Projects

IPCop Firewall

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

m0n0wall

m0n0wall (monowall) is a project aimed at creating a complete, embedded firewall software package that, when used together with an embedded PC, provides all the important features of commercial firewall boxes (including ease of use) at a fraction of the price (free software). m0n0wall is based on a ... [More] bare-bones version of FreeBSD, along with a web server, PHP and a few other utilities. The entire system configuration is stored in one single XML text file to keep things transparent. m0n0wall is probably the first UNIX system that has its boot-time configuration done with PHP, rather than the usual shell scripts, and that has the entire system configuration stored in XML format. [Less]

IPFire

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.

firehol

FireHOL is a stateful iptables packet filtering firewall configurator. It is abstracted, extensible, easy and powerful. It can handle any kind of firewall, but most importantly, it gives you the means to configure it, the same way you think of it.

Hardened Linux

Hardened Linux is a secured and minimalized operating system designed to run as a firewall, IDS host, authentication system and VPN gateway.

libproxy

libproxy is a library that provides automatic proxy configuration management.

Network Security & Policy Manager

NSPM is a free and open-source network security application whose mission is to help system and network administrator to establish, monitor and manage security policies and firewall access rules. Relying on popular and widely used GNU/Linux components such as Iptables for rules establishment and PHP ... [More] for front-end interface and web-based system interactions, it can be installed as a standalone application on most personal, SOHO or company servers without exotic dependencies or intensive configuration. Developed with security, accessibility and standards in mind, NSPM requires nothing more than a classic web browser and networking knowledge to be part of any information system. [Less]

Zeroshell

Zeroshell is a Linux distribution for servers and embedded devices aimed at providing the main network services a LAN requires. It is available in the form of Live CD or Compact Flash image and you can configure and administer it using your web browser.

Stallone

A gateway implementation of the NAT Port Mapping Protocol (NAT-PMP) to allow applications on a private network to acquire publicly-accessible TCP and UDP ports.