Endian Firewall

Endian

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OS family	Linux
Working state	Current
Source model	Open source
Latest release	3.2.2 / 2016-10-21
Kernel type	Linux 4.1
Default user interface	Web user interface
License	Various
Official website	http://www.endian.com/

Endian Firewall is an open-source router, firewall and gateway security Linux distribution developed by the South Tyrolean company Endian. The product is available as free software, commercial software with guaranteed support services, or as a hardware appliance (including support services).

The Endian Firewall is a turnkey Linux Security Distribution, which is an independent, unified security management solution. The Endian Firewall is based on a hardened Linux operating system. The system is installed on a PC using a boot CD and can be operated without a monitor through its online interface or via a keyboard in a command-line fashion. The server can be configured via a web interface or via the serial interface.

The main task of Endian Firewall is a gateway, router and firewall, and can act as a proxy for web, email, FTP, SIP and DNS. Up to four different networks (dependent on the number of network cards installed in the host PC) are normally managed. Networks are configured through the web interface. With Endian these are differentiated by their color coding:

The Endian Firewall includes support for load balancing, which means you can add another connection to the Internet from the red network; Endian Firewall then distributes the network load on both interfaces.

Behind the Endian Firewall is the Italian Endian Spa from Appiano, South Tyrol and a community of volunteer developers and helpers. The license model of Endian provides a commercial version and a free version:

The current version includes the following key features:

Endian Firewall is a fork of the Linux firewall IPCop, which in turn is a fork of SmoothWall. Due to numerous further developments only one-fifth of the original IPCop Code is used. Newer versions based initially on Linux From Scratch and from version 2.2 to RHEL or on CentOS. With the upcoming version 3.0, Endian Firewall is virtually "Smoothwall-" and "IPCop free".

The greatest difference from IPCop is that the Endian Firewall is not simply a pure router / firewall - combination, but a comprehensive gateway security solution (Unified Threat Management). For this, a virus scanner and a spam blocker have been firmly integrated into the distribution. This allows the transport of , , 3 and scanned in real-time and optionally filtered.