BPFire - eBPF Network Firewall OS (eBPF 网络防火墙）

What is BPFire?

BPFire is fork of IPFire 2.x, a hardened, versatile, state-of-the-art Open Source firewall based on Linux. BPFire is to enable revolutionary eBPF technology for non-tech savvy users, make eBPF technology consumable to home users or any size of organizations to secure their network environment. Current supported eBPF network application features:

BPFire 基于IPFire 2.x, 一个基于Linux的安全坚固、多功能、先进的开源防火墙. BPFire 为普罗大众带来革命创新性的eBPF技术，为家庭用户或任何大小组织企业的网络安全保驾护航. 当前支持的eBPF应用包括：

1. XDP DDoS protection, See XDP SYNPROXY stops 10G DDoS SYN flood here
2. XDP UDP DDoS online game protection
3. XDP DNS domain blocklist, ratelimit protection
4. XDP SSL/TLS server name indicator (SNI) blocklist
5. XDP GeoIP/Country blocklist
6. XDP multi attachment and capture mode for Intrusion Detection System Suricata in IPS mode
7. eBPF based LoxiLB load balancer, Firewall, Proxy, see full features LoxiLB

Where can I get support?

Open github issue or discord

Where can I get BPFire installation ISO or LoongFire flash image?

中国大陆用户下载地址:

bpfire

loongfire

Other download site:

bpfire.net

What computer hardwares BPFire support?

BPFire support commodity computer hardware, small or large, old or new, cheap or expensive.

for example:

X86 mini PC

LoongArch mini PC

How do I install BPFire?

flash the ISO to USB on Linux machine, /dev/sdc is your USB thrumb drive.

dd if=bpfire-2.29-core184-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdc status=progress

BPFire installation on mini industrial PC:

BPFire SYNPROXY throughput with and without XDP acceleration under 10Gbit DDoS SYN flood:

BPFire WebUI screenshot:

English:

Chinese:

Does BPFire run in hypervisor virtual environment?

Yes, We have tested in Linux KVM hypervisor, Proxmox, Microsoft Hyper-v, should support Virtualbox, VMware as well.

Microsoft Hyper-v screen shot:

How to build BPFire?

Build Environment Setup https://www.ipfire.org/docs/devel/ipfire-2-x/build-initial

(It takes a few hours to build image for first build depending on build machine power)

for example on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:

apt install git-core g++ manpages-pl patch byacc make autoconf automake libltdl-dev

git clone https://github.com/vincentmli/BPFire.git

cd BPFire

wget --mirror --convert-links --adjust-extension --page-requisites --no-parent --cut-dirs=2 -nH --reject "index.html*" https://www.vcn.bc.ca/~vli/bpfire/cache/

./make.sh build

How do I support BPFire development?

Join or Donate to BPFire paypal