[plug] Smoothwall was: Modem faster under Linux?

[madco]

Thanks for that Mark, I can actuually get my head stuck into Linux a bit 
more now as Uni is almost over for this semester

Christian

At 12:30 AM 17/06/01 +0800, you wrote:

>I'm no genius in the area but the concept behind the firewall is to keep 
>it as
>simple as possible, less software less vulnrabilities.
>
>You will find that smoothwall is a bit hard to add software to as it doesnt
>come with gcc, make, bison etc. Also since the upgrade path seems to 
>consist of
>blowing away your install putting effort into making heaps of software will
>probably frustrate you.
>
>I um'd and ah'd whether i go with Smoothwall or spend the time securing 
>another
>distro as a firewall and including a few of the goodies i wanted... at the 
>end
>of the day Smoothwall won out because my girlfriend wanted internet access
>"now" :) And im glad i did as it's a great package, just very narrow in focus.
>
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>Mark Nold
>markn at enspace.com
>Senior Consultant
>
>Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.
>
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>On Saturday, 16 June 2001 12:01, madco [SMTP:madco at iinet.net.au] wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > not that i have heard so many things about smoothwall on this list in the
> > last couple of weeks I will give it a try to. The only question I have
> > about is whether I can run sendmail/fetchmail on it and if anyone has
> > already tries this. Does running sendmail defeat the purpose of the
> > firewall a bit or would that be allright for a home network?
> >
> > Christian
> >
> >
> > >Hi guys,
> > >
> > >I just installed a firewall with smoothwall and my 56K modem. When im
> > >downloading files now i get around 6-7KB / Second , compared to the same
> > >modem
> > >giving me 3-4KB MAX before under windows. This is great by why would 
> this be
> > >so? My understanding has been that a 56K modem maximum should be 
> 7Kilobytes
>/
> > >
> > >second and now i seem to be reaching that.
> > >
> > >BTW: Smoothwall seems very good, i've been running it for a few days 
> now and
> > >quite impressed. The install and config was extreemly simple, and the web
> > >interface is fantastic for a headless box.
> > >
> > >
> > >Pleasantly surprised,
> > >
> > >mn
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Mark Nold
> > >markn at enspace.com
> > >Senior Consultant
> > >
> > >Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.
> >
> >