What is "ipcop"

IPCop is a Linux distribution which aims to provide a simple-to-manage firewall appliance based on PC hardware. IPCop is a stateful firewall built on the Linux netfilter framework.

Originally a fork of the SmoothWall Linux firewall, the projects are developed independently, and have now diverged significantly. IPFire, another firewall distribution, has been forked in 2005 because of stagnant development of the IPCop project.

IPCop includes a simple, user managed update mechanism to install security updates when required.