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# IPFire 2.x - The Open Source Firewall

# What is IPFire?

IPFire is a hardened, versatile, state-of-the-art Open Source firewall based on
Linux. Its ease of use, high performance in any scenario and extensibility make
it usable for everyone. For a full list of features have a look [here](https://www.ipfire.org/features).

This repository contains the source code of IPFire 2.x which is used to build
the whole distribution from scratch, since IPFire is not based on any other
distribution.

# Where can I get IPFire?

Just head over to https://www.ipfire.org/download

# How do I use this software?

We have a long and detailed wiki located [here](https://wiki.ipfire.org/) which
should answers most of your questions.

# But I have some questions left. Where can I get support?

You can ask your question at our community located [here](https://community.ipfire.org/).
A complete list of our support channels can be found [here](https://www.ipfire.org/support).

# How can I contribute?

We have another document for this. Please look [here](doc/CONTRIBUTING.md).
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	3	# What is IPFire?
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e6cbe756 PM	5	IPFire is a hardened, versatile, state-of-the-art Open Source firewall based on
	6	Linux. Its ease of use, high performance in any scenario and extensibility make
	7	it usable for everyone. For a full list of features have a look [here](https://www.ipfire.org/features).
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	9	This repository contains the source code of IPFire 2.x which is used to build
	10	the whole distribution from scratch, since IPFire is not based on any other
	11	distribution.
a5a58578 JS	12
	13	# Where can I get IPFire?
	14
	15	Just head over to https://www.ipfire.org/download
	16
	17	# How do I use this software?
	18
e6cbe756 PM	19	We have a long and detailed wiki located [here](https://wiki.ipfire.org/) which
e6cbe756 PM	20	should answers most of your questions.
a5a58578 JS	21
	22	# But I have some questions left. Where can I get support?
	23
e6cbe756 PM	24	You can ask your question at our community located [here](https://community.ipfire.org/).
e6cbe756 PM	25	A complete list of our support channels can be found [here](https://www.ipfire.org/support).
a5a58578 JS	26
	27	# How can I contribute?
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	29	We have another document for this. Please look [here](doc/CONTRIBUTING.md).