Re:I pity da fool who follows Smoothwall instructi
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Vulnerability In SSH1
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Spot the person who doesn't fully understand what he's posting;) The only things open to the internet when using smoothwall is SSH (if enabled, disabled by default). That's it. Everything else is locked down with IPChains and tcp_wrappers. Smoothwall is secure. It was designed with security in mind. This is a bold claim, but smoothwall is basically uncrackable out of the box. The only thing 'affecting' it now is the SSH problem. Hence, we've released a fix for it. The bugfix was out within hours of the bug being found. How many other FireWalls (commercial or free) can say that? This is our first security related problem, and it's now patched. The only way FTP/telnet can be accessed is from within the network smoothwall is protecting. Smoothwall is secure. End of story.
Jon Fautley, Smoothwall Developer and Listmaster --
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The only things open to the internet when using smoothwall is SSH (if enabled, disabled by default). That's it. Everything else is locked down with IPChains and tcp_wrappers. Smoothwall is secure. It was designed with security in mind.
This is a bold claim, but smoothwall is basically uncrackable out of the box. The only thing 'affecting' it now is the SSH problem. Hence, we've released a fix for it. The bugfix was out within hours of the bug being found. How many other FireWalls (commercial or free) can say that?
This is our first security related problem, and it's now patched.
The only way FTP/telnet can be accessed is from within the network smoothwall is protecting. Smoothwall is secure. End of story.
Jon Fautley, Smoothwall Developer and Listmaster
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