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IPFire is a linux based firewall distribution with a lot of extras. The base for the stable version 1.4.9 was the IPCop that has been heavily modified. There were added: Asterisk PBX, Samba, MorningReconnect, LPR-NG and many other things...

When the team was refounded to get rid of the old IPCop-code they made a totally new concept of the system including the linux kernel 2.6 to support the latest generation of hardware. We are going to make a really nice server for every home.


2007/10/14 - Release Candidate 1

Hey Community!
We released the first RC today. It´s linked in the download section.

You can get some information from the german Changelog german Changelog!

Mitch - for the developers on IPFire.org


2007/09/24 - Beta 2

Hey Community!
We released another BETA version. It´s linked in the download section.

You can get some information from the german Changelog german Changelog!

Christian - for the developers on IPFire.org

2007/08/24 - Beta 1

Hey Community!
After a long time of development and testing, me and my team are pround to announce that the first beta version of the IPFire firewall is finished.
When version 1.4.9 was based on IPCop, we did a complete rewrite of the distribution and now everything is based on Linux-from-Scratch (LFS) 6.2.
One of the hardest tasks to do was the integration of the linux kernel 2.6, what lead to deep changes in the system. The webinterface resembels to the predecessor but we have done a lot of work beyond the cap. I call it "a little revolution". But the result is a current and hardened system with gcc-4.0.3 and the stable kernel tree 2.6.16.

You can read more in our press release (german)!

Michael - for the developers on IPFire.org

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