[SC.LUG] Re: Smoothwall

[Greg Bolshaw]

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On Thursday 15 Apr 2004 10:45, David Bean wrote:
> I just downloaded it, but by the time I had the image my P90 was
> running Debian woody as a router/firewall. I've previously found that
> web and DNS caching are not good for me, performance was worse than
> without.

It has around 10 optional services such as DNS which can be disabled - 
you're not forced to use them. I'd tend to agree, I'd rather dip into 
my ISP's huge DNS cache rather than build one up myself.

> Since with Smoothwall I would have to burn a CD for each update

No longer, it downloads and installs updates itself via the web 
interface.

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