IP Cop is a Linux firewall distribution geared towards home and small office users.

IP Cop lets you take an old PC and convert it into an appliance that will:

• Secure your home or office network from the Internet.
• Improve the performance of web browsers by keeping frequently used data.

IPCop works with most home networks and small office networks, dial up modems, cable modems, DSL, leased lines and ISDN. It also lets several PCs share connections to the Internet. If you have an always on connection to can even use IPCop to protect your web and email servers. IP Cop also has remote management meaning you can securely update and reconfigure your IPCop firewall from anywhere with an Internet connection.

All this functionality can be managed from a simple to use web interface, even updates and patches can be installed using a web browser.

IPCop basically sits "in between" your Internet connection (dial-up modem, cable-modem, DSL, etc) and works directs traffic using a set of rules for the TCP/IP traffic that underlies all Internet activities. The default rules, ideal for most users, are essentially simple in nature. They allow you to "surf" to the outside world and visit web-sites, FTP, email and so forth. And as you go about your tasks on the Internet, IPCop allows return traffic from those tasks, that you requested, to pass through. If, however, some random TCP/IP traffic comes in, requesting information from your computer, and that traffic is not in response to your requests, IP Cop refuses to respond, and logs that attempt. Thus, you are allowed to go about your normal business, but when the bad guys try to come after you, they are stopped cold, because they are not responding to your requests.

• Pentium or AMD processor, 200 MHz or higher
• 64MB of RAM or more
• 640x480 or higher screen resolution

• 1 IP Cop 1.4.2 CD, 1 Paper CD Sleeve
• Quick Start Information Sheet