[plug] Smoothwall

[Trent Lloyd]

At 04:46 PM 7/03/2002 +0800, you wrote:
> > I currently have a RH7.2 gateway setup.
> >
> > I have been looking at smoothwall as a replacement. So far it seems
>simple
> > and looks quite good. Has anyone played with this and got any opinions
>for
> > and against?
>
>For - Very simple to setup, easy web based interface for most options,
>setup etc.  I've had it running for 7-8 months now and find it performs
>very good on a P75/64Mb RAM/540Mb h/d.  Proxy works a treat as
>transparent, and logs are easy to access to find out which machine has
>browsed where and record volume useage (not sure on accuracy?).  Yes I'm a
>fan.
>
>Against - Politics and general obnoxious attitude of the man behind
>SmoothWall (but you don't have to be on the mailing lists).  I've been
>told it is limited in use as compared to a 'build your own' but works fine
>out of the box for me.  I've got mine running SETI, and have tweaked the

haha i like seti :)

>interface and etc/hosts file to minimise ads, so it can be customised to a
>certain extent.
>
>Grab an old box and have a play yourself.  A http install over the network
>is a quick and easy way to get it in action.
>
>Enjoy,
>   Nathan.

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