- Zeroshell
Zeroshell is a small
Linux distribution forservers andembedded systems which aims to providenetwork service s. As its name implies, you don't need to use ashell (computing) to administer and configure Zeroshell, because you can use a web basedGraphical user interface .Zeroshell is available asLive CD andCompactFlash images, andVMware virtual machines.Some features
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RADIUS server which is able to provide strong authentication for the Wireless clients by usingIEEE 802.1X andWi-Fi Protected Access (WPA/WPA2) protocols;*
Captive portal for network authentication in the HotSpots by using a web browser. The credentials can be verified against a Radius server, aKerberos 5KDC (such asActive Directory KDC);*
QoS andtraffic shaping management to control the maximum bandwidth, the guaranteed bandwidth and the priority of some types of traffic such asVoIP andPeer-to-peer ;*
VPN host-to-LAN and LAN-to-LAN with theIPSec /L2TP andOpenVPN protocols;* Routing and Bridging capabilities with
VLAN IEEE 802.1Q support;*
Firewall Packet Filter and Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI);*
Layer 7 filter to block or shape the connections generated by Peer to Peer clients;* TCP and UDP (
User Datagram Protocol ) virtual servers (Port Forwarding );* Multizone DNS (
Domain name system ) server;* Multi subnet
DHCP server;*
PPPoE client for connection to the WAN (Wide area network ) via ADSL, DSL and cable lines;*
Dynamic DNS client updater for DynDNS;* NTP (
Network Time Protocol ) client and server;*
Syslog server for receiving and cataloging the system logs produced by the remote hosts;*
Kerberos 5 authentication;* LDAP server;
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X.509 certification authority.See also
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SmoothWall
*eBox
*IPCop
*Endian Firewall
*ClarkConnect
*PfSense
*m0n0wall
*Shorewall
*DD-WRT
*Coyote Linux
*Devil-Linux External links
* [http://www.zeroshell.net/ Zeroshell Website]
* [http://digilander.libero.it/smasherdevourer/schede/linux/zeroshellEN.pdf How to secure my private network] by Cristian Colombini
* [http://www.addressplus.net/ZeroShell-WPA-Enterprise.pdf HOWTO: WPA/WPA2 Enterprise Authentication] by Paul Taylor
* [http://digilander.libero.it/smasherdevourer/schede/linux/Zeroshell%20VPN%20Host-to-LAN-EN.pdf VPN Host-to-LAN] by Cristian Colombini
* [http://digilander.libero.it/smasherdevourer/schede/linux/Zeroshell%20su%20HD-EN.pdf How to install ZeroShell on Hard Disk] by Cristian Colombini
* [http://www.addressplus.net/ZeroShell-Cisco-RADIUS.pdf Use ZeroShell as a Radius server for Cisco Radius Authentication] by Paul Taylor
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