ClearOS
ClearOS is a software company located in Utah, US and is better known for developing the ClearOS system.
ClearOS System (formerly named ClarkConnect) is a Linux distribution, based on CentOS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux,[4] designed for use in small and medium enterprises as a network gateway and network server with a web-based administration interface.[5] It is designed to be an alternative to Windows Small Business Server.[6] ClearOS succeeds ClarkConnect. The software is built by ClearFoundation, and support services can be purchased from ClearCenter.[7] ClearOS 5.1 removes previous limitations to mail, DMZ, and MultiWAN functions.[8]
As of the ClearOS 6.1 release, the distribution is a full-featured operating system for servers and workstations built from source packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.[9][10]
Features
Features include:
- Stateful firewall (iptables), networking and security
- Intrusion detection and prevention system (SNORT)
- Virtual private networking (IPSEC, PPTP, OpenVPN)
- Web proxy, with content filtering and antivirus (Squid, DansGuardian)
- E-mail services (Webmail, Postfix, SMTP, POP3/s, IMAP/s)
- Groupware (Kolab)
- Database and web server (easy to deploy LAMP stack)
- File and print services (Samba and CUPS)
- Flexshares (unified multi-protocol storage which currently employs SMB, HTTP/S, FTP/S, and SMTP)
- MultiWAN (Internet fault tolerant design)
- Built-in reports for system statistics and services (MRTG and others)
Awards and recognition
- August 2009: CompTIA Breakaway - ClearCenter's ClearOS wins 'Best New Product' at CompTIA Breakaway.[11]
- August 2010: CompTIA Breakaway - ClearCenter's ClearOS repeats win for 'Best New Product' at CompTIA Breakaway.[12]
- July 2012: Softpedia - An Open Source, free and powerful network and gateway Linux server operating system[13]
- February 2014: IDG Security Firewall Distributions Review [14]
- June 2015: Small Business Computing -The 5 Best Linux Servers for Small Business [15]
- September 2015: LinuxVoice Service Distro - Group Test (see pages 58-63) [16]
See also
References
- ^ "ClearFoundation SVN".
- ^ Johnson, Devin (2016-03-08). "ClearOS 7.2.0 Released". ClearOS. ClearFoundation. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- ^ "ClarkConnect - Product Life - End of Life".
- ^ "DistroWatch: ClearOS".
- ^ "ClarkConnect Is Now ClearOS".
- ^ "Linux answer to Windows SBS: ClearOS".
- ^ "Overview". ClearCenter.
- ^ "Dual WAN Clarkconnect Community".
- ^ "DistroWatch: Development Release - ClearOS 6.1 Alpha 1".
- ^ "ClearFoundation: ClearOS Core 6.1 Alpha1".
- ^ "Breakaway 2009 Best New Product Winner - ClearCenter".
- ^ "Best of Breakaway 2010 Awards".
- ^ "An Open Source, free and powerful network and gateway Linux server operating system".
- ^ Mills, Ashton. "Security firewall distributions". IDG (CSO Online).
- ^ Schroder, Carla (June 22, 2015). "The 5 Best Linux Servers for Small Business".
- ^ "Server Distros Group Test" (PDF). LinuxVoice Magazine. LinuxVoice.
External links
- Official website
- ClearOS at DistroWatch
- Announcement of ClearCenter and ClearFoundation by Point Clark Networks