Floppyfw
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Developer | Thomas Lundquist |
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Written in | {{#property:p277}} |
Working state | Current |
Source model | Open source |
Initial release | 2000 |
Latest release | 3.0.15 / July 21, 2011 |
Available in | English |
Platforms | x86 |
Kernel type | 2.4.37.9 |
License | various |
Official website | www.zelow.no/floppyfw |
floppyfw is a Linux distribution running BusyBox to provide a firewall/gateway/router on a single bootable floppy disk.
Floppyfw is maintained by Thomas Lundquist. Development is ongoing.[citation needed] The current version is 3.0.12, released 2010-04-25.
Requirements
- Intel 80386SX or better
- two network interface cards
- 1.44MB floppy drive
- 12MByte of RAM
Features
- Access lists
- IP-masquerading (network address translation)
- Connection tracked packet filtering
- Quite advanced routing
- Traffic shaping
- PPPoE
- Very simple packaging system. Is used for editors, PPP, VPN, traffic shaping and whatever comes up
- Logging through klogd/syslogd, both local and remote
- Serial support for console over serial port
- DHCP server and DNS cache for internal networks