IPFire Ready System – APU2E5, 4 GB RAM, 16 GB mSATA SSD, black

IPFire is a hardened Linux appliance distribution with primary use as a firewall.

With IPFire comes enterprise-grade network protection for everyone from home networks to large enterprises, school networks and government agencies. A special focus is placed on security, stability and ease of use. Additional functions can be installed with just one click.

Security

The main focus of IPFire is on security. Especially with such an extensive topic, there is not only one way to achieve a maximum level of security. It is at least as important for the network administrator to understand their needs and act accordingly. IPFire provides a basis for this purpose, which divides individual network segments according to their security levels and also allows them to be subsequently adapted according to one’s own requirements.

Equally high priority is given to the security of the modular components. Updates are digitally signed, encrypted and can be automatically installed via the Pakfire package management system. Typically, IPFire is directly connected to the Internet, making it a target for hackers and other threats. The package management system helps the administrator to be sure that all important gaps are plugged and bugs are fixed in all deployed components.

Firewall

IPFire uses a stateful packet inspection (SPI) firewall based on the Linux packet filtering framework netfilter. During the IPFire installation process, the network is divided into several separate segments. This security scheme implies a perfect fit for each system on the network. Each segment can be added as needed, depending on the location and purpose, and all systems in a segment are treated with the same security policy.

PC Engines APU2E5 system board, 1 GHz, 4 GB DDR3 RAM, 3x LAN

The successor of the successful ALIX board combines the previous functionality of ALIX.2D13 and ALIX.6F2 in a single board with more computing power, more processor performance and faster data storage and is suitable for considerably more task areas.

The PC Engines APU system board is a low-cost single board computer (SBC) based on the AMD Embedded G-Series processors for a wide range of applications such as (wireless) LAN routers, firewalls, load balancers, VPN routers, thin clients, compact servers, NAS, etc.

The system can be booted from SD card, USB media, mSATA-SSD module, SATA connection and via the network. The AMD Quad-Core processor with a clock speed of 1 GHz is provided with 4 GByte RAM as standard and the entire board stands out for its low power consumption.

APU2E update: The size of the battery socket has been changed to avoid contact problems. Added signal integrity resistor for core voltage control signal.

Scope of delivery:

• 1x server system
• 1x 16 GB mSATA SSD with pre-installed IPFire software
• 1x 12 V power supply unit
• 1x network cable (1 m)
• 1x housing

• CPU: AMD Embedded G Series GX-412TC, 1 GHz Quad Jaguar Core with 64 bit and AES-NI support, 32K data + 32K instruction cache per core, shared 2 MB L2 cache
• DRAM: 4 GB DDR3-1333 DRAM
• Storage: boot from mSATA-SSD, SD card (internal sdhci controller) or external via USB, 1x SATA + power connector
• 12 V DC, around 6 to 12 W depending on CPU load, built-in socket = 2.5 mm, center positive
• Connectivity: 3 Gigabit Ethernet channels (Intel i211AT)
• I/O: serial DB9 interface, 2x USB 3.0 external + 2x USB 2.0 internal, 3x LEDs on the front, push-buttons
• Extension: 2x miniPCI-express (1x with SIM connector), LPC bus, GPIO header, I2C bus, COM2 (3.3 V RXD/TXD)
• Board size: 6 x 6″ (152.4 x 152.4 mm) – like apu1d, alix2d13 and wrap1e
• Firmware: Coreboot
• Cooling: Conductive cooling from CPU to case with 3 mm thick aluminium heatspreader (included)