Njengoba wazi, kunamakhulu namakhulu wokusatshalaliswa kweLinux, okukodwa kukho konke ukunambitheka noma ukuzinikezela. Sesibonile kakade ukwabiwa okukhethekile Okwe-elekthronikhi, izazi zezinkanyezi, imfundo, ukuphenta, njll. Kulungile manje sethula wena IPCop 2.1.8, lo inguqulo yakamuva yokusatshalaliswa lokho kukuvumela ukuthi usebenzise i-firewall.
Kumahhala futhi kungaba yithuluzi elikhulu lokuphepha lokusetshenziswa kwebhizinisi noma kwasekhaya. Ungaguqula ikhompyutha yakudala ibe yifayela le- I-Firewall-UTM Lokho kuvikela yonke inethiwekhi yakho yasekhaya noma yenkampani ngokukusiza nge-interface elula yewebhu lapho ungenza khona izilungiselelo zokuphepha.
Yize kwabanye kungaziwa, kuhle ukukhuluma ngenombolo yezinketho abathuthukisi abasinikeza ngazo lolu hlobo lokusatshalaliswa kokusetshenziswa okuthile. I-IPCop ngokwesibonelo isinikeza ithuluzi elikhulu lokuphepha, ngesitayela se- m0n0 udonga (i-Firewall, kulokhu kususelwa kuhlelo lokusebenza lwe-FreeBSD).
Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-IPCop ivumela ukufakwa okulula ama-addons ezengeza ezinye izici zokuphepha, njenge: BOT (Block Out Traffic), ukuvimba ithrafikhi ephumayo; Ummeleli Othuthukile, ukwenza ngcono iseva elibamba elizenzakalelayo futhi ube nelinye eliphambili; Isihlungi se-URL, ukudala uhlu olumnyama nolumhlophe lwama-URL futhi uvimbele ukufinyelela kwawo kubasebenzisi benethiwekhi; njll.
Lokhu kusatshalaliswa okuvele njenge- Imfoloko yeSmoothWall, Ngaphezu kwakho konke ukusebenza okuhlanganisiwe kwe-Firewall ne-UTM (Unified Threat Management), kanye nama-addon ayo, futhi ikuvumela ukuthi udale izindawo ezinamasosha (DMZ).