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Posted by John Mason Jr on November 14, 2004, 5:19 pm
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Bill Crocker wrote:
> How good is SmoothWall, open source firewall software? I have a spare
> system, and I'm considering implementing it. Is it as good, or better than
> the "software on the client" approach? I would think it would be better,
> because it filters things before they get to your system. Does it slow
> things down?
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> http://www.smoothwall.org/
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> Thanks,
> Bill Crocker
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>
I found that smoothwall is a great product, simple to install and
backup. The open source community has made many extensions that can
provide additional features.
If you are running it on an older pc make sure you do a backup of your
configuration. Older PCs and power supplies are the real weakness to
using a product like this.
The out of the box configuration allows all outbound traffic so you want
to add rules if this is not to your liking.
Subscribe to the mailing list this will keep you apprised of any news on
smoothwall.
John Mason
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