PacketProtector
Posted by security in Firewall Distributions, Host and Network Availability Monitoring, IDS / IPS, Mail Spam and Virus Filtering, Security Information Management, Snort, UTM - Unified Threat Management, Wireless Security ToolsWhat is it?
PacketProtector is a Linux distribution for wireless routers, built on top of OpenWrt. The goal of this project is to transform the router into a unified threat management device.
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Here's what you get: |
PacketProtector |
PacketProtector Light |
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a stateful firewall (iptables) |
y |
y |
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WPA/WPA2 Enterprise wireless (802.1X and PEAP with FreeRADIUS) |
y |
n |
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intrusion prevention (Snort-inline) |
y |
y |
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remote access VPN (OpenVPN) |
y |
y |
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content filtering/parental controls (DansGuardian) |
y |
n |
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web antivirus (DG + ClamAV) |
y |
n |
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a local certificate authority (OpenSSL) |
y |
y |
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secure management interfaces (SSH and HTTPS) |
y |
y |
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advanced firewall scripts for blocking IM and P2P apps |
y |
y |
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IP spoofing prevention (Linux rp_filter) |
y |
y |
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basic protocol anomaly detection (ipt_unclean) |
y |
y |
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anti-phishing (OpenDNS) |
y |
y |
| automatic signature/rule updates |
y |
y |
Each of these services is automatically bootstrapped and configured with sensible defaults. A secure web interface makes common configuration tasks as simple as a point and click.
PacketProtector Light runs on the Linksys WRT54G/WRT54GS (versions 1-4) and the WRT54GL.
The full version requires a Linksys WRTSL54GS or ASUS WL-500g (Deluxe or Premium) router, and a USB 2.0 drive with 120MB of free space. More…
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