Our Mission: To Create a Distribution of IPCOP for Sun Cobalt Raq's.
RaqCop.com was founded in October, 2007 by some hackers who both enjoy IPCop, and Sun Cobalt Raq's.
IPCop is by far the worlds best Linux firewall distribution and paired with a Sun Cobalt Raq4i, it makes a perfect inexpensive custom router / firewall.
Raq4i's have 2 NIC's, 1 USB port, 2 serial ports, 1 expansion PCI slot, they are very small (1u), fairly quiet, and take less than 60Watts of power.
When I first attempted to install IPCop on a Raq, I found much of the information online is confusing, scattered, and or non existent. Here at RaqCop.com,
we intend to fix that problem.
Currently, RaqCop is only a howto and some custom modified installation files to help you install IPCop on a Cobalt Raq. You can
download our modified IPCop files at http://downloads.raqcop.com/cobalt_ipcop/.
This project is BETA but it is also very STABLE too. It is probably not for Linux beginers. Our current plans would be to make a RaqCop CD builder
which would take IPCop Source and modify it to work on a Cobalt Raq. Furthermore, we plan on making this distro a network bootable CD just
as the original Sun Raq Restoration Disks were. If you are looking for an easy to install network bootable Raq Firewall installation disk,
please come back at a later time. For now, we will provide some Raq / IPCop specific files as well as some support so that the average Linux
hacker can have a Cobalt Raq Firewall / Router using IPCop.
Special Note:
This project will also work on a Symantec VelociRaptor 500. Some
VelociRaptor's, including the Raptor 500 are nearly identical to Sun Cobalt's in hardware specs. If you own a VelociRaptor and are looking for
a new software upgrade, RaqCop may be for you!
Other Useful Information from Our Sponsors:
The Team:
Join Us in Our Mission:
If you would like to join our team or feel you have ANYTHING, yes I mean ANYTHING to offer us, please contact one or all of us. We are currently looking
for people with experience in making their own network bootable Linux installation disks. Any testers are also
very welcome! Furthermore, any help from the creators of IPCop is also highly welcome and
would be much appreciated. Thanks for your interest and we hope you enjoy!
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