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Zeroshell - Linux distribution for servers

Zeroshell is a small Linux distribution for servers & embedded devices aimed at providing the main network services a LAN/Network requires. The main features of this Linux distribution for Network Appliances are listed below:

Zeroshell

  • QoS (Quality of Service) management and traffic shaping to control traffic over a congested network.
  • Load Balancing & Failover of multiple Internet connections;
  • Captive Portal to support the web login on wireless and wired networks.
  • Http roxy server which is able to block the web pages containing virus.
  • UMTS/HSDPA connections by using 3G modems;
  • RADIUS server for providing secure authentication and automatic management of the encryption keys to the Wireless 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11a networks supporting the 802.1x protocol
  • Wireless Access Point mode with Multiple SSID and VLAN support by using WiFi network cards based on the Atheros chipsets.
  • Lan-to-lan VPN with encapsulation of Ethernet datagrams in SSL/TLS tunnel, with support for 802.1Q VLAN and configurable in bonding for load balancing (band increase) or fault tolerance (reliability increase);
  • Host-to-lan VPN with L2TP/IPsec in which L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol) authenticated with Kerberos v5 username and password is encapsulated within IPsec authenticated with IKE that uses X.509 certificates;
  • Router with static and dynamic routes (RIPv2 with MD5 or plain text authentication and Split Horizon and Poisoned Reverse algorithms);
  • 802.1d bridge with Spanning Tree protocol to avoid loops even in the presence of redundant paths;
  • 802.1Q Virtual LAN (tagged VLAN);
  • Firewall Packet Filter and Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) with filters applicable in both routing and bridging on all type of interfaces including VPN and VLAN;
  • NAT to use private class LAN addresses hidden on the WAN with public addresses;
  • TCP/UDP port forwarding (PAT) to create Virtual Servers.
  • It is possible to reject or shape P2P File Sharing traffic by using IPP2P iptables module in the Firewall and QoS Classifier;
  • Multizone DNS server with automatic management of the Reverse Resolution in-addr.arpa;
  • Multi subnet DHCP server with the possibility to fix IP depending on client’s MAC address;
  • NTP (Network Time Protocol) client and server for keeping host clocks synchronized;
  • PPPoE client for connection to the WAN via ADSL, DSL and cable lines (requires a suitable MODEM);
  • Dynamic DNS client used to easily reach the host on WAN even when the IP is dynamic;
  • Syslog server for receiving and cataloging the system logs produced by the remote hosts including Unix systems, routers, switches, WI-FI access points, network printers & others compatible with the syslog protocol;
  • Kerberos 5 authentication using an integrated KDC and cross-authentication between realms;
  • LDAP, NIS and RADIUS authorization;
  • Unix and Windows Active Directory interoperability using LDAP and Kerberos 5 cross realm authentication.
  • X509 certification authority for issuing and managing electronic certificates;

Download ZeroShell Links:

  1. Iso image for CD
    ZeroShell-1.0.beta12.iso
  2. 1GB image for IDE, SATA e USB disks
    ZeroShell-1.0.beta12-CompactFlash-IDE-USB-SATA-1GB.img.gz
  3. 1GB Compact Flash for WRAP, ALIX, Soekris 4801 and 5501
    ZeroShell-1.0.beta12-ALIX-CompactFlash-1GB.img.gz
  4. VMWare Virtual Machine
    ZeroShell-1.0.beta12-VMWARE.zip
  5. Asterisk VoIP PBX   
    http://www.zeroshell.net/eng/patch-details/#C000

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XAMPP for Windows - Desktop PC to Dedicated Server

XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start. XAMPP is a compilation of free software (comparable to a Linux distribution):

  • Apache HTTPD 2.2.11 + Openssl 0.9.8i
  • MySQL 5.1.33
  • PHP 5.2.9
  • phpMyAdmin 3.1.3.1
  • XAMPP CLI Bundle 1.3
  • FileZilla FTP Server 0.9.31
  • Mercury Mail Transport System 4.62

XAMPP for Windows

it’s free of charge & it’s free to copy under the terms of the GNU (General Public License).

