private networks using an encrypted tunnel over the Internet. OpenVPN's ... [More] principal strengths include wide cross-platform portability, excellent stability, support for dynamic IP addresses and NAT, adaptive link compression, single TCP/UDP port usage, a modular design that offloads most crypto tasks to the OpenSSL library, and relatively easy installation that in most cases doesn't require a special kernel module. [Less]

pfSense is a free, open source customized distribution of FreeBSD tailored for use as a firewall and router. In addition to being a powerful, flexible firewalling and routing platform, it includes a ... [More] long list of related features and a package system allowing further expandability without adding bloat and potential security vulnerabilities to the base distribution. pfSense is a popular project with more than 1 million downloads since its inception, and proven in countless installations ranging from small home networks protecting a single PC to large corporations, universities and other organizations protecting thousands of network devices. This project started in 2004 as a fork of the m0n0wall project, but focused towards full PC installations rather than embedded hardware. [Less]

Endian Firewall Community is a "turn-key" linux security distribution that turns every system into a full featured security appliance with Unified Threat Management (UTM) functionality. The software ... [More] has been de signed with "usability in mind" and is very easy to install, use and manage, without losing its flexibility. The features include a stateful packet inspection firewall, application-level proxies for various protocols (HTTP, FTP, POP3, SMTP) with antivirus support, virus and spamfiltering for email traffic (POP and SMTP), content filtering of Web traffic and a "hassle free" VPN solution (based on OpenVPN). The main advantage of Endian Firewall is that it is a pure "Open Source" solution that is sponsored by Endian. [Less]

IPCop Linux is a complete Linux distribution whose sole purpose is to protect the networks on which it is installed.

eBox Platform is a unified network server that offers easy and efficient network administration for SMBs, being the open source alternative to Windows Server. eBox Platform can be set up as a ... [More] Gateway, an Infrastructure Manager, a Unified Threat Manager, an Office Server, a Unified Communication Server or a combination of them. These functionalities are tightly integrated, automating most tasks and saving time for system administrators. The company behind eBox Platform, eBox Technologies (www.ebox-technologies.com), offers commercial services such as deployment, support, managed services and training based on eBox Platform. [Less]

This is a piece of software that lets you tunnel IPv4 data through a DNS server. This can be usable in different situations where internet access is firewalled, but DNS queries are allowed. It ... [More] runs on Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD and needs a TUN/TAP device. The bandwidth is assymetrical with limited upstream and up to 1 Mbit/s downstream. [Less]

Vyatta software is a Linux-based, open networking (advanced routing & security) solution that leverages x86 hardware and components to deliver a flexible, affordable alternative to Cisco 1800 through ... [More] 7200 series routers. Vyatta is a enterprise class, commercial open source offering that can deliver BGP, OSPF, RIP routing, firewall, IPSec and SSL VPN, Intrusion Prevention and more that can scale from the branch office to the service provider edge for a fraction of the cost of proprietary alternatives. Being software-based also allows Vyatta to deliver a full suite of Layer-3 routing and security services to VMware and Xen virtualization platforms. [Less]

strongSwan is an OpenSource IPsec implementation for the Linux operating system. It is based on the discontinued FreeS/WAN project and the X.509 patch which we developed over the last three years. It ... [More] features IKEv1 and IKEv2 keying capabilities and targets Linux 2.6 native IPsec. [Less]

IPFire is new-developed firewall build with the latest releases of linux 2.6 and tools. You are able to install a lot of addons and you will see a firewall can become a home server.

SME Server is a leading distribution for small and medium enterprises. It stands apart from the competition by shipping with most common functionality preconfigured and features a number of popular ... [More] additional enhancements in the form of downloadable 'contributions'. It is published under the GPL license and while freely available, a small donation is requested. [Less]