> 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 
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.


