{"wikiid":570678,"langid":"en","namespace":"CATEGORY","title":"Zeroshell","revisionid":1296839,"contents_raw":"== Background Information ==\n\nReleased in 2006, Zeroshell was developed to deliver network services through a web interface. It gained popularity for its versatility, including capabilities for VPNs, load balancing, and captive portal access.\n\nZeroshell was avalable for x86\/x86-64 platforms as well as ARM based devices such as the [[Topic:Raspberry Pi Desktop|Raspberry Pi]].\n\nZeroshell's end of life was announced on April 18, 2021 and security updates were delvered up to September 30,2021.\n\n== Technical Specifications ==\n\n=== ***General Information*** ===\n\n* ***Developer:*** Fulvio Ricciardi\n* ***Licensing:*** GNU GPL\n* ***OS Family:*** Linux (Unix-like)\n* ***Initial Release Date:*** June 2006\n* ***Latest Release Date:*** January 16, 2021\n\n=== ***Availability Information*** ===\n\n* ***Languages:*** Multilingual\n* ***Platforms:*** armhf, i386, x86_64\n\n=== ***System Information*** ===\n\n* ***Working State:*** Discontinued\n* ***Source Model:*** Open Source\n* ***Update Method:*** Source-Based\n* ***Package manager:*** N\/A\n* ***Default User Interface:*** WebUI\n\n=== ***Features*** ===\n\n* ***RADIUS*** server which provides strong authentication for the Wireless clients through IEEE 802.1X and Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA\/WPA2) protocols\n* ***Captive Portal*** for network authentication in the HotSpots via the web browser. The credentials can be verified against a Radius server, a Kerberos 5 KDC (such as Active Directory KDC)\n* ***Netfilter*** \u2013 Firewall, Packet Filter and Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI), Layer 7 filter to block or shape the connections generated by Peer to Peer clients\n* ***Linux network scheduler*** \u2013 control maximum bandwidth, the guaranteed bandwidth and the priority of some types of traffic such as VoIP and peer-to-peer\n* ***VPN host-to-LAN*** and ***LAN-to-LAN*** with the IPSec\/L2TP and OpenVPN protocols\n* ***Routing and Bridging capabilities*** with VLAN IEEE 802.1Q support\n* ***Multizone DNS Server***\n* ***Multi subnet DHCP server***\n* ***PPPoE Client*** for connection to the WAN (Wide area network) via ADSL, DSL and cable lines\n* ***Dynamic DNS Client Updater*** for DynDNS\n* ***NTP*** (Network Time Protocol) client and server\n* ***Syslog Server*** for receiving and cataloging the system logs produced by the remote hosts\n* ***Kerberos 5 Authentication***\n* ***LDAP Server***\n* ***X.509 Certification Authority***\n\n== Additonal Information ==\n\n* [link|https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zeroshell|Zeroshell Wikipedia Page]\n* [link|https:\/\/distrowatch.com\/table.php?distribution=zeroshell|Zeroshell Distrowatch Page]\n* [link|https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210112053551\/http:\/\/www.zeroshell.org\/|Zeroshell Linux Web Archive]","contents_json":{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Background Information"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Released in 2006, Zeroshell was developed to deliver network services through a web interface. It gained popularity for its versatility, including capabilities for VPNs, load balancing, and captive portal access."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Zeroshell was avalable for x86\/x86-64 platforms as well as ARM based devices such as the "},{"type":"text","text":"Raspberry Pi","marks":[{"type":"wikiLink","attrs":{"target":"Topic:Raspberry Pi Desktop","tag":null,"newWindow":false,"href":"\/Topic\/Raspberry_Pi_Desktop"}}]},{"type":"text","text":"."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Zeroshell's end of life was announced on April 18, 2021 and security updates were delvered up to September 30,2021."}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Technical Specifications"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":3},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"General Information","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]}]},{"type":"bulletList","attrs":[],"content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Developer:","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" Fulvio Ricciardi"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Licensing:","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" GNU GPL"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"OS Family:","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" Linux (Unix-like)"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Initial Release Date:","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" June 2006"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Latest Release Date:","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" January 16, 2021"}]}]}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":3},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Availability Information","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]}]},{"type":"bulletList","attrs":[],"content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Languages:","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" Multilingual"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Platforms:","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" armhf, i386, x86_64"}]}]}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":3},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"System Information","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]}]},{"type":"bulletList","attrs":[],"content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Working State:","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" Discontinued"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Source Model:","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" Open Source"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Update Method:","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" Source-Based"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Package manager:","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" N\/A"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Default User Interface:","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" WebUI"}]}]}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":3},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Features","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]}]},{"type":"bulletList","attrs":[],"content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"RADIUS","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" server which provides strong authentication for the Wireless clients through IEEE 802.1X and Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA\/WPA2) protocols"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Captive Portal","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" for network authentication in the HotSpots via the web browser. The credentials can be verified against a Radius server, a Kerberos 5 KDC (such as Active Directory KDC)"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Netfilter","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" \u2013 Firewall, Packet Filter and Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI), Layer 7 filter to block or shape the connections generated by Peer to Peer clients"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Linux network scheduler","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" \u2013 control maximum bandwidth, the guaranteed bandwidth and the priority of some types of traffic such as VoIP and peer-to-peer"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"VPN host-to-LAN","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" and "},{"type":"text","text":"LAN-to-LAN","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" with the IPSec\/L2TP and OpenVPN protocols"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Routing and Bridging capabilities","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" with VLAN IEEE 802.1Q support"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Multizone DNS Server","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Multi subnet DHCP server","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"PPPoE Client","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" for connection to the WAN (Wide area network) via ADSL, DSL and cable lines"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Dynamic DNS Client Updater","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" for DynDNS"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"NTP","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" (Network Time Protocol) client and server"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Syslog Server","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]},{"type":"text","text":" for receiving and cataloging the system logs produced by the remote hosts"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Kerberos 5 Authentication","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"LDAP Server","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"X.509 Certification Authority","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]}]}]}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Additonal Information"}]},{"type":"bulletList","attrs":[],"content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zeroshell","target":false}}],"text":"Zeroshell Wikipedia Page"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https:\/\/distrowatch.com\/table.php?distribution=zeroshell","target":false}}],"text":"Zeroshell Distrowatch Page"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210112053551\/http:\/\/www.zeroshell.org\/","target":false}}],"text":"Zeroshell Linux Web Archive"}]}]}]}]},"contents_rendered":"<div class=\"clearer\"><\/div><div class=\"headerContainer\"><a class=\"selfLink\" href=\"#Section_Background_Information\" title=\"Link to this section\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span    class=\"fa-svg-icon\"><svg width=\"16\" height=\"16\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" overflow=\"visible\"><!--! 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It gained popularity for its versatility, including capabilities for VPNs, load balancing, and captive portal access.<\/p>\n\n<p>Zeroshell was avalable for x86\/x86-64 platforms as well as ARM based devices such as the <a href=\"\/Topic\/Raspberry_Pi_Desktop\">Raspberry Pi<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Zeroshell's end of life was announced on April 18, 2021 and security updates were delvered up to September 30,2021.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"clearer\"><\/div><div class=\"headerContainer\"><a class=\"selfLink\" href=\"#Section_Technical_Specifications\" title=\"Link to this section\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span    class=\"fa-svg-icon\"><svg width=\"16\" height=\"16\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" overflow=\"visible\"><!--! 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