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Happy Cyber Monday - Launching Our New IPFire Mini Appliance

02 Dec 2024 by Michael Tremer

This Cyber Monday, we are officially announcing the long awaited successor to our most popular firewall: the all new IPFire Mini Appliance!

Order now and enjoy an exclusive price of EUR 499 or USD 599 until December 31st (prices excl. VAT)!

Celebrating 10 Years of Lightning Wire Labs (10% Off All Appliances)

01 Aug 2022 by Michael Tremer

We are celebrating 10 years of Lightning Wire Labs!

A whole decade where we have been working to make the Internet a safer place. Time that has been moving fast, has been full of challenges, as well as a time that has been a great success for ourselves, and our customers and partners we work with.

To say Thank You to our loyal customers, we are offering a 10% discount on all our appliances on store.lightningwirelabs.com for all of August1.

  1. While stocks last. Offer ends on August 31st, 2022. Our terms & conditions apply. 

Can You Get Better Value For Money From AWS?

30 Aug 2021 by Michael Tremer

Today, we are launching IPFire on AWS ARM-based instances, making IPFire cheaper, more versatile and more secure for all your cloud-based projects.

Having been around for a little while, Lightning Wire Labs ported IPFire to the new ARM-based processors from AWS with IPFire 2.25 - Core Update 159.

Launching IPFire on Exoscale

09 Nov 2020 by Michael Tremer

Today, we are launching IPFire on Exoscale, the GDPR-compatible European Cloud Provider based in Switzerland.

Exoscale

IPFire on AWS: Update to IPFire 2.25 - Core Update 146

15 Jul 2020 by Michael Tremer

Today, we have updated IPFire on AWS to IPFire 2.25 - Core Update 146 - the latest official release of IPFire.

Since IPFire is available on AWS, we are gaining more and more users who are securing their cloud infrastructure behind an easy to configure, yet fast and secure firewall.

This update brings a new kernel as well as many other exciting changes.

Follow Us on LinkedIn

14 Apr 2020 by Michael Tremer

We are now on LinkedIn!

In a bid to improve our online presence we have created a LinkedIn page where we will be sharing news, product updates and vacancies within Lightning Wire Labs.

Check out our page and start following us today!

IPFire on AWS: Update to IPFire 2.25 - Core Update 141

27 Feb 2020 by Michael Tremer

Today, we have updated IPFire on AWS to IPFire 2.25 - Core Update 141 - the latest official release of IPFire.

Since IPFire is available on AWS, we are gaining more and more users who are securing their cloud infrastructure behind an easy to configure, yet fast and secure firewall.

This update adds the rewritten DNS stack and brings many bug fixes to the cloud.

Enhancements to our DNS Resolver

12 Feb 2020 by Michael Tremer

Today, we have taken some important changes on our DNS Resolver into production. Having released support for DNS-over-TLS in 2018, we have now added TCP Fast Open and TLSv1.3.

Merry Christmas

05 Dec 2019 by Michael Tremer

As we are nearing the end of 2019, another successful year for Lightning Wire Labs, it is time to say thank you to everyone who has helped to make that happen.

I would like to thank everyone who has joined us on our way this year, as a customer, supplier, or a member of staff. It has been a great experience.

IPFire on AWS: Update to IPFire 2.23 - Core Update 138

02 Dec 2019 by Michael Tremer

Today, we have updated IPFire on AWS to IPFire 2.23 - Core Update 138 - the latest official release of IPFire.

This update includes security fixes for vulnerabilities in Intel processors as well as the new and improved Quality of Service.