Zentyal

Zentyal, formerly called eBox Platform, is a software suite for Linux servers aimed at small-to-medium-sized businesses. It is an alternative to traditional server applications, such as Windows Server, and is built on Ubuntu and Apache. Although the software is open-source, the company profits by offering paid technical support. Its website is located at www.zentyal.org.

Zentyal software has the following features:

Networking

• Firewall and routing
• Filtering
• NAT (Network Address Translation) and port redirection.
• VLAN (virtual local area network) 802.1Q
• Multiple PPPoE and DHCP gateways.
• Load balancing and automatic failover.
• Traffic shaping
• Graphical traffic rate monitoring.
• Intrusion detection system
• Dynamic DNS (domain name system).

Infrastructure

• DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
• NTP (Network Time Protocol) server.
• DNS server, with dynamic updates over DHCP.
• RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service) server.
• VPN (virtual private network) with dynamic routes.
• HTTP proxy
• Internet cache
• User authentication
• Content filtering
• Transparent antivirus
• Delay pools

Mail server

• Mail Server
• Virtual domains
• Quotas
• Sieve support
• External account retrieval
• POP3 and IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) over SSL/TLS.
• Spam filtering
• Transparent POP3 proxy filter.
• Catch-all accounts
• Webmail

Web server with virtual hosts support

• Certification authority
• Workgroups
• Centralized users and groups management.
• Primary/secondary support
• Active Directory synchronization
• Windows PDC (primary domain controller) support.
• Password policies
• Support for Windows 7 clients.
• Software updates
• Backups

Network resource sharing, including printer serving

• Groupware (calendar, address book, wiki, etc.).
• VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) server with voicemail, conference rooms, calls through external providers, call transfers and parking, music on hold, queues, and logs.
• Jabber/XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) server.

Reporting and monitoring

• Dashboard
• Monitors CPU (central processing unit) load, disk space, thermal information, and memory usage.
• RAID (redundant array of independent disks) status.
• System reports
• Event notification via mail, RSS (Really Simple Syndication), or Jabber.

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