Josh,
Thank you for the information. I am currently readind the FAQ on smoothwalls site.
It will
work, but the suggest at least a P100 to work on a DSL line. If you are doing dialup
then
you can use an old 486.
Steven
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On 10/19/2001 at 1:22 PM Josh Welch wrote:
>Smoothwall actually is a version of Linux, with some enhanced firewalling
>and management capabilities. It requires very little hardware, I'm not sure
>if the SX would work or not. Check out http://smoothwall.org for more
>information on it.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steven Pierce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Adam Clinch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 11:44 AM
>Subject: RE: zone alarm personal firewall (smoothwall)
>
>
>>
>> Adam,
>>
>> It sounds like it is fairly easy to install. What version of Linux are
>you using
>> for the machine?? I have an old 486 SX box that I was going to use. I
>guess that
>> is not going to be enough for this. By looking at the other note you
>sent.
>>
>> Please keep me in the loop as you get the VPN set up. I would like to
>hear about
>> what problems you have run up against.
>>
>> Steven
>>
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>>
>> On 10/19/2001 at 5:30 PM Adam Clinch wrote:
>>
>> >No Worries, Steve.
>> >
>> >Yeah I have smoothwall running right now.
>> >The installation was amazingly easy.
>> >The only thing I had to do was manually set the media type on my 3com
>combo
>> >cards.
>> >After that you access the firewall from another machine via a SSL
>> >connection
>> >configure dial up settings load ADSL firmware which I obtained from
>acatel,
>> >configured dhcp and enabled squid and snort. Very very easy all via
>point
>> >an
>> >click.
>> >It took all of about 15min from the beginning of install to an operating
>> >gateway.
>> >I was quite impressed to see that it had snort built in as I've been
>> >wanting
>> >to play with that for a while now.
>> >
>> >I am yet to configure the VPN side. but a friend of mine is running
>> >smoothwall over his cable connection and we are going to do the same as
>> >you.
>> >
>> >An interesting aspect is that it ties in with some dynamic DNS
>providers.
>I
>> >am speculating now, but this may help sort out the problems I've had
>trying
>> >to configure semi permanent VPN's via a Dynamic interface using other
>> >software.
>> >
>> >Cheers
>> >
>> >Ad,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steven Pierce
>> >Sent: 19 October 2001 16:54
>> >To: Adam Clinch
>> >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >Subject: RE: zone alarm personal firewall
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Adam,
>> >
>> >Are you using the Smoothwall your self? What is hard to set up and has
>it
>> >done what
>> >it has promised?? A friend and I are looking to get some VPN going so
>that
>> >we can access
>> >each others machine now and again. That would be great. Does it
>require
>a
>> >lot of hardware
>> >and a specific version of linux??
>> >
>> >Sorry to write off the list, but this sparked my interest.
>> >
>> >Steven
>> >
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>> >On 10/19/2001 at 4:38 PM Adam Clinch wrote:
>> >
>> >>You can also use it to specify a limited number of ports that you want
>an
>> >>application to run on.
>> >>Great for applications that open up a load of ports when you only want
>to
>> >>make a couple available.
>> >>It also works well if you are providing nat from the dial up machine.
>> >>
>> >>If you have a spare machine though I would recommend using smoothwall
>> >>http://www.smoothwall.org
>> >>Its a great GPL firewall built on a linux kernel, offering integrated
>USB
>> >>ADSL support, Intrusion detection (snort) webcache (squid) and VPN
>tunnels
>> >>all through a web based interface.
>> >>
>> >>Cheers
>> >>Ad,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>-----Original Message-----
>> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Byron Kennedy
>> >>Sent: 18 October 2001 22:04
>> >>To: 'Ian Gomeche'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >>Subject: RE: zone alarm personal firewall
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>For $39 you should upgrade to the Pro-version. it will give you more
>> >>granular control over icmp, tcp, and udp. This will help until you get
>> >>some
>> >>dedicated bandwidth, then investing in a dedicated firewall.
>> >>
>> >>So, are you using dialup RAS and etrn with your exch ims?
>> >>
>> >>cheers.byron
>> >>
>> >>-----Original Message-----
>> >>From: Ian Gomeche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> >>Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 10:50 AM
>> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >>Subject: zone alarm personal firewall
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>i am sure that this has been discussed before , but has anyone any
>views
>> >on
>> >>the personal firewall zone alarm?. i am not connected to a network and
>> >have
>> >>dial up access to my ISP and will have until our exchange is upgraded
>to
>> >>handle broadband in december 2002. i am currently using the free basic
>> >zone
>> >>alarm product which i quite like. is it any good though? also , what
>> >>benefit would there be in upgrading to the professional version which
>> >costs
>> >>40 dollars ?
>> >>
>> >>thanks
>> >>
>> >>ian
>> >>
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