= Welcome to Vuurmuur Firewall =
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=== Introduction ===
Welcome to the homepage of the Vuurmuur project. Vuurmuur is a powerful firewall manager built on top of [http://www.netfilter.org iptables] on Linux. It has a simple and easy to learn configuration that allows both simple and complex configurations. The configuration can be fully configured through an Ncurses GUI, which allows secure remote administration through SSH or on the console. Vuurmuur supports traffic shaping, has powerful monitoring features, which allow the administrator to look at the logs, connections and bandwidth usage in realtime. Vuurmuur is open source software and is distributed under the terms of the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL]. Take a look at the list of [wiki:Features], see the ScreenShots and watch the [http://trac.vuurmuur.org/demos/demos.html flash demos] for an impression.
'''Interested? [wiki:Participate This is how you get involved].'''
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=== Checkout the [wiki:Features] and [wiki:ScreenShots] ===
The [wiki:ScreenShots screens] and [wiki:Features features] should help you determine if Vuurmuur is the right tool for protecting your network.[[BR]]
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=== Download the stable release: 0.7 ===
Checkout the [ftp://ftp.vuurmuur.org/releases/0.7/ Ftp server] or see [wiki:Download] for download instructions. This release fixes many bugs. Read the announcement here [http://www.inliniac.net/blog/2009/04/04/vuurmuur-07-is-out.html].
=== New development release out: 0.8beta1 ===
Please try the new development release from the [milestone:0.8 0.8] series. Many issues were [wiki:Changelog fixed]. A quick setup wizard was added. Feedback will be appreciated! Get the release from the [ftp://ftp.vuurmuur.org/releases/0.8beta1/ Ftp server].
=== Packages for Debian 'testing' Squeeze and Ubuntu Jaunty ===
Debian Squeeze and Ubuntu Jaunty are now supported on the [wiki:InstallationDebian apt-server].
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=== Join us on IRC ===
On freenode.net we are in the #vuurmuur channel. Join us there for support, suggestions, idling, etc.
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