Endian Firewall is a “turn-key” linux security distribution based on IPCop that turns every system into a full featured security appliance. Endian Firewall has been designed with “usability in mind” and is very easy to install, use and mange, without loosing its flexibility.
The features include a stateful packet inspection firewall, application-level proxies for variuos protocols (HTTP, POP3, SMTP) with antivirus support, virus and spamfiltering for email traffic (POP and SMTP), content filtering of Web traffic and a “hassle free” VPN solution (based on OpenVPN). The main advantage of Endian Firewall is that it is a pure “Open Source” solution that is commercially supported by Endian.
Here are some key features of “Endian Firewall”:
Based Module:
· Firewall (statefull inspection)
· Outgoing Firewall
· IPSec Gateway to gateway VPN
· IPSec Remote client to gateway VPN (roadwarrior)
· NAT
· Multi-IP address support (aliases)
· Dynamic DNS
· DMZ support
· HTTPS Web Interface
· Detailed network traffic graphs
· View currently active connections
· Event log management
· Log redirection to external server
· Server DHCP
· Server NTP
· Traffic Shaping / QoS
· Transparent POP3 antivirus/antispam proxy
· Transparent HTTP proxy
· Web Proxy with local users, windows domain, samba, LDAP, radius server management
· Intrusion Detection System
· ADSL modem support
· Configuration backup and restore
· Remote update
Advanced Antivirus Module:
· HTTP Antivirus
· Endian Security Tools for Windows Desktop
· Transparent SMTP antivirus/antispam proxy
VPN Gateway Module:
· Gateway to gateway VPN with OpenVPN (http://openvpn.net/)
· Remote client to gateway VPN (roadwarrior) with OpenVPN (http://openvpn.net/)
· Bridged and Routed VPN mode
· Endian Client VPN � Windows, Linux, MacOSX
Web Content Filter Module:
· URL filter
· Web content analysis/filter
· Whitelists and blacklists management
· Web surfing time limits
What’s New in 2.1.2 Stable Release:
· SATA support is now again working
· A wizard after installation asks to set the passwords (root, admin)
· Added possibility to restore a backup directly after installation
· Fix for blocking incoming connections coming in through the VPN [#210]
What’s New in 2.2 Beta 2 Development Release:
· The kernel was updated to version 2.6.22.15, which features a lot more drivers and better SATA, SCSI, and NIC support.
· ClamAV was updated to version 0.92.
· Openswan was updated to version 2.4.11.
· Snort was updated to 2.8.0.1.
· Over 55 bugfixes and minor feature enhancements were made.
Endian Firewall 2.2 Beta 2 (ISO)