DownloadSmoothwall is a best-of-breed Internet firewall/router, designed to run on commodity hardware and to provide an easy-to-use administration interface to those using it. Built using open source and Free software, it's distributed under the GNU Public License.
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User Reviews
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it blocks everything completely and cant find a way to unblock them all
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Easy very good
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Easy very good
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Awesome Project. I've been using smoothwall to protect my home network for almost 10 years now. Became painfully aware of all the networking problems with connecting to the internet when I first setup my Microsoft Small Business Server and connected it to the internet....wow......it was like the worlds biggest and only honey pot....the server was completely invaded and contaminated in two days...just two days. So I had to have a greater piece of protect. Initial research led me to believe that I needed a firewall appliance in the price range of 10,000 to 15,000 USD to protect my network........then someone pointed me to Smoothwall and I have not looked back since. Smoothwall has so impressed me with its level of security.....that I completely dumped all microsoft networking products....server..email...webserver...the whole shibang right into the toilet....and I replaced it all with Linux networking solutions. FYI..Smoothwall is a Linux based security solution that is rock-solid...and it runs on older hardware...with very small hardware requirements. My Smoothwall is currently running on an old Pentium-3 system that I have placed three PCI dLink NIC's into and it is very very fast.....:) I would strongly recommend that anyone who hooks up their systems to the internet get and place a Smoothwall security system between their internal network and their isp's modem. Cheers.
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Thanks, very useful.
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Linux, BSDLanguages
EnglishIntended Audience
System Administrators, End Users/DesktopUser Interface
Web-basedProgramming Language
Unix Shell, Perl, C++, CRelated Categories
Unix Shell Firewall Software, Perl Firewall Software, C++ Firewall Software, C Firewall SoftwareRegistered
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