IPCop
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| Website | http://www.ipcop.org/ |
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| Company/ developer |
IPCop team |
| OS family | Linux |
| Source model | Open source |
| Latest stable release | 1.4.18 / 1 December 2007 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic Kernel |
| Default user interface | Web user interface |
| License | Various |
| Working state | Current |
IPCop is a Linux distribution which aims to provide a simple-to-manage firewall appliance based on PC hardware. IPCop is a Stateful firewall built on the Linux netfilter 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.
[edit] 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 17 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 and some not, that add lots of additional functionality to IPCop such as advanced QoS, e-mail virus checking, traffic summary, extended interfaces for controlling the proxy, and many more.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- The IPCop Homepage
- Addons for IPCop Firewall
- P2P-blocking addons for IPCop
- A transparent virus and spam filtering IPCop Addon for POP3, SMTP, HTTP and FTP - Copfilter
- Banish - Simply block access by IP, CIDR, Domain and MAC Addresses
- IPCop Screenshots
- English Support Site
- German Support Site
- How to setup IPCop in a virtual machine
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