IPFire is a server distribution with intended to use as a firewall. It focuses on flexibility, and scales from small to middle sized business networks and home networks.
IPCop Alternatives for Linux
There are many alternatives to IPCop for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is IPFire, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to IPCop and six of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to IPCop are Endian Firewall Community, OpenContrail, VyOS and ZeroShell.
Alternatives list
14 IPFire alternatives
Endian Firewall Community (EFW) is a "turn-key" linux security distribution that turns every system into a full featured security appliance with Unified Threat Management (UTM) functionality. The software has been designed with "usability in mind" and is very...
OpenContrail is an Apache 2.0-licensed project that is built using standards-based protocols and provides all the necessary components for network virtualization–SDN controller, virtual router, analytics engine, and published northbound APIs.
23 VyOS alternativesVyOS is a community fork of Vyatta , a Linux-based network operating system that provides software-based network routing, firewall, and VPN functionality.
Zeroshell is a Linux distribution for servers and embedded devices aimed at providing the main network services a LAN requires. It is available in the form of Live CD or Compact Flash image and you can configure and administer it using your web browser.
The SmoothWall Open Source Project was set up to develop and maintain SmoothWall Express - a Free firewall that includes its own security-hardened GNU/Linux operating system and an easy-to-use web interface.
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It's really actively developed and additionally in a country not under direct control of the NSA or GCHQ respectively. As IPCop seems to be dead (no new version since some 2 years) IPFire has taken the best of IPCop and made it very much better.