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]

Firewall Builder

Firewall Builder consists of a GUI and set of policy compilers for various firewall platforms. It helps users maintain a database of objects and allows policy editing using simple drag-and-drop operations. The GUI and policy compilers are completely independent, which provides for a consistent ... [More] abstract model and the same GUI for different firewall platforms. It currently supports iptables, ipfilter, ipfw, OpenBSD pf, Cisco PIX, and FWSM. [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.

Vyatta

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 7200 series routers. Vyatta is a enterprise class, commercial open source offering that can ... [More] 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]

Vuurmuur Firewall

Vuurmuur is a powerful firewall manager for Linux. Vuurmuur supports IPv4, IPv6, traffic shaping and live monitoring. It has an easy to learn configuration that allows both simple and complex configurations, and can be fully configured through the Ncurses GUI.

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]

Firewall/SOSDG

Firewall/SOSDG is a Linux Netfilter firewall designed to be simple and effective. Features include NAT support, port forwarding, basic routing/forwarding of packets, and ipv6 firewalling support.

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.

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.