Welcome to the IPFire Press Center. This page is for journalists, bloggers, influencers, and media professionals who want to write about IPFire or stay up to date with the latest news from our project.
About IPFire
IPFire is an advanced Open Source firewall distribution, designed for performance, simplicity, and security. Developed by a global community and maintained by Lightning Wire Labs, IPFire is trusted by individuals, businesses, and governments around the world.
It includes:
- A stateful-inspection firewall based on Linux Netfilter
- Intrusion Detection & Prevention with Suricata
- VPN (IPsec, OpenVPN, WireGuard)
- Advanced routing, Quality of Service (QoS)
- Proxy with content filtering, large update caching
- Secure update system and hardened userland
- Find more on our website
Press Resources
- IPFire Logo & Branding Guidelines
- Screenshots & Product Images
- Background: About the Project
- Archive of Previous Announcements
Press Contact
For press inquiries, interview requests, early access to upcoming releases, or to be added to our press mailing list:
We usually respond within 24 hours.
Embargoed Announcements
We are happy to provide pre-release information under embargo to trusted journalists and outlets. If you're working on a story or need early access, please reach out and let us know.
Interested in Writing About IPFire?
We're happy to:
- Provide quotes or interviews from developers
- Help with technical accuracy
- Provide insights into upcoming features
- Assist with review units (hardware running IPFire)
Previous Coverage
We’ve been featured in:
- 9to5Linux - IPFire Linux Firewall Gets Post-Quantum Cryptography Support for IPsec Tunnels (2025, English)
- gbhackers. - Linux Firewall IPFire 2.29 Launches with Post-Quantum Encryption and System Enhancements (2025, English)
- TechRadar - Best Linux firewall of 2025 (2024, English)
- Hacker News - Why Not Wireguard? (2020, English)
- Tom's Hardware - How to Build a Hardware Firewall with IPFire (2020, English)
- ICT Security Magazine - IpFire RouterFirewall-IPS (2019, Italian)
- Linux.com - IPFire: A User-Friendly Linux Firewall Distribution (2018, English)
- iX - Freie Filter - Marktübersicht: Open-Source-Firewalls (2018, German)
- c't - NASen-Löcher - Meltdown und Spectre bei Netzwerkspeichern und Routern (2018, German)
- OpenSource For U - Open Source Firewalls: The Best in the Business (2018, English)
- Internet Society - IPFire Adds DNSSEC Validation In New Release Via Crowdfunding (2014, English)
- LinuxUser - Netze absichern mit IPFire (2013, German)
- Linux Magazine - IPFire 2.11 (2012, English)
- Golem - Linux-Firewall mit Strongswan und Kernel 2.6.32.15 (2010, German)
If you've published something about IPFire, we'd love to hear from you and link back!