Firewall and Router
XORP is a FreeBSD-based open routing platform. “Designed for extensibility from the start, XORP provides a fully featured platform that implements IPv4 and IPv6 routing protocols and a unified platform to configure them. It is the only open source platform to offer integrated multicast capability. XORP’s modular architecture allows rapid introduction of new protocols, features [...]
“Zeroshell is a small 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 …” It is being developed Fulvio Ricciardi.
“pfSense is a free, open source customized distribution of FreeBSD tailored for use as a firewall and router.” pfSense is a fork of m0n0wall, and uses IPFilter for traffic filtering.
NuFW.Live is an authenticating firewall that is based on Knoppix. “It was developed as a means of testing NuFW. NuFW, an enterprise grade firewall that performs an authentication of every single connection passing through the IP filter.”
ebox is a Debian GNU/Linux-based server distribution. “The eBox platform will effectively and easily help you in managing the advanced services for your corporate network. Designed with extensibility in mind it offers, among others, these modules: Firewall, Transparent proxy, Traffic shaping, VPN’s, Content filter, NTP Server, Users and groups, Mail server …”
BackTrack is a Slackware-based Linux live CD security distro focused on penetration testing. Designed to be run from CD, it provides ready access to a wide range of security and penetration testing tools.
Vyatta is an enterprise-class Linux-based open-source router and firewall. “Vyatta solutions combine the features, performance, and reliability of an enterprise router and firewall with the cost savings, flexibility, and security of open source to introduce new levels of economics, choice, and control into the network.”
Gibraltar was founded as an open source project in 1999 by Dr. Rene Mayrhofer. Since that time, Gibraltar has been used by over 5.000 companies, organizations, public facilities, private users, schools and universities. Through permanent product development and significant participation of the open source community, Gibraltar has been evolved to one of the leading [...]
“Devil-Linux is a distribution which boots and runs completely from CDROM. The configuration can be saved to a floppy diskette or a USB pen drive. Devil Linux was originally intended to be a dedicated firewall/router but now Devil-Linux can also be used as a server for many applications. Attaching an optional hard drive is [...]
Astaro Security Gateway is a Linux-based distro for protecting computer networks. It is one of the very first security products based on Linux. It “integrates complete Network, Web and Mail Security through an intuitive browser-based user interface”.
IPCop Linux is a complete Linux Distribution designed for protecting home and SOHO (Small Office Home Office) networks. It is completely free and Open Source, and easily extendable with addons.
EnGarde Secure Linux is a multi functional, open source Internet security operating platform. It comes with all the tools needed create a secure online presence.
“Endian Firewall Community is a Linux network security operating system designed for personal use, but with many advanced features. It provides the option to install a XenU kernel for those with virtualization-capable hardware
The Untangle Gateway Platform is a network security distro based on Knoppix. It is intended to be run from a hard drive, with application packages installed only if the function(s) enabled by any package is needed.
SmoothWall Express is a Linux-based network firewall distro designed for home and small business use. The SmoothWall project was founded in the summer of 2000 by Lawrence Manning (Principle Code Author) and Richard Morrell (Project Manager). With SmoothWall Express, you can convert a redundant PC into a hardened internet firewall device.
