IPFire 2.7 Core 41 is a Linux-based firewall distribution with a focus on easy setup and high level of security. This core update has important security fixes of glibc and bzip2. The core update implicates following changes: Webinterface - fixed CGI outgoing GRP display bug, fixed bandwidth usage display with IE8, added example for black/whitelist on Proxy page, VPN pre-shared key field is now a password field; hardware - updated Realtek r8169, r8168, r8101 drivers; security - bzip2: 1.0.6 security update, closed privilege escalation hole in glibc; VPN - enabled cURL for HTTP fetching revoking list in strongSwan, added OpenVPN pam.so; firewall - fixed the feature for deactivating outgoing firewall rules; others - disabled internal TFTP Server in Dnsmasq etc....

About IPFire

IPFire is a Linux distribution that focusses on easy setup, good handling and high level of security. It is operated via an intuitive web-based interface which offers many configuration options for beginning and experienced system administrators. IPFire is maintained by developers who are concerned about security and who update the product regularly to keep it secure. IPFire ships with a custom package manager called Pakfire and the system can be expanded with various add-ons.