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ZeroShell

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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.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Application types

Platforms

  • Linux
  • Self-Hosted
Discontinued

From the Zeroshell website (translated from Italian to English)Disposal of the Zeroshell projectThe project has now reached the end of its life. Zeroshell was born in June 2006 and has over 200,000 installations worldwide. Any security updates will be guaranteed until September 30, 2021. I thank everyone who believed and contributed in various ways to improving the project. The zeroshell.org domain will be divested or sold on September 30, 2021

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Features

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  1.  DHCP Server
  2.  Virtual LAN
  3.  DNS Server
  4.  Firewall
  5.  Load balancing

 Tags

  • captive-portal
  • radius-server
  • nis-server
  • syslog-server
  • access-point
  • bridge
  • traffic-shaper
  • vpn-server
  • ldap-server
  • umts-router

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ZeroShell information

  • Developed by

    Fulvio Ricciardi
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.7
  • Alternatives

    10 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Categories

Security & PrivacyNetwork & Admin

Our users have written 7 comments and reviews about ZeroShell, and it has gotten 8 likes

ZeroShell was added to AlternativeTo by bdheeman on Feb 18, 2011 and this page was last updated Jul 2, 2021.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
sumitsinghbiir
Oct 15, 2020
0

I've been using Zero shell for almost a month now. Seriously there is not one day that this firewall does not stop amazing me!...

I am now creating a project with raspberry pi to have this installed ahead of my ISP router. I want added security to my home network. I really want to do proxy and snort L7 inspection. Really really amazing guys. I work as a Network security engineer and this firewall can really fail some actual Firewalls!!

AurelReb
Jun 24, 2020
0

I use it to manage user connections via a captive portal. Very lightweight, usefull and easy to use. The monitoring is very nice also. I recommend it to act as a complete router!

[Edited by AurelReb, June 24]

edison1
May 16, 2018
0

simple yet powerful...been using it for 2 years now :-)

artloca
Oct 4, 2017
0

Zeroshell is the best all-in-one solution that I've found so far for replacing two home routers with a more advanced solution. It has almost all the features I needed, and will run on old hardware. I evaluated other like Packetfence, PFSense, and Sophos but Zeroshell is by the easiest to use and most stable

sambo
Nov 29, 2016
0

zeroshell i have been using it for the past few days and appears to been a nice clean and robust' it was very easy to install on my old netbook with usb eth card and working very well.

federicowelz
Feb 20, 2015
0

Is a great tool, it was too easy to install and administer.

bizonu22
Nov 3, 2014
0

Hello!

I highly recommend this product. I use it as a firewall , web filter and VPN server . Has a lot of features like Load Balancing and Failover, Wireless Access Point, Captive Portal, QOS , LDAP, NIS and RADIUS authorization and more you can find here http://www.zeroshell.org. This solution does not require many resources and is very stable. I have around 100 computers in my network and it works very well . I also have a virtual machine with Zeroshell they use as a backup gateway if it falls.

Regards!

What is ZeroShell?

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.

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