XAMPP distribution version for Windows 98, NT, 2000, 2003, XP and Vista contains: Apache, MySQL, PHP + PEAR, Perl, mod_php, mod_perl, mod_ssl, OpenSSL, phpMyAdmin, Webalizer, Mercury Mail Transport System for Win32 and NetWare Systems v3.32, Ming, JpGraph, FileZilla FTP Server, mcrypt, eAccelerator, SQLite, and WEB-DAV + mod_auth_mysql.

XAMPP for Windows - Download Links:

Microsoft Virtual PC - free software virtualization

Virtual PC lets you create separate virtual machines on your Windows desktop, each of which virtualizes the hardware of a complete physical computer.

Virtual PCVirtual PC is a powerful software virtualization solution that allows you to run multiple PC-based operating systems simultaneously on one workstation, providing a safety net to maintain compatibility with legacy applications while you migrate to a new operating system.

The Virtual PC application requires a 400 MHz Pentium-compatible processor (1.0 GHz or faster recommended), and requires approximately 35 MB of disk space. It runs on Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows XP Professional, or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, Windows Vista SP1 (Enterprise, Business, Ultimate), Windows XP SP3.

Download Microsoft Virtual PC 2007:

VirtualBox free x86 virtualization

VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise and home use. VirtualBox is an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Easily enable multiple virtual machines (VMs) on one desktop and access other operating systems in a native OS environment.

VirtualBox Software

Presently, VirtualBox runs on

  • Windows,
  • Linux,
  • Macintosh
  • OpenSolaris

hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), Solaris and OpenSolaris, and OpenBSD.

Some of the features of VirtualBox are:

  • VirtualBox ImageVirtualBox has an extremely modular design with well-defined internal programming interfaces and a client/server design. This makes it easy to control it from several interfaces at once: for example, you can start a virtual machine in a typical virtual machine GUI and then control that machine from the command line, or possibly remotely.
  • VirtualBox comes with a full Software Development Kit: even though it is Open Source Software, you don’t have to hack the source to write a new interface for VirtualBox.
  • Guest Additions for Windows and Linux. VirtualBox has special software that can be installed inside Windows and Linux virtual machines to improve performance and make integration much more seamless.
  • Virtual machine descriptions in XML. The configuration settings of virtual machines are stored entirely in XML and are independent of the local machines. Virtual machine definitions can therefore easily be ported to other computers.
  • Shared folders. Like many other virtualization solutions, for easy data exchange between hosts and guests, VirtualBox allows for declaring certain host directories as “shared folders”, which can then be accessed from within virtual machines.
  • Virtual USB Controllers. VirtualBox implements a virtual USB controller and allows you to connect arbitrary USB devices to your virtual machines without having to install device specific drivers on the host.
  • USB over RDP. With this unique feature, a virtual machine that acts as an RDP server can still access arbitrary USB devices that are connected on the RDP client.
  • Remote Desktop Protocol. Unlike any other virtualization software, VirtualBox fully supports the standard Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

Download Free VirtualBox:

  • VirtualBox 2.2.0 for Solaris and OpenSolaris hosts x86/amd64 => [DOWNLOAD LINK]

VMware Server Virtualization - Virtual Machine

VMware Server is a hosted virtualization platform that installs like an application on any existing server hardware & partitions a physical server into multiple virtual machines.

vmware server

With free VMware Server software you can:

  • Easily evaluate software in ready-to-run virtual machines without installation and configuration
  • Accelerate server provisioning by building a virtual machine once and deploying it multiple times
  • Simplify IT testing of patches, new applications and operating systems by allowing systems administrators to test in a secure virtual machine environment & be able to roll back to a clean state by using the snapshot feature
  • Leverage pre-built, ready-to-run virtual appliances that include virtual hardware, operating system and application environments from the Virtual Appliance Marketplace
  • Re-host legacy operating systems such as Windows 2000, Windows NT Server 4.0 and Windows 2003 in a virtual machine running on new hardware and operating system

vmware serverInstall and run VMware Server as an application on top of a host Windows or Linux operating system. A thin virtualization layer partitions the physical server so you can run multiple virtual machines simultaneously on a single server.  VMware Server isolates each virtual machine from its host & other virtual machines, leaving it unaffected if another virtual machine crashes. Your data does not leak across virtual machines & your applications can only communicate over configured network connections. VMware Server encapsulates a virtual machine environment as a set of files, which are easy to back-up, copy and move .

Download Free VMware Server

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