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• Astaro Internet Security - Appliance-based special-purpose hardened Linux distribution with firewall, VPN, anti-virus functionality. Some functionality is available for free for home use, the rest is commercial.
• Devil-Linux - Small CD-based distribution used for firewalls, routers. System configuration settings are stored on separate floppy disk. Descriptions, news, documents, downloads, links.
• EnGarde - Server distribution, goal: provide level of security needed to create corporate web presence or conduct business on Web. Security achieved via included software and using principle of least privilege; available for use.
• HP Secure OS Software for Linux - Server platform using compartmentalization to contain processes to known part of filesystem and network; has system level auditing, supports remote configuration. Mostly closed source. Was commercial product, now discontinued, unsupported.
• Owl - Openwall GNU/*/Linux is a server distribution; main means to security: proactive source code review, privilege separation; several other means also used. Available for use. English, French, German, Russian.
• Project Plan-B - Bootable linux live CD-ROM for system and network security testing.
• Security Enhanced Linux - NSA research prototype made public, has modified kernel, several utilities; has enhanced security-related functions designed to show value of mandatory access controls and how such can be added to Linux; not a full OS distribution.
• Sentry Firewall CD - Linux-based bootable CD suitable for use as low cost, easy to maintain firewall or IDS node.

• Migrating to Astaro Security Linux - Fed up with costly, complex firewalls, e-gaming firm eBet Ltd., picks open source security; senior systems administrator knew he needed to upgrade from Check Point 4.0 perimeter firewall. [Linux Journal] (December 15, 2003)