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Zenected Threat Defense VPN

Zenected is a cloud based security threat protection service. It’s delivered through a set of pre-configured services. Once a user connects to the Zenected, that user’s network traffic is filtered to keep the bad things out (e.g. phishing sites, malware). The only thing this a user has to configure on the endpoint device (be it a mobile device, a desktop or laptop or IoT device) is a VPN connection.

All services are updated every hour with a new set of threat indicators prepared by Perun Works.

Zenected is easy to manage. It uses a web front-end for administrators to manage your instance. An administrator user can:

• manage Zenected users including adding more admin users
• blacklist URLs or domain names that you don't want your users to access
• whitelist URLs or domain names, that were identified as malicious but you still want your users to be able to get to them
• review exception requests from users

If you are a Zenected end-user what you will like about it, is:

• no need to install additional software on your mobile phone, tablet or laptop – Zenected uses standard OS features build-in into all modern systems
• if you encounter a certain resource blocked by the system, you can request an exception. Each exception is then reviewed by an administrator.

For more info and resources visit: https://zenected.com

Zenected code posted on GitHub is licensed under GNU General Public License (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html). More code will be posted in due course so please visit this pages regularly.

Requirements

1. Host running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. You can use the mini install (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD)
2. If you plan to run it at home, please make sure you have a routable IP address. If you are not sure about it, please ask you ISP for help.
3. Make sure you open the following ports on your router: tcp 80 (webserver), tcp 443 (webserver - user admin and Zenected admin), udp 500 (VPN), udp 4500 (VPN)

Installation

It's fairly simple, but requires a few steps.

1. Copy the zenected_install.sh into your future Zenected server to /opt folder.
2. Make the file executable by: sudo chmod 750 /opt/zenected_install.sh
3. Run it: sudo /opt/zenected_install.sh
4. Relax for a few minutes. Now it's a good time to grab a coffee. The install will take a few minutes depending on your system specs.
5. Once the script finishes, check if Zenected got installed by: dpkg -s zenected-aws
6. If the zenected package is not installed, you can install it by: sudo apt-get install zenected-aws
7. Once zenected is installed on your system, please configure it by running: sudo /opt/zenected/zenected_setup.zenx

Thanks!

Zenected uses a lot of great free software. Here is a list:

• Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntu.com/)
• PHP (https://secure.php.net/)
• MySQL (http://www.mysql.com/)
• daloRADIUS (http://www.daloradius.com/)
• Dnsmasq (http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html)
• Squid (http://www.squid-cache.org/)
• SquidGuard (http://www.squidguard.org/)

News and updates

For news and updates please follow us on:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Zenected/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/zenected

Last but not least...

We are proud to be presented on BlackHat Asia 2017 Arsenal.