COYOTE LINUX

Modern Edge Firewall Distribution

$ coyote --version
Coyote Linux 4.0

$ coyote status
Firewall:     ACTIVE
VPN:          CONNECTED
Uptime:       47 days, 12:34:56

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[ FEATURES ]

Immutable Design

Read-only firmware with safe rollback. Configuration stored separately from system image.

Edge Firewall

Stateful packet filtering with iptables/ip6tables. NAT, port forwarding, and traffic shaping.

VPN Server

Built-in StrongSwan IPSec VPN for secure site-to-site and remote access connections.

Load Balancing

HAProxy integration for high-availability and load distribution across backend servers.

Minimal Footprint

~214MB firmware image based on Alpine Linux. Runs on modest hardware.

Web Admin

Browser-based configuration interface with automatic rollback protection.

[ LATEST NEWS ]

Coyote Linux Kernel Security Update

2026-05-28

Recent Linux kernel vulnerability disclosures have raised questions about local privilege escalation risks on Linux-based systems. Coyote Linux rel...

Coyote Linux 4.0 Tech Preview

2026-02-09

Coyote Linux 4.0 Technology Preview downloads are now available on the downloads page, GitHub and SourceForge. These builds are intended as preview bu...

Coyote Linux Website Update

2026-02-09

After a lengthy stay at AWS Lightsail using Joomla to power the Coyote Linux website, it was decided to "bring it home". The Coyote Linux project is n...

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