This is a list of operating system distributions designed for use as the operating system of a machine acting as a router and/or firewall.
Name | Status | Type | Cost | Description |
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AGH Live Router | Active | Debianderivative | Free | Linux distribution for experimental routing. It consists of XORP control plane software and Click Modular Router module, which serves as a forwarding plane. Applications are already integrated and the system is ready-to-use. The system is distributed as a live ISO image and supports additional Click packages.[1] |
Alpine Linux | Active | Linux distribution | Free | Linux distribution running from a RAM drive. Its original target was small appliances like routers, VPN gateways, or embedded x86devices. However, it supports hosting other Linux guest OSes under VServer control, making it an attractive hosting solution as well. Uses Busybox and uClibc. |
BSD Router Project | Active | FreeBSDderivative | Free | Router distribution that uses Quagga and Bird. |
Bifrost Network Project | Active | Linux distribution | Free | The goal of this project is to find out stability, performance, filter capabilities, administration, computer security, scalability and development possibilities of a Linux based streamlined router/firewall system. Recent distributions are being used as pure Internet routers, equipped with 1 GB or more of internal memory. |
ClarkConnect | Inactive | Linux distribution | Free but paid support | Firewall and Internet server distribution. Now known as ClearOS.[2] |
ClearOS | Active | Red Hat Enterprise Linuxderivative | Free or paid registration | Router and firewall for SMBs with network, gateway and server modules accessed through WebConfig. A paid registration for extra online services is available, but not necessary for operation of the product. |
Devil-Linux | Active | Linux distribution | Free | Firewall/router/server distribution running from CD. |
DD-WRT | Active | Linux distribution | Free or paid registration for x86 | Embedded Linux firmware distribution available on a variety of wireless routers. |
Endian Firewall | Active | Linux distribution | Free (PC) or hardware version | UTM distribution with routing, firewall, anti-spam and anti-virus for web, FTP and e-mail, OpenVPN, IPsec, hotspot functionality, and captive portal (missing in community version). Endian Firewall Community (EFW) is a complete version for x86. The anti-virus for EFW is Sophos or ClamAV. The intrusion protection is Snort.[3] |
EnGarde Secure Linux | Inactive | Linux distribution | Free or paid | Router/firewall and web-, email- and database server distribution. |
Fli4l | Active | Linux | Free | Single floppy ISDN, DSL, and Ethernet router. |
floppyfw | Active | Linux distribution | Free | Single floppy router with the Linux’s advanced firewall capabilities. |
FREESCO | Active | Linux distribution | Free | Free replacement for proprietary routers supporting up to 10 network cards and up to 10 modems. |
FreeWRT | Active | Linux distribution | Free | Router distribution. |
Gibraltar | Active | Linux distribution | Free (PC/CD-ROM) or hardware version | Router/firewall distribution. |
Global Technology Associates, Inc. | Active | FreeBSDderivative | Free (limited functionality) or paid | GB-OS firewall and UTM appliance. |
Halon Security | Active | OpenBSDderivative | Free or paid | Enterprise-class OpenBSD distribution with OpenBGPD, PF (firewall), Juniper-style CLI configuration, web interface, and a CF/USB flash optimized read-only file system. |
IPCop | Active | Linux distribution | Free | Router/firewall distribution. |
IPFire | Active | Linux distribution | Free | Router/firewall distribution. |
LEAF Project | Active | Linux distribution | Free | Linux Embedded Appliance Framework; a customizable embedded Linux network appliance used as an Internet gateway, router, firewall, and wireless access point. |
Linux Router Project | Inactive | ? | ? | Router distribution (defunct as of 2003). |
Mikrotik RouterOS | Active | Linux based | Demo (full functionality for 24 hours) or paid | Linux-based operating system with MLPLS, BGP, OSPF, firewalling, traffic control, VPN, IPsec. Free version requires you to sign-up for an account on their website. |
m0n0wall | Active | FreeBSDderivative | Free | Small web-administrative router/firewall/VPN (ipsec/pptp only; no openVPN) distribution. |
OpenWrt | Active | Linux | Free | Modular embedded distribution for ARM, MIPS, PPC and x86 devices. |
Openwall | Active | Linux | Free | GNU/*/Linux (or Owl for short) is a small security-enhanced Linux distribution for servers, appliances, and virtual appliances. |
pfSense | Active | FreeBSDderivative | Free (complete) | Customized distribution tailored for use as a firewall, router, DHCP server, gateway, OpenVPN, IPsec, proxy and anti-virus (Snort). |
Sentry Firewall | Inactive | ? | Free | A firewall, server or intrusion detection system distribution. |
SmartRouter | Active | Linux distribution | Free | SmartRouter Project is a router/firewall distribution based on BrazilFW. |
Simplewall | Active | Linux Distribution | Free | Firewall/UTM distribution with a web interface |
SME Server | Active | CentOSderivative | Free | Router/firewall[citation needed] and web-, file-, email- and database server distribution based on CentOS. |
Smoothwall | Active | Linux Distribution | Free or paid | Router/firewall distribution with a web interface and light terminal. |
SonicWALL | Active | ? | Paid | Router/firewall and UTM. |
Sphirewall | Active | Linux | Free | Direct hook into Linux kernel packet stream, LDAP and user based authentication, user quotas, QOS, advanced analytics,intrusion detection system, CLI and web management utilities. Also available in a Debian based Linux distribution. |
Threenix | Active | Linux distribution | Free or paid | Enterprise-class router, firewall, VPN, intrusion protection, e-mail security and web security with a powerful CLI for simple and central administration. |
Tomato Firmware | ? | ? | Free | Free HyperWRT-based, Linux core firmware distribution for several wireless routers, most notably the Linksys WRT54G. |
Trustix | Defunct (Late 2007) | Linux distribution | Free or paid | Router/firewall distribution with SSH and GCC included if desired. |
Untangle | Active | Debianderivative | Free with paid addons | GPLv2 firewall and router that runs 13 paid and 13 free open source applications including spam blocker, virus blocker, web filter, OpenVPN, IPsec, protocol control and more. |
Vyatta | Active | Linux distribution | Free or paid | Enterprise-class router, firewall, VPN, intrusion protection and more delivered as a complete network operating system that runs on x86 hardware or in XenServer, VMware or Hyper-V to provide vFirewall, vRouter network virtualization functionality. |
Zeroshell | Active | Linux distribution | Free (contribution required for some graphing functions) | Web-administrative router/firewall live CD with QoS features. It is also able to act as a Wi-Fi access point with advanced features such as the multiple SSID and 802.1x RADIUS authentication. Zeroshell supports VLAN trunking (802.1q), bridging, WAN load balancing, and fail-over features. |
Zentyal(formely eBox Platform) | Active | Ubuntuderivative | Free with paid services available | Zentyal is an open-source router/firewall and small business server. |
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List of router or firewall distributions
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