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Thursday, December 29, 2005

IPCop Pre-built VM Updated

I've updated the original post about the IPCop test rig. If you've downloaded it before, you'll notice that I've re-numbered the network and updated some of the add-ons. You can read about it here at the original blog entry.

The add-ons that are already installed in this IPCop VM need a little more attention than I gave them in the first post, so here's some quotes from their website:

urlfilter - The URL filter add-on for IPCop
URL filter is an add-on module for the popular Linux based firewall distributions IPCopand SmoothWall, extending their functionality with the ability to block unwanted domains, URLs and files.

Key features of URL filter:
*The URL filter module is available for both distributions, IPCop and SmoothWall
*It's ready to use. Download, install, and run
*Seamless GUI integration for configuration and log viewer
*Very flexible, block categories are not hardcoded
*Works with all squidGuard compatible blacklists
*Automatic blacklist updates on a scheduled basis
*Time, category and client based constraints (IPCop only)
*No reboot required, neither for installation or deinstallation, nor during operation
*And ... it's free, even for commercial use

advproxy - The Advanced Web Proxy add-on for IPCop

Advanced Proxy is an add-on module for the popular Linux based firewall distributions IPCop and SmoothWall, extending their web proxy functionality with a lot of versatile and useful additional features.

Key features of Advanced Proxy:
*Seamless GUI integration for advanced web proxy configuration
*Local user authentication including group based user management
*LDAP authentication including Active Directory, eDirectory and OpenLDAP
*Windows authentication including Windows NT/2003 domains and Samba
*RADIUS authentication
*Extended cache management
*Web access control by IP and MAC addresses
*Time based access restrictions
*MIME type filter
*Blocking of unauthorized browsers or client software
*Automatic client configuration support (PAC and WPAD)


cre - Classroom Extensions for the Advanced Proxy add-on


The Classroom Extensions (CRE) for the Advanced Proxy Server will give you the ability to delegate administrative tasks to non-administrative users. Therefore, the CRE will create a new logical role between the Admin and the users: The Supervisor.

The Supervisor may now turn on and off web access for predefined groups (e.g. specific computers in a classroom) without the need of having administrative access rights to the IPCop GUI.

Key features of the Classroom Extensions:
*Group definitions by single IP addresses, IP ranges and/or subnets
*Supervisor access protected by password and/or network address
*No administrative IPCop privileges required for the Supervisor

All administrative CRE settings will accessible within the Advanced Proxy GUI.


calamaris - Calamaris Proxy Report Generator add-on
Calamaris v2 is a logfile parser and report generator, originally written by Cord
Beermann and distributed under the GNU Public License. This add-on
integrates Calamaris into the IPCop or SmoothWall GUI and gives you the ability
to create customized, detailed, menu driven Proxy reports.

Report features of the Calamaris add-on:
*Summary
*Request method (GET, HEAD, ...)
*Incoming requests (TCP and UDP)
*Outgoing requests
*Requested first- and second-level domains
*Protocol report (http, gopher, ftp, ...)
*Requested content-types and
file extensions
*Size based distribution of objects
*Performance in
defined timeranges

All reports can be exported or viewed within the
integrated log viewer.


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Posted By: Jim on Thursday, December 29, 2005
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20 Comments:

  • I am assuming this machine was created with Workstation 5.x, which is not compatible with ESX, is there a way you can release a Legacy machine which will work on ESX.

    Thanks in Advance.

    Chris

    By Blogger Chris Machler, at January 24, 2006 2:47 PM  

  • Yep, you're right. I'll get that updated soon... Hopefully this week. Thanks for the input.

    Jim

    By Blogger Jim, at January 24, 2006 3:06 PM  

  • Thanks this will be really great to use in our ESX environment.

    Chris

    By Blogger Chris Machler, at January 25, 2006 10:06 AM  

  • FYI... I've just posted the ESX version of this VM...

    http://www.vmwarez.com/blog/2006/01/ipcop-virtual-machine-new-esx-version.html

    By Blogger Jim, at January 26, 2006 2:32 PM  

  • Thanks for the release, just a quick suggestion, you should consider releasing ipcop without any addons in the server version, some people might not feel safe enough trusting third party add-ons :)
    Thx

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at March 07, 2006 5:56 AM  

  • My god! You are great!!!
    Thx from the Netherlands.

    -MyNickIs2Much

    By Anonymous Nick Much, at March 16, 2006 9:57 AM  

  • Jim, you are awesome :-)
    I get an eror message if I try to start the IPCop-VM. The system says "Virtual machine config file is invalid". Server is VMWare GSX-Server 3.1.0 build 9089. Do you have an idea about the error?

    Thanks in advance!

    Carlos

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at March 17, 2006 10:47 AM  

  • I've never run it in GSX. I wonder if that is the problem. Have you been able to get it to run in Workstation or Player? Just as a sanity check?

    Thanks,

    Jim

    By Blogger Jim, at March 17, 2006 11:20 AM  

  • anybody had any success in running ipcop in vmware player with windows xp as host? can't get the networking side to work so I can't even bring up ipcop - is windows xp a non-starter?

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at April 04, 2006 3:20 PM  

  • It works for me... perfectly. I'd make sure you don't have other issues.

    By Blogger Jim, at April 04, 2006 6:32 PM  

  • I tried just now to download the VM and the link (http://www.vmwarez.com/blog/2005/12/ipcop-test-rig.html) appears to be dead.

    The page that loads says...
    "You're virtually in the wrong place...

    It looks like you've reached a page that does not exist any more - or one that has moved. Try going to the home page or using the search box below to find what you are looking for."

    Am I missing the correct link?

    Thanks,

    Ron

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at April 10, 2006 3:29 AM  

  • Thanks for the heads-up. I've fixed the broken link.

    Jim

    By Blogger Jim, at April 10, 2006 7:02 AM  

  • where can I find the download-link?

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at June 15, 2006 9:53 AM  

  • It is on the main IPCop page here:
    http://www.vmwarez.com/2005/12/ipcop-test-rig.html.

    By Blogger Jim, at June 15, 2006 10:02 AM  

  • My Host PC connects to Internet using a Wireless. IPCOP works great and all VM get the IP from the IPCOP DHCP. But my Host PC is not getting an IP from IPCOP. I cannot PING from my VM to my Host PC. Any idea.

    Thank you.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at June 20, 2006 2:42 PM  

  • Any plan to build this with the new 1.4.11 image?

    By Anonymous Jeff, at September 11, 2006 1:56 PM  

  • Yep, I hope to have it up this week.

    Thanks for asking.

    Jim

    By Blogger Jim, at September 12, 2006 10:09 AM  

  • Hey Jim,

    Do you have a IPCOP VM Built for ESX version 3 yet?

    Thanks,

    Chris

    By Anonymous Chris, at October 11, 2006 10:46 AM  

  • Hi Chris,

    I do have it running in ESX 3... actually, we're using about 3 of them in our virtual infrastructure. I'll try to get one out for download soon.

    Jim

    By Blogger Jim, at October 11, 2006 12:29 PM  

  • This is great. Would there be any chance of updating this with 1.14.18?

    By Anonymous Mark, at February 29, 2008 10:12 AM  

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