SmoothWall 2.0 Linux-Based Firewall Released

thegraham writes "Despite some earlier server problems, SmoothWall 2.0 has been released this evening - there are also release notes available. SmoothWall is 'a firewall operating system distribution based on Linux, enabling a low-end, possibly otherwise redundant, Intel and compatible PC to become a hardened Internet firewall', and changes from version 1 include: 2.4 kernel, new web interface, improved networking and many bugs corrected through the Beta program."

Comments

Re:I use the forked IPCop

[Awptimus Prime]

Yeah, I made the same switch. After the developer of smoothwall started acting like a 10 towards anyone that had a question or concern about Smoothwall.

The community, especially /., should consider not supporting the more goulish of developers.

here here and here are some quick links concerning the man's social skills. Do a google search if you like and you'll find thousands of links concerning his poor attitude towards end users.

Aside from that, IPCop is nice because the supporters of it have made a point to be nice to folks when they have questions about the product.

I've been running it for about 1.5 years and have had no troubles. I did hose up the box with a bad IDE cable, but replacing it and running the install CD took about 30 minutes to get things back to normal. If I were in charge of a small IT infrastructure, I'd definitely pick this over the other pre-fab Linux firewalls.

PSA, I have been using *nix for 9 years professionally. I'm well versed in security and can deploy firewalls built from scratch on virtually any platform, I just like the simplicity of a small firewall distro so I can focus my time and efforts elsewhere. :)

Re:Question About Smoothwall or firewalls in gener

[omega9]

Please:

Check out the product before asking so many damn questions. You haven't even been to the website or you wouldn't be asking some of these.