Re: Firewall- What is the best?

jeffreyalsip_at_gmail.com
Date: 06/18/05

  • Next message: Duane Arnold: "Re: Firewall- What is the best?" 
    Date: 18 Jun 2005 10:49:05 -0700

    >With a workstation running a personal firewall, or anything that "YOU"
    >install and setup on a PC, you run a serious risk of screwing up
    >something with the OS or the Firewall or the firewall settings, at least
    >more so than with a dedicated appliance

    More shameless SmoothWall bashing. These guys are doing a serious
    injustice by whipping up a lot of fear about "complex setups". My
    Smoothie was easy to setup...and runs Ad-Zapping, ClamAV, Dansguardian,
    as well as giving me access to EXTENSIVE log files. All of this running
    on a $20 PC. Don't dismiss the comments by these critics...they are
    simply running scared. These expensive appliances (that they seem to be
    sleeping with) are going to have to drop their prices dramatically, if
    they hope to compete in the future. NOBODY whom I have demonstrated
    SmoothWall too, has left with anything but a strong desire to set one
    up for themselves as quickly as possible. We advocates of this
    Free-ware system have enjoyed the last few years of relative obscurity,
    but the cat is out of the bag now. Smoothwall breathes life into legacy
    hardware by turning it into one of the finest, most versatile Firewall
    Solutions on the planet.

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