IPFire v2.9 release Linux release open source firewall

IPFire is a Linux distribution that focuses on easy equipment, easy operations, and high levels of security. It operates through an intuitive web-based interface that provides many intuitive configuration options for novice-level and sophisticated http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/13879.html "> system administrators." IPFire is maintained by a group of developers who are concerned about security and are constantly updating the product to keep it safe. IPFire with a customized package manager called Pakfire, the system can also be extended through a variety of accessories.

IPFire as a substitute for other commercial and open source firewalls, its focus has continued to rise. This is mainly due to the security awareness and continuous updating of developers. Already in the next version of the development cycle, IPFire 3.0, will have a stable kernel with long-term support and several new features.

A highly customizable firewall called "Pakfire" implements the built-in custom packet manager functionality, allowing users to easily extend IPFire functionality through additional components. These available add-on components include VoIP packets (such as TeamSpeak), file servers using Samba components, and security tools such as guardian or Tripwire. In the branch 2.5 version of IPFire, four color networks are conceptually divided-red for the Internet, orange for quarantine, blue for wireless clients, and green for trusted clients. For wireless clients and customers trust the green-blue-orange-red. The IPFire Web interface is available online.

Version 3.0 is currently under development and will be the first available alpha version. The IPFire Project website provides the software and its installation guide. IPFire can be installed under the GNU General Public License Third edition (GPLV3).

After the last maintainance release in November, the developers are boys to release a new version 2.9. About different changes were taken in this build and there were about one hundred testers then have DWORD at least one of th e beta versions.