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Secured Linux Distributions |
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Astaro
Security Linux
http://www.astaro.com/html/gb/asl.htm
http://freshmeat.net/projects/asl/
A firewall and VPN product based on the 2.4 Linux
kernel. Available for free download but not completely
open source. There are several branches. Version 3.200
(beta) was released June 4, 2002. A stable 3.217 (for
i386) was released April 8, 2003. Beta version 3.391 was
released January 30, 2003. The stable 2.x tree is at
version 2.031, released November 15, 2002. There is also
a version 2.027 for Sun Cobalt was released July 3,
2002. Stable version 4.002 was released March 26, 2003.
Castle
http://castle.altlinux.ru/
Castle is a server distribution from the ALT Linux Team
in Russia. Installation instructions and some other
documentation is available in English.
Effort
Linux
http://www.effortlinux.com.br/
Effort Linux comes from Brazil. The website is in
Portuguese.
Engarde
Secure Linux
http://www.engardelinux.org/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/esl/
EnGarde is a secure distribution of Linux engineered
from the ground-up to provide organizations with the
level of security required to create a corporate Web
presence or even conduct e-business on the Web. It can
be used as a Web, DNS, e-mail, database, e-commerce, and
general Internet server where security is a primary
concern. Version 1.2 (Professional) was released June
28, 2002.
Firegate Server
http://www.wiresoft.net/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/firegate_server/
The Firegate Server SMB Edition from Wiresoft is a
self-managing server operating system designed for small
and mid-sized businesses. It securely connects offices
to the Internet and to each other, protecting valuable
electronic information. Office staff can securely surf
the web, send and receive email, host the company Web
site, share files, host a customer database, and more.
It is controlled through a simple Web browser or mobile
telephone interface and managed by an artificial
intelligence-based administration service. This package
contains proprietary software. Version 7.1 was released
September 25, 2002.
FrazierWall
Linux
http://www.frazierwall.com/
Originally developed as a customized firewall, early
versions were based on the Linux Router Project and
Coyote Linux 1.03. It has evolved into a unique
router/firewall distribution. FrazierWall 3.4 was
released on August 29, 2001.
Immunix
http://www.immunix.org/
WireX provides Immunix System 7 a secured Red Hat 7.0
distribution with StackGuard 2.0, FormatGuard 1.0,
SubDomain 1.0 and a suite of application-level security
tools. A Red Hat 6.2 version is also available. Immunix
Secured Linux 7+ was released March 18, 2003.
IPCop
Firewall
http://www.ipcop.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/IPCop/WebHome
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipcop
IPCop Firewall is a Linux firewall distro. It will be
geared towards home and SOHO users. The difference with
existing firewalls is that the IPCop interface will be
very user-friendly and task-based. IPCop v0.1.1 was
released January 17, 2002. Version 1.2 was released
December 27, 2002.
Kaladix Linux
http://www.kaladix.org/
The aim of Kaladix Linux is to become a ultra-secure
Linux distribution that satisfied all your needs as a
Linux for your server environment. Current release is
pre-0.4.
NSA Security
Enhanced Linux
http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/selinux/
The results of several previous research projects by the
National Security Agency have been incorporated in a
security-enhanced Linux system. This version of Linux
has a strong, flexible mandatory access control
architecture incorporated into the major subsystems of
the kernel. The system provides a mechanism to enforce
the separation of information based on confidentiality
and integrity requirements. This allows threats of
tampering and bypassing of application security
mechanisms to be addressed and enables the confinement
of damage that can be caused by malicious or flawed
applications. Version 2003040708 was released April 7,
2003.
OpenNA Linux
http://www.openna.com/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/opennalinux/
The OpenNA Linux Operating System provides a highly
secure and fast Linux server. Dedicated for mission
critical tasks in the servers domain, the OpenNA Linux
operating system provides a secure, strong, reliable and
fast solution. A beta4 development version was released
July 22, 2002. Release Candidate 2 was released March
24, 2003.
Openwall
GNU/Linux
http://www.openwall.com/Owl/
"Owl" (or "Openwall GNU/*/Linux") is
a security-enhanced operating system with Linux and GNU
software as its core, compatible with other major
distributions of GNU/*/Linux. It is intended as a server
platform. The Owl 0.1-prerelease was released on May 11,
2001. Version 1.0 was released October 14, 2002.
Securepoint
Firewall & VPN Server
http://www.securepoint.cc/
The Securepoint Firewall & VPN server is a high end
firewall and VPN solution for protecting your Internet
gateway. Securepoint can also be used with existing
firewalls and to protect interconnected locations or
divisions and lets you create and manage VPN tunnels.
Languages supported: English, German, Russian, and
Korean.
SmoothWall
http://www.smoothwall.org/
SmoothWall was first released to the world in July 2000
as a hardened internet firewall device. Products include
Smoothwall Server and Smoothwall GPL. Smoothwall GPL 2.0
beta1 (metro) was released August 28, 2002. Smoothwall
GPL 1.0 was released December 10, 2002. Smoothwall 2.0
beta 4 was released January 24, 2003.
TrustedDebian
http://www.trusteddebian.org/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/trusteddebian/
The Trusted Debian project aims to create a highly
secure but usable Linux platform. To accomplish this,
the project will use currently available security
solutions for Linux (like kernel patches, compiler
patches, security related programs and techniques) and
knit these together to a highly secure Linux platform.
The initial release, version 0.9, became available March
18, 2003. Version 0.9.3 was released April 14, 2003.
Trustix
http://www.trustix.com/
Trustix Secure Linux is a server oriented Linux
distribution with high emphasis on security. Trustix
provides several support alternatives for users of
Trustix Secure Linux. The Trustix Secure Linux 2.0
Techology Preview 2 nicknamed Forecast was released
February 18, 2003.
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