IPCop

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IPCop
IPCop logo
Company / developer IPCop team
OS family Linux
Working state Current
Source model Open source
Latest stable release 1.4.21 / 24 July 2008
Kernel type Monolithic Kernel
Default user interface Web user interface
License Various
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 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 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.

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