[Gllug] Opinions on Smoothwall and other firewalls

[Jarvis, Richie]

I tried it and wasn't impressed.  It is very good for novice users, but as
soon as you wish to do something a little more complicated it is hard work.
I now use my own homegrown firewall based upon Redhat 7.1, and love it do
death ;)

Cheers,

Richie Jarvis
Technical Support Engineer, EMEA
SignalSoft Corporation
Logic House
Waterfront Business Park
Fleet, Hampshire, GU51 3SB
United Kingdom
T:  +44 (0) 1252 667542
F:  +44 (0) 1252 667501
www.signalsoftcorp.com

> From: Peter Chauncy <Peter.Chauncy at PoplarHarca.co.uk>
> To: "'gllug at linux.co.uk'" <gllug at linux.co.uk>
> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 10:12:22 +0100 
> Subject: [Gllug] Opinions on Smoothwall and other firewalls
> Reply-To: gllug at linux.co.uk

> I am looking for a firewall to sit between a  2Mbit leased line and a
> network of about 80 odd PCs.  I just discovered Smoothwall
> http://www.smoothwall.org from a search on Google and it seems really
> interesting.  Does anyone have any experience with it, and resultant
> opinions ?  What are the alternatives ? From my reading of the
> documentation, smoothwall's big advantage over alternatives is its ease of
> use.
> Any thoughts gratefully appreciated
> 
> Peter Chauncy
> Community IT, Poplar HARCA, 167A EastIndia Dock Road, London E14 0EA
> 020 7510 0562
> peter.chauncy at poplarharca.co.uk 



Richie Jarvis
Technical Support Engineer, EMEA
SignalSoft Corporation
Logic House
Waterfront Business Park
Fleet, Hampshire, GU51 3SB
United Kingdom
T:  +44 (0) 1252 667542
F:  +44 (0) 1252 667501
www.signalsoftcorp.com


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