Scott, Thank you for the information. I believe that is what I am going to do also. I will get an old 586 machine I have tucked away in a spare room. I will be glad when smoothie comes out with a SCSI version. That is mainly what I am using. Oh-Well...
S *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 10/20/2001 at 11:16 PM Scott wrote: >For what it's worth I used ZoneAlarm behind Smoothwall and it worked fine. >Zonealarm never made a peep after I put in my Smoothie. ZoneAlarm would >still bark at the occasional un-known application however. Smoothwall is >great. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Steven Pierce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Josh Welch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 1:28 PM >Subject: Re: zone alarm personal firewall (smoothwall) > > > > >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 > >*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > >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 >>> >>> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** >>> >>> 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 >>> > >>> >*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** >>> > >>> >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 >>> >> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>> >>Firewalls mailing list >>> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>> >>Firewalls mailing list >>> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>********************************************************************** >>> >>This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and >>> >>intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they >>> >>are addressed. 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