Linux Firewall Distros: Sm00thWall, m0n0wall, IPCop ...

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SmoothWall

SmoothWall Express is an open source firewall distribution based on the GNU/Linux operating system. Linux is the ideal choice for security systems; it is well proven, secure, highly configurable and freely††† available as open source code. SmoothWall includes a hardened subset of the GNU/Linux operating system, so there is no separate OS to install. Designed for ease of use, SmoothWall is configured via a web-based GUI, and requires absolutely no knowledge of Linux to install or use.

Source:http://security.linux.com/security/05/03/08/197207.shtml?tid=127&tid=35
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Screenshot http://www.smoothwall.org/about/screenshots/

Download: http://www.smoothwall.org/get/
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m0n0Wall

m0n0wall is a project aimed at creating a complete, embedded firewall software package that, when used together with an embedded PC, provides all the important features of commercial firewall boxes (including ease of use) at a fraction of the price (free software).
m0n0wall is based on a bare-bones version of FreeBSD, along with a web server, PHP and a few other utilities. The entire system configuration is stored in one single XML text file to keep things transparent.
m0n0wall is probably the first UNIX system that has its boot-time configuration done with PHP, rather than the usual shell scripts, and that has the entire system configuration stored in XML format.
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Screenshots: http://www.m0n0.ch/wall/screenshots.php

Download: http://www.m0n0.ch/wall/downloads.php

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IPCop

After seeing the direction certain Linux Distributions were heading in, a group of dissatisfied users/developers decided that there was little reason for the idea of a GPL Linux Firewall Distribution of such potential to be, simply, extinguished.

IPCop Linux is a complete Linux Distribution whose sole purpose is to protect the networks it is installed on. By implementing existing technology, outstanding new technology and secure programming practices IPCop is the Linux Distribution for those wanting to keep their computers/networks safe.
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Screenshots: Click here

Download: http://www.ipcop.org/

Some other distros:

* Devil Linux
* Linux LiveCD Router
 
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