Zeroshell

Zeroshell is a small Linux distribution for servers and embedded systems which aims to provide network services. As its name implies, its administration relies on a web based graphical interface. There is no need to use a shell to administer and configure it. Zeroshell is available as Live CD and CompactFlash images, and VMware virtual machines.

Selected Features

• RADIUS server which is able to provide strong authentication for the Wireless clients by using IEEE 802.1X and Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA/WPA2) protocols;

• Captive portal for network authentication in the HotSpots by using a web browser. The credentials can be verified against a Radius server, a Kerberos 5 KDC (such as Active Directory KDC);

• Quality of Service and traffic shaping management to control the maximum bandwidth, the guaranteed bandwidth and the priority of some types of traffic such as VoIP and Peer-to-peer;

• VPN host-to-LAN and LAN-to-LAN with the IPSec/L2TP and OpenVPN protocols;

• Routing and Bridging capabilities with VLAN IEEE 802.1Q support;

• Firewall Packet Filter and Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI);

• Layer 7 filter to block or shape the connections generated by Peer to Peer clients;

• TCP and UDP (User Datagram Protocol) virtual servers (Port Forwarding);

• Multizone DNS (Domain name system) server;

• Multi subnet DHCP server;

• PPPoE client for connection to the WAN (Wide area network) via ADSL, DSL and cable lines;

• Dynamic DNS client updater for DynDNS;

• NTP (Network Time Protocol) client and server;

• Syslog server for receiving and cataloging the system logs produced by the remote hosts;

• Kerberos 5 authentication;

• LDAP server;

• X.509 certification authority.

Hardware

Zeroshell is installed on embedded hardware designed and manufactured by some companies.

External links

• Zeroshell Website (English)
• Zeroshell Website (Italiano/Italian)