Endian is a leading provider of open source network security solutions. Thousands of networks worldwide are already secured by the Endian UTM (Unified Threat Management) product family, which delivers secure communication and enable protection against malicious Internet threats. Deeper Description: Endian Firewall Community 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 de signed with usability in mind and is very easy to install, use and manage, without losing its flexibility. The features include a stateful packet inspection firewall, application-level proxies for various protocols (HTTP, FTP, POP3, SMTP) with antivirus support, virus and spamfiltering for email traffic (POP and SMTP), content filtering of Web traffic and a hassle free VPN solution (based on OpenVPN). The main advantage of Endian Firewall is that it is a pure Open Source solution that is sponsored by Endian. The goal? Work with the Open Source community to build a complete, secure and stable firewall exclusively from Open Source software. Public forum, rapid progress, open process, open minds, open to new ideas. A proving ground for new technology that may eventually make its way into stable and supported Endian Firewall Appliance. Endian Firewall UTM Appliances The Endian Firewall UTM Appliances are available in both Hardware and Software edition and offer more features, commercial support and access to Endian Network for an unseen security experience. If you need professional support, a plug and play solution and centralized update management take a look at one of our Appliances. The software is released under GPL License.
Endian Firewall Community (EFW) is a 'turn-key' linux security distribution that makes your system a full featured security appliance with Unified Endian Firewall Community - Browse /Development/EFW-3.2.4 at SourceForge.net. We are on Endian Firewall Community release 2.1.2 (c) We have a hardware 'Watchguard' firewall my predecessor purchased but they never installed. And I've really had no reason to install it until now. But I'd rather keep the current firewall in place but try to figure out the recent hiccups with no useful logs.
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'We've been using the community product for some time now. Support is a little slow and you definitely brush up on your unix. A solid product though...' Read more
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'I'd love to consider Endian, but any vendor that is so tight lipped about pricing just isn't someone I want to do business with. There aren't ev...' Read more