Vyatta Community Edition is a stripped-down Debian Linux distribution coupled with a custom shell that puts an "IOS" into Linux. This shell, called the Fusion CLI, offers control over specific routing functions as well as control over the Linux server itself. In this way, Vyatta brings together open-source packages such as Quagga, IPtables, Snort, OpenVPN, and Openswan IPSec into a centralized configuration that supports such routing protocols as OSPF, RIP, and BGP and also provides firewalling and VPN. Read the review.