Re: Smoothwall - how effective is it?

From: badboy (pict001_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/31/04

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    "Paul Morriss" <paul.morriss@{|}tokenbay.co.uk> wrote in message
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    > Hi
    > I have been looking at various firewall options, Smoothwall 2.0 express
    > has had a lot of high praises and accolates. As a network admin I am also
    > interested in knowing if anyone has had any problems or nasty issues with
    it
    > and more importantly is it less prone to being rooted due to its faily
    > custom nature?
    >
    > Many thanks
    >
    > Paul M
    >
    >

    Smoothwall is very secure and robust, you should check out their forum. The
    good thing about smoothwall is that it runs on a dedicated computer, updates
    are patched frequently.

    Badboy

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