IPFire includes a full-fledged web proxy, which is the well-known, open-source software Squid. It is used by ISPs, universities, schools and large companies use because of its diversity, stability and mature development. Even for small home networks, it
is a useful feature. In addition to the stateful paket inspection (SPI) filtering by the firewall on
- the TCP/IP layer, the web content which is transmitted over HTTP, HTTPS or FTP can be analyzed
+ the TCP/IP layer, the web content which is transmitted over HTTP, HTTPS or FTP can be analysed
This high-level of compatibility is achieved by using the free
implementation called
- <a href="http://www.strongswan.org" target="_blank">strongSwan</a>. It is maintained by Andreas Steffen, who is a professor for security in communications and head of the Institute for Internet Technologies
+ <a href="//www.strongswan.org" target="_blank">strongSwan</a>. It is maintained by Andreas Steffen, who is a professor for security in communications and head of the Institute for Internet Technologies
and Applications at the University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil, in
Switzerland. StrongSwan also works with all current, major operating systems, such as Microsoft
- Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista and Mac OS X.