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Re: Smoothwall


  • To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  • Subject: Re: Smoothwall
  • From: "garwoodn" <themanse@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 13:08:10 -0000
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Hi
I agree I have found the guy running Smoothwall to be very full of=20
himself and oh so wonderfull.

Nigel




--- In ukha_d@y..., "Lee" <lee@v...> wrote:
> > Right that's it - I'm going to smoothwall - Zonealarm is kak!!!
> > I've heard so many people talking about it that it has to be a=20
good
> > thing. After going to the smoothwall site it seems that it's a=20
linux
> > distro . is this right?  So I have decided to put my dusty AMD=20
100 back
> > into operation. What I would like to know is how much disk space
> > smoothwall needs.  Since I don't have any spare disks for the
> > smoothwall machine I would need to get one - now I can get
cheap=20
(=A32)
> > 200Mb hard drives but how much space would smoothwall need and=20
could I
> > get away with 200Mb??  Does smoothwall do internet connection=20
sharing?
> > Does it do port forwarding??
>=20
> I've been following developements on Smoothwall for a while now on=20
the one
> of the Linux newsgroups. It seems that the developer is a bit of an=20
idiot
> and has upset a lot of ppl who where trying to fix (what seems=20
like) a lot
> of holes in Smoothwall. From what's been said Smoothwall looks a bit
> dangerous to use as frontline defense, unless you really know what=20
you're
> doing and can fix/set it up properly.
>=20
> Just my 2p.
> Lee.
>=20
> PS. What makes you says ZA is kak?



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