[Gloucs] March Meeting 23rd

[Tim Ballam]

Fire wall users?.

Why still on SmoothWall, yes it has it's uses.

I've tried a lot of software and hardware based fire walls, appart from a Watchguard fire box the next best I've found has been a Mitel SME server. The latest version even has port redirection built in (at last).

If you look at the easy to install extras, SmoothWall why?

I've been running a PII-300 (£25 plus a hard drive) as a firewall, "net juke" MP3 jukebox (internal usage only!), IDS, mail server, anti spam and virus checking of mail (using Sophos with an auto updating script) etc. for over a year no problems!

Just try a port scan, auto ban for 24 hrs, MSSW eat your hart out!

well enough of a promo for the SME.

Go on Glawz!

Tim Ballam


-----Original Message-----
From: gloucs-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:gloucs-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Paul Broadhead
Sent: 22 March 2004 23:28
To: Gloucestershire LUG
Subject: Re: [Gloucs] March Meeting 23rd


Guy Edwards <guy_j_edwards at HotPOP.com> wrote:

> Francis you want to do a talk on udev? Our Bash "volunteer" hasn't been 
> sufficently worked over by the boys yet.

I guess that's me in the frame.  I can't make this week's meeting nor,
probably next months but how about May?  The talk won't be anything
special, don't anyone get too excited.....

Any how, I appreciate that its difficult for Guy to book LUG meetings
and we need to be flexible.  However, I now have a monthly Tuesday
meeting other than LUG.  I can choose which Tuesday this other meeting
will be so it would be really great if I could predict which Tuesday the
LUG was going to be.  Any thoughts?

Sorry by the way for not responding sooner to the blatant hints about
the bash talk.  It's been mad at my house over the last couple of weeks.
What with decorating causing IT downtime.  The power supply on my server
failing, an aborted attempt to install Debian on same server (problems
with FA111 network card) and a rather long winded upgrade of my
smoothwall firewall. My firewall PC now has a power management problem
probably due to the kernel change on smoothwall, 2.2 -> 2.4 series.  I
shan't bore you any more with my sorrows....

Regards to all and have a good meeting on Tuesday,
Paul

_______________________________________________
gloucs mailing list
gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk
http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gloucs
Virtual IRC meets every Sunday 8-10pm in #glug on irc.slashnet.org


----------------------------------------------------
This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager.

This message has been scanned for viruses by MailController - www.MailController.altohiway.com