Re: Open Source Distributed Firewall

From: Ben Measures (saint_abroadremove_at_removehotmail.com)
Date: 02/03/04 

Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 16:32:29 +0000

Dr. Chandra wrote:
> Well eh,
>
> Does there exist an Open Source distributed Firewall worth recommending ?
>
> I'm currently looking into this but cannot really find any related
> information.
>

Smoothwall is very good: www.smoothwall.org

Its very easy to install, has excellent documentation on their website,
has many advanced features, and is easy to maintain and install security
patches. Plus, most importantly, it is very easy to secure (I would say
"out of box" security if I could say such a thing).

A good place to ask questions about smoothwall can be found at
alt.os.linux.smoothwall 

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