- IPCop
infobox OS
name = IPCop
developer = IPCop team
family =Linux
source_model =Open source
latest_release_version = 1.4.21
latest_release_date =24 July 2008
kernel_type =Monolithic Kernel
ui =Web user interface
license = Various
working_state = Current
website = http://www.ipcop.org/IPCop is a
Linux distribution which aims to provide a simple-to-manage firewall appliance based on PC hardware. IPCop is aStateful firewall built on the Linuxnetfilter framework.Originally a fork of the
SmoothWall Linux firewall, the projects are developed independently, and have now diverged significantly.IPCop includes a simple, user managed update mechanism to install security updates when required.
Development
IPCop is developed, in traditional
Open Source style, by a diverse development group spread across the Internet at large.CD-ROM images for the installation CD are distributed via a network of mirrors. Support websites are maintained in English, French, German and Dutch. IPCop's user interface is available in 35 languages.Development of IPCop continues. A significant new release, version 1.4.0, now based on the LFS distribution, was released in October 2004, offering an updated user interface and a number of additional language options. As of March 2008, Version 1.9 is in active development.
Although not an official part of IPCop, there are many addons, some based on the addon server, that add additional functionality to IPCop, such as advanced QoS, e-mail virus checking, traffic summary, extended interfaces for controlling the proxy, and many more.
See also
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ClarkConnect
*eBox
*Endian Firewall
*m0n0wall
*PfSense
*Shorewall
*Untangle External links
* [http://ipcop.org The IPCop Homepage]
* [http://firewalladdons.sourceforge.net/index.html Addons for IPCop Firewall]
* [http://www.lowth.com/rope/IpCopBinaries P2P-blocking addons for IPCop]
* [http://www.copfilter.org A transparent virus and spam filtering IPCop Addon for POP3, SMTP, HTTP and FTP - Copfilter]
* [http://banish.sidsolutions.net Banish - Simply block access by IP, CIDR, Domain and MAC Addresses]
* [http://www.howtoforge.net/image/tid/52 IPCop Screenshots]
* [http://ipcops.com English Support Site]
* [http://www.ipcop-forum.de German Support Site]
* [http://www.smokinggun.de/?p=78 How to setup IPCop in a virtual machine]
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