Bernard Baurin

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INTEREST

ZeroShell is a Linux distribution (the product is free) offerinf a comprehensive set of network services. The product is available in particular in the form of an appliance.

SERVICES: Here is a list of services

• Router with static and dynamic routes (RIPv2)
• Firewall with packet filtering and SPI
• TCP / UDP with PAT for creating virtual servers
• Multizone DNS server
• Multi DHCP server subnet
• RADIUS server

EARNINGS

• Deployment time of an appliance: a few minutes
• RAM used: 256 MB at most
• Ease of setup: via a web GUI integrated
• Configuration: a file stored outside the appliance

The storage of the configuration at outside the appliance allows you to find out the same services after a reboot or recover very quickly a new appliance with same functionalities.

DEPLOYMENT

A full document available on the site describes all the steps to deploy Zeroshell on a hard drive.

The statement in the inventory of VMware is performed by declaring the administration console vSphere:

• An existing file pointing to 1GB file Zeroshell.vmdk 30 MB
• A memory of 128 MB

The main stages of deployment include:

• Download Image Compact Flash
• Image storage on a USB stick
• Creation of the partition in linux command line
• Mounting USB memory on the VM
• Decompression of the image on the Linux partition created.

To perform the steps, boot from the live cd. Zeroshell is started in seconds. Start themenu prompt with ’S